Hi Robert,
Got the answer today from the MG-T list I'm on.
Rick
Lewis Palmer wrote:
> The "Old Speckled Hen" was a factory demonstrator and hack often refered to
> by the factory workers as the "old speckled 'un". It was a 1927 facbric
> bodied saloon painted in a stippled or mottled paint job (thus the
> nickname).
>
> It can be seen in pictures in both of Mike Allison's books: "The Magic of
> MG" on page 24 and "The Magic of the Marque" on page 18.
>
> Regards,
> Lew Palmer
>
> Message-----
> From: Carolyn/Rick [mailto:walters@mail.softcom.net]
> Sent: Monday, July 05, 1999 10:31 AM
> To: mg-t@autox.team.net
> Cc: Lawrie Alexander
> Subject: [Fwd: Old Speckled Hen, No LBC content
>
> Hi all,
>
> We had a question on the Spridget list that maybe you can answer. What was
> the
> Car that Old Speckled Hen was named after? We are just curious is all.
>
> Thanks
>
> Rick
>
> Robert Duquette wrote:
>
> > While in the local liquor store, I browsed the imported beers while my
> wife
> > shopped for that wine. I noticed a beer called "Old Speckled Hen". It is
> > an English ale. Brewed in Abingdon by a company called Morland. The back
> > label reads in part: "Named after an unusual, speckled vintage MG car ...
> "
> >
> > Robert Duquette
> > Ottawa ON Canada
> > http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
> > RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
> > '65 RHD BRG Sprite
>
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52 MGTD,Sparky 74 MGB, B-tris 76 XJ12 Coupe, Jacque
60 Bugeye, Puddles 58 MGA Coupe, Ruby
http://www.softcom.net/users/walters
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/4644
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