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Hi Dave
I agree with Neil your MG2 is certainly fitted with running gear appropriate to the age of the diff 1947. If this is the case the serial number will be between 2319 and 2675.

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Charlie who has commented in this thread?
Where abouts are you Joe, i intend to bare tub my mg2 when i have eatablished the true identity and would appreciate seeing one stripped out if that would be alright with you?

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Someone else struggling with establishing the true identity of an mg2.
From what i can make out from a fairly well corroded back plate is that my machine is number 1573, dating it to 1944/45 but my crown wheels are stamped 1/47 as in january 1947, my grandfather bought the crawler circa 1968 always said it was a 1937 and the engine number appears to have evaporated into the ether of time.
Was there a mass mg2 ringing operation going on in the past?
Sorry to hijack your thread a bit but has anyone ever gone to reading uni and dug through the sales archives?

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Slow progress on frame number, what do you see here, apart from a bad picture?

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Back down the yard again tonight. Dragged it out into the late evening sun, as promised a picture of the sprockets and rollers.
As Neil has suggested, they look like later type running gear to me, but open to all opinions.

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yes it does work well but i must point out that this layout was used also by phil murrell and rob farmer with shays and wrigleys , can not remember who started it off to be honest

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thank you to all who came to support the show , i have received great comments from the organizers and from the public. its great to have such a wide variety of machines to attend from near and far, great machines , great people, great cakes and of course great pork pie!!. again thank you all so much for your support

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Neil,
Fair play you are very knowledgable, to which i thank you very much.
Will take some more pictures tomorrow evening and post for your experienced eye.

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Is 1937 actually 1947?
After a disappointing evening in the shed scraping paint off, only thing i have achieved is putting doubt in my mind, i thought the crown wheels said 37, but in the attatched picture, there is a 1/47 is this a date of manufacture? Also have found some remains of a serial number, possibly four digits, so in my mind this should be 1947 not 1937 as relayed to me from my grandparents.
Anybodys thoughts invited on this.

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Only number I can find so far is “55X” stamped just under the magneto points cover into the top of the crankcase. I have had a look in the survivor link and other engine numbers appear longer. Would you be able to tell me where abouts on the left hand side please?

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Many thanks for all your input Neil, am with the machine now but no luck just yet, any ideas where the engine number should be as I may as well try and find that while I am here.
Many thanks
Dave

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thanks alan i appriciate that but as it’s not mine i just need a decent price for my customer as there cannot be many left in new condition, and if it goes to someone that is going to use it that will be a shame but i suppose it will be used for the job it was made to do, i will take and upload some pics soon

regards Dave

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Neil,
Many thanks for the reply. Am i right in believing there was two plates rivoted to the rear of the machine. Which plate carried the serial number? I can clearly see four small rivot holes to the top right (when viewed from behind) any idea where the other plate was as its not obvious just yet. Will try and get the wire wheel across it. I have read other posts about numbers on gear box covers, anybody have any success with this? I have looked into retrieving the registration document but dvla wont release it until i can give them a vin/chassis/serial number

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If that was mine then I would give it to a museum!!

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Sorry Chris I wont be coming again this year. When the boy is older I will bring him along

If I had a caravan then I may be interested

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