Hi Ian,
Yet another jig-saw puzzle.
Engine -MG 273A Chassis-2M 0543. Reg. JO 3074.
Are you aware that there might still be certain records in archives
pertaining to the registration numbers that you listed.
JO. Oxford Borough. 1930 on, held by,
Oxfordshire Archives,
County Hall,
New Road,
Oxford OX1IND
Tel. 01865 815203.
WJ. Sheffield Borough. 1931 on, held by,
Sheffield Archives,
52, Shoreham Sreet,
Sheffeield S1 4SP
Tel. 0114 203 9395
Might be worth a try.I've done a few searches, some only had V16 cards which
only hold the Reg. number and the last known owner. Others have listed the
engine and chassis numbers.
Are both registration numbers known for the cars the twins had? I'm confused,
just by reading about it.
Brian Kelly.
In a message dated 11/21/2001 3:03:51 PM Central Standard Time,
gracei@lucy.si.com writes:
> Well, its kinda complicated. There were two M Types bought by the Jenkins
> (twin) brothers back in the 1960's for three quid the pair. One was sold
> on about 10 years ago, and what we have here is the other one. But it is
> possible that the engines were swapped at some point over the last 40 years.
>
> The engine we found was MGA 273. The car which left the factory with
> engine MGA 273 had chassis number 2M0543. This car - now in Vancouver with
> Mervyn Theriou (sp?) - has engine MGA 2329A currently fitted. Its UK
> registration was JO 3074. Theriou bought the car from R G Sayle in 1982.
> This engine (MGA 2329A) left the factory in chassis 2M2574 (registered WJ
> 1510 in Sheffield) on 4/2/31 (but the prototype SV Minor was registered at
> the end of December 1930 and was registered JO 762, so this number is much
> later - possibly the car didn't sell immediately?).
>
> So is this the M Type we found? Evidently not! 2M2574 was owned by Bill
> Piggott and then went to Austria and was never heard of again. Theriou
> provided the data on his car to the MMM Register in the late 1990's. So,
> with all that in mind, who knows what the hell is going on?!!! To make
> matters worse, there is another M Type which claims the same registration
> number, WJ 1510. This is chassis no. 2M1234, which was registered in
> Penzance, so this could not have been its original number.
>
> Hopefully the dumbiron can be persuaded to give up its secret!
>
> I hope to be able to talk to Mr. Theriou and see what he can positively
> confirm about his car - in particular the chassis number stamped into the
> frame or on his chassis plate if he has one.
>
> Ian
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