MGapr11 Bulletin no 60 - The Triple-M Register

Another N-type Airline Coupe has come tolightTom Metcalfe in Ohio has recently bought NA 0540 inconjunction with Roy Crowninshield. The previous owner wasHenry Griffin. However it had been rebuilt in New Zealand inthe 1950s into a racer with external exhaust and cycle wings.Tom and Roy are doing the right thing and removing theracing body and putting on a correct Airline Coupe body,which requires quite a few special parts such as the doorhinges, and fittings for the windscreen and sliding side windows.The racing body as put on the car when in New ZealandThey have managed to find a photo of the car before it wasturned into a racer in New Zealand in the 1950s, and thisshows that it differs in detail from the standard Airline; theside window shape is more rounded, especially at the front.Where it normally follows the straight line of the A pillar. Thebonnet length is also shorter than standard, which almostcomes back to the