Current owner: Marguerite Morgan, Victoria. Car Location: U.K. MMM No: 81. Information: Said to be one of the most original surviving M.G. C-types. Owned by Aussies and kept in the UK for their use when visiting. Guarantee plate issued 1/8/31. Car painted black and red. Registration no. JK 1932. History:...
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Current owner: Teifion Salisbury, in the UK. MMM No: 2291 Information: Although now located in the UK this car is included here because it spent most of its life in Australia. For all of that time it was the only C-type in the country. Another has arrived since. Guarantee plate...
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Current Owner: Bill Jenkinson, Western Australia MMM No: 694 Information: Built in 1936 as a 2-seat roadster, painted blue with blue trim and silver wheels. Delivered on 21/3/36 to S.H. Newsome, an M.G. dealer in Coventry and registered AUE 61. History: UK history unknown. Imported into Australia by John Hunting...
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Current Owner: Mrs Ruth Moore, Victoria MMM No: 2406 Information: Built at Abingdon 2/10/33 as a swept wing 2-seater for the home market. History: No history provided. First appeared on the register in the earliest days owned by David Moore apparently acquired in 1953. A note on the file states;...
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Current Owner: Peter Clark, Victoria MMM No: 2405 Information: Built at Abingdon 16/9/33 as a 2-seat roadster with swept wings for the home market. The MMM Register records UK reg. no. DY 7819. History: No history provided. This car has been on the register from the start, firstly owned by...
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Current owner: Col Schiller, Queensland MMM No: 3379 Information: Both M 1523 and 1524 were built at Abingdon on 24/4/30 for export to Australia sans body to minimise customs duty. History: written by Bill Fuller Some time ago Garnet Smith, now a sprightly Octogenarian, sent to our Club Editor, Elaine...
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Current owner: Keith Elwell-Gavins, Queensland MMM No: 2390 Information: Built at Abingdon on 22/4/30 for export to Australia sans body to minimise customs duty. History: The MMM Register advise that the chassis file for 1524 has been lost, however the chassis ledger shows that it was built for export on...
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Current owner: John Hazelden, Victoria Information: This vehicle is an M-type replica built on Morris Minor chassis 10767. History: None supplied.
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Current Owner: Jim Thompson, Victoria MMM No: 2389 Information: No history provided
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Current owner: Morgan Family, Victoria MMM No: 2384. Information: Built in 1929 in Oxford as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. History: Owned and campaigned for a long time by Ian Heather Senior including the inaugural historic race meeting at Amaroo in 1976 and for the next 10 years...
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Currently Owner: John Lackey, New South Wales History: Second last Q-type built, imported by Britannia Motors Aug., '34 for Ces Warren. Current engine block – stamped 1260/Q ( this has been disputed as apparently this engine number is not shown on any MG records, however, the block is marked 1260/Q)....
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Current Owner: Col Schiller, Qld. Information: All eight Q-types were built at Abingdon as racing cars. They were available as either single or 2-seaters. QA0256 was built in June 1934 as a 2-seater and painted green. History: (As written by Col Schiller and printed in Pre-war Newsletter March 2024.) "Look...
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Current Owner: Andrew Barnett, Victoria MMM No: 2458 Information: Built at Abingdon as a 2-seat roadster to Police specification for the Lancashire Constabulary. This included fitment of a large ‘accurate’ speedometer, police sign and long range fuel tank and a fuel gauge. The car was painted black with blue trim...
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Current Owner: Neil Cooke, Victoria MMM No: 79 Information: Built in 1935 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. History: Bought in the UK by Clare Lyle, while studying in the UK, before returning to Australia in 1936, bringing the car with her. Miss Lyle was the youngest of...
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Current Owner: Allan Reid, Victoria MMM No: 1362 Information: Built in 1935 as a 2-seat roadster. History: This highly original English bodied car has never been restored but has been carefully maintained over a long period. A front-mounted supercharger has recently been fitted and this has transformed the performance. The...
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Current Owner: Brendon and Peta Ryder, New South Wales MMM No: 3372 Information: Built in 1935 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market, delivered to the M.G. distributor in Glasgow. History: UK history unknown. The car was mistakenly recorded as PB0412 on early Australian registers. Imported into Western Australia...
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Current Owner: John Hudson, Western Australia MMM No: 2449 Information: Built in 1934 and dispatched in CKD form to Lanes Motors, Victoria, Australia. The car appears to have been sent to Chas. Aspinall and fitted with one of his two-seat bodies with swept guards and his heavy windscreen frame. History:...
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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...
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Current Owner: Martin Swan, W.A. Information: Built at Abingdon in 1934 as a 2-seater for the home market painted green. First registered to Mr Maurice John Parr and registered AYT 407 on 6/6/34. History: There is an image of Mr & Mrs Parr on holiday, thought to be visiting Mr...
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Current owner: Ray and John Abikhair, Vic. MMM No: 2424 Information: 9/2/34, first M.G. to be fitted with an H.W. Allingham designed Airline body, built by Carbodies. UK reg. no., MG 3528. Used as a demonstrator by University Motors until sold 6/9/34. History: In regular use by owner Mr Eggleston...
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Current owner: Bucknell Family, Qld. MMM No: 1898 Information: According to the MMM Register this car was built in 1934 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. However there are some websites where the chassis is listed as EX154 which, according to the Hawke History, was last heard of...
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Current Owner: Southgate Family, Victoria MMM No: 2454 Information: research by Tony Sloan Dispatched from Abingdon May 1934 as CKD destined for Australia. History: Earliest record is registration in Victoria in the early 50s number GOC 152 recorded as a 2-seater. Later re-registered HCN 280, then in 1960 re-registered again...
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Current Owner: Terry and Julie Prodger, New South Wales MMM No: 652 Information: Built at Abingdon in 1935 as a 2-seater for the home market, finished in black with blue trim. Delivered to P.J. Evans Ltd in Birmingham on 31 December 1935 and registered on 1 January 1936. The first owner...
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