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Registration No: KSK 605
Chassis No: HDK-43-53419
Mot Expiry: Sept 2011
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle is withdrawn from the 22nd October 2010 auction.
Though they were quite different to drive, the origins of the MG TF of 1953 lay in the TA of 1936. MG desperately needed a break with tradition. To quote the company's own advertising, the MG A was the 'first of a new line'. Launched at the Frankfurt motor show of 1955, it owed its modern streamlined design to the body Syd Enever created for George Philips' 1951 Le Mans car. The newcomer featured a separate chassis penned by Roy Brocklehurst and was powered by the 1489cc straight-four BMC B-Series engine, as used in the MG Magnette Saloon. Suspension was independent with coil springs at the front and featured a 'live' axle hung on semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. Braking was by Lockheed drums all round. Steering was by rack and pinion and the car was available with either steel disc or wire wheels. The engines of the early cars produced 68bhp, but this was soon raised to 74bhp. According to a period test by The Motor, this was sufficient to power the newcomer to 60mph in 16 seconds and on to almost 100mph. Both Roadster and Coupe versions were offered, a total of some 58,750 were produced before a facelifted model with 1588cc engine was introduced in May 1959.
The striking Roadster on offer started life as a left-hand drive car for the North American market. Later converted to right-hand drive, it was apparently the subject of an extensive chassis up restoration in 2002, since when it is understood to have covered less than 3,000 miles. Resplendent in Orient Red, it boasts such niceties as a 5-speed synchromesh gearbox (giving notably improved cruising ability), stainless steel exhaust system, chromed carburettor pots and rocker box cover. Taxed and MOT'd for nigh on twelve months, this very smart MG now awaits a new owner.
Registration No: KSK 605
Chassis No: HDK-43-53419
Mot Expiry: Sept 2011
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle is withdrawn from the 22nd October 2010 auction.
Though they were quite different to drive, the origins of the MG TF of 1953 lay in the TA of 1936. MG desperately needed a break with tradition. To quote the company's own advertising, the MG A was the 'first of a new line'. Launched at the Frankfurt motor show of 1955, it owed its modern streamlined design to the body Syd Enever created for George Philips' 1951 Le Mans car. The newcomer featured a separate chassis penned by Roy Brocklehurst and was powered by the 1489cc straight-four BMC B-Series engine, as used in the MG Magnette Saloon. Suspension was independent with coil springs at the front and featured a 'live' axle hung on semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. Braking was by Lockheed drums all round. Steering was by rack and pinion and the car was available with either steel disc or wire wheels. The engines of the early cars produced 68bhp, but this was soon raised to 74bhp. According to a period test by The Motor, this was sufficient to power the newcomer to 60mph in 16 seconds and on to almost 100mph. Both Roadster and Coupe versions were offered, a total of some 58,750 were produced before a facelifted model with 1588cc engine was introduced in May 1959.
The striking Roadster on offer started life as a left-hand drive car for the North American market. Later converted to right-hand drive, it was apparently the subject of an extensive chassis up restoration in 2002, since when it is understood to have covered less than 3,000 miles. Resplendent in Orient Red, it boasts such niceties as a 5-speed synchromesh gearbox (giving notably improved cruising ability), stainless steel exhaust system, chromed carburettor pots and rocker box cover. Taxed and MOT'd for nigh on twelve months, this very smart MG now awaits a new owner.
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