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Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 12:25 pm
by John Patterson
Hi TC"ers- Question? While enjoying a couple of "OLD SPECKLED HEN" ale's I
noticed that the golden elixir of life was named after an " Unusual,
Speckled Vintage MG"! Does anyone of great knowledge in our illustrious
group know what model MG, color, etc the lager was named for? Post picture!
John Patterson-TC 7025
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Re: Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Fri Mar 15, 2002 1:10 pm
by Gene Gillam
John wrote:
>Does anyone of great knowledge in our illustrious group know what model MG, color, etc the lager was named for? Post picture!
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John,
For a picture and interesting story about the car go to:
http://www.mgcars.org.uk/midgetspriteclub/news1/speckled_hen.html
Gene
Re: Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2002 12:38 am
by i.thomson@talk21.com
Lager? LAGER?!!!
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Re: Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2002 10:11 am
by yd3@nvc.net
'Old Speckly Hen' was the name given to a 1927 fabric-bodied four-door
14/40 Mark IV sedan, of a grained tan colour and sprinkled with gold
dust. There weren't many Fabric bodied 14/40's were built. Later it
was used as a factory delivery vehicle. It was broken up before the
war.
I've got a photo somewhere in a book.
Blake
Re: Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 4:09 am
by HaraRyoichi
Hen Searchers,
September and October 1998 issues of SAFETY FAST, the official M.G. Car
Club Magazine, carry an original photograph, a sideview, of MG's "factory
run-around"of the 1930's called "Old Specked 'un (=one)", a 14/40 with the
flecked paintwork all over the body. The articles tell us a story slightly
different from the one told by Ian Parsons in the MGCars site.
The MGCC magazine says the nickname changed over the years. "In 1979 (not
89), M.G. asked neibouring Morland brewers brew a commemorative ale for
the 50th anniversary of their(MG's) Abingdon factory." "The search for a
suitable name ended when someone suggested calling it "The Old Speckled
Hen." Hence(!) the name, and the amusing illustrations with the gents who
cannot say No to a Hen. And in my den, rests a piece of brick which once
was a part of that MG factory.
Cheers,
Rick Hara
...and a pint to
TC6903
Re: Old Speckled Hen
Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2002 4:57 am
by HaraRyoichi
I forgot... The reason why it was picked up by MGCC magazine was that
two Abingdon art students built an 80% model of the OSH using 7000 labels,
1000 bottle tops, beer barrels and pump handles for display at the Goodwood
Circuit revival meeting held in fall of 1998.
Rick Hara
OLD SPECKLED HEN
Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2005 3:45 pm
by SANDY SANDERS
THIS TO ME IS A FANTASTIC FIND.
http://www.prewarcar.com/editor/images/MG_Old_Speckled_Hen_500RB.jpg> Old MG's never die
And they don't fade away either. Now take for instance this 1927 MG saloon. We're pretty sure you all know MG stands for Morris Garages and that the first MG's were nothing more than souped-up Morrises. This particular car is a MG 14/40http://www.mgcars.org.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?runprog=mgoc&p=emg/1428.htm> (mgcars.org), based on the Morris Oxford. It was kept by the MG factory as a demonstrator and running prototype. One of the experiments was sprinkling the grained black fabric body with silver dust to reproduce a mottled effect. This special paintjob earned the car its nickname Owld Speckled 'un. Later, when the MG-factory moved to Abingdon, the car became a factory hack and its name changed to Old Speckled Hen. Over time the car got lost, but the name stayed and when the Abingdon based Morland breweryhttp://www.oldspeckledhen.co.uk/index2.html> wanted to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the MG car factory, they brewed a special beer also called Old Speckled Hen. Not long ago, the real Old Speckled Henhttp://www.mgcars.org.uk/midgetspriteclub/news1/speckled_hen.html> (mgcars.org) was found in a forgotten corner in a Cardiff garage and lovingly restored to its original condition by Fred Body, here seen getting into his car (Photo by John Day of the MG Car Club Vintage Register).
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OLD SPECKLED HEN
Posted: Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:46 am
by Malcolm Scanlan
Greetings, You may already be familiar with this web site sent to me by a cousin in the UK. You might find some of the ads on this website amusing!
http://oldspeckledhen.co.uk/ Malcolm You are not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.