Lot details Registration No: 897 UYS Chassis No: HDP26/8936 Mot Expiry: Exempt
- Desirable righthand drive example
- Red with beige interior
- Said to drive "as well as it looks"
The final flowering of the pre-war Midget concept was the 'TF' and, like its predecessors, proved massively popular in the USA. It was a straightforward development of the TD MKll, and the TF's most obvious differences from the older car are its raked radiator grille, lowered bonnet line and faired-in headlamps. When the TF was first introduced in October 1953, it was powered by the 58 bhp, twin-carb, XPAG 1250cc engine from the TD. From 1954, the demands for more power by customers resulted in the fitting of the larger 63bhp, XPEG 1466cc unit and the new model was marketed as the MG TF 1500. With a revised four-speed gearbox and four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes, the 1500 was capable of over 90mph and was altogether a more modern proposition for the sporting motorists of the mid-fifties.
Produced from 1953 - 1955, when the MGA was launched, only 3,000 TFs rolled out of Abingdon with the great majority going to the USA in LHD format. The MG TF is often considered the most desirable by collectors of the T-Series and as Road and Track put it in 1954 'Of all the cars we have occasion to drive, there is one above all others which, by its every characteristic, clearly defines the term sportscar.'
897 UYS is an original righthand drive example first registered in 1955. Well-travelled, it has spent time in New Zealand where it participated in many events in the hands of the previous owner. Finished in gleaming Red with Beige leather and a Black hood the vendor advises this delightful TF is "superb to drive with good 1500cc pulling power". Offered with non-transferable UK registration number and Swansea V5C.
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