Current Owner: Geoff Scott, Vic.

MMM No: 77

Information: The Abingdon records show that PA chassis no.s 0481 to PA 0490 were all manufactured on the 27th of March 1934. These were exported “unassembled” with engines, 830AP to 840AP and the subject of this page; now known as PA 0482 is one of that group.

History:  This is an edited version extracted from a thorough investigation by Andrew Fock. You can read Andrew’s detailed article titled “PA plexed” here.

Imported as part of a batch of 11 P- types by Lanes in 1934, the car we know as PA 0482 was sent to Britannia Motors (the Lanes distributor) to be assembled and bodied.

As with several cars in this batch, it appears that Britannia was not too careful matching Abingdon’s intended combination of engine and chassis, resulting in the engine and guarantee plate from PA0482 going onto chassis PA0483.

831AP (nominal chassis PA 0482) was bought by Robert (Roy) H. McKay and registered on the 5^th of September 1934 with number 196-656. It was bodied by Aspinall with one of their doorless 2 seat, open backed racing bodies.

Roy McKay raced the car extensively, appearing at the Centenary 300 in ‘34, LCCA AGP in ’35 and the ’36 LCCA 24-hour trial.

This car has a well-documented continuous ownership history; by 1950 it had passed into the hands of Laurie Rofe who would go on to own several desirable M.G.s, it had also acquired doors, not an unusual modification with the Aspinall bodies.

However, by the 1960s, the Apsinall bodies were out of fashion and Michael Smith, the then owner, ditched the original body to replace it with a standard UK roadster body the origin of which is unknown. The car then passed through the hands of Ross Williams and finally Walter Magilton who completed the restoration in the mid 1960s.

Walter went on to have an extensive competition career in the car at MGCC and VSCC events. He sold it in 1973 only to reacquire it 20 years later. Sometime after Walter’s ownership, the then owner, removed the front valance to discover that the chassis number stamped on the near side front numb iron was actually PA 0483! He contacted the Registrar to tell him of his discovery and that he had ground off the number and re-stamped the correct one!

• Listing ID: 2389
• Midget: PA
• Location: --Victoria
• Chassis Number: 0482
• Year of Production: 1934
• Previous Owners: Allen Wettenhall, Vic.
  Tony Bagshaw, WA.
• Current Owner: Geoff Scott
• Original Engine Number: 831A 135P
• Current Engine Number: 831A 135P