Lot details Registration No: Un-Reg Chassis No: GHNL85417
- LHD and imported from California during June 2014
- Some $7,500 spent on mechanical refurbishment in 2013
- Said to be cosmetically and mechanically 'excellent'
Further Info:
To quote the company's own advertising, the MGA was the 'first of a new line'. Launched at the 1955 Frankfurt Motor Show, it owed its modern streamlined design to the body Syd Enever created for George Philips' 1951 Le Mans car. In 1959 the engine capacity was increased from 1489cc to 1588cc and some 31,501 examples of the MKI 1600 were made before the model was supplanted by the MKII in 1961. An open example tested by Motor achieved 96.1mph and 0-60mph time of 13.3 seconds. This very pretty left-hand drive Roadster was imported from California as recently as last June, the year before which $7,500 is understood to have been invested in its mechanical refurbishment. The MG's bodywork is finished in Red that's complemented by a Tan hood and similarly-coloured interior trim - the Roadster rides on Minilite-style alloy wheels. The vendor currently views the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim and mechanical components as all being in 'excellent' order. A good-looking example of an enduringly popular British classic.
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