Hello Folks
Does anyone know anything about the fate of Tom Dargue's MG Special? It first raced at Goodwood in 1951 and originally consisted of a supercharged 1100cc pre-war MG engine mounted in a tubular frame and had a two-seater cycle-winged body with steel disc wheels. By 1954 it had an XPAG 1467cc engine and a very handsome body built in the style of a Maseratis A6GCS (the body was said to have cost £400) and was fitted with Borrani wire wheels. Dargue, who lived in Bramley Road, Barnet N14, offered it for sale at £925 in May 1954 and claimed that it was capable of over 115mph.
Anyone know what happened to it?
Tom Dargue's MG Special
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fuzzi
, Sep 09 2009 18:36
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CoulthardD
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Posted 09 September 2009 - 20:07
It's currently owned by Chris Pamplin and is regularly raced, sprinted and hillclimbed in MGCC events.
http://www.flickr.co...N00/3712462551/
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http://www.flickr.co...N00/3712462551/
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Edited by CoulthardD, 10 September 2009 - 11:19.
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fuzzi
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Posted 11 September 2009 - 06:00
It's currently owned by Chris Pamplin and is regularly raced, sprinted and hillclimbed in MGCC events.
http://www.flickr.co...N00/3712462551/
DC
Thank you sir. That's excellent news.
Isn't it a handsome machine?
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ensign14
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Posted 08 December 2013 - 17:58
Found this thread looking for the Goodwood thread, so only fair I post the pic of the Dargue here for reference's sake.
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arttidesco
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Posted 09 December 2013 - 15:40
I saw the car at Gurston Down earlier this year, I agree it is a fine looking machine, now I know some of the story of how it came to be thanks 
