Information / History: In 1937, William Airy, a young well-to-do dentist in Melbourne, Australia, decided that a two door coupe body on the new MG Two Litre (or SA) would be his preferred motor car. As this body style was not offered by the factory, the car was imported as...
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History: SA 2337 and the Peking to Paris Rally Built from the ground up from the remains of a burnt-out saloon (SA2337) bought from Morris Pavlinovich in Western Australia, and some more panels and other bits and pieces from another chassis (SA 1885 ex-Ed Ison from Sydney) that Harry had owned for several...
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Current owner: John Crighton, Qld. Information: Construction was competed 21st June 1937 as a 4-door saloon intended as one of 23 exported to Australia, arriving on the 29th October 1037. Sold in Sydney by P&R Williams, believed the original colour was blue. The sales blurb read “Out of the hard...
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Current owner; David Kellalea, N.S.W. Information; Built in 1937 as a 4-door saloon and became one of 23 SAs exported to Australia. History; Early history unknown, first appeared on the register in 1973 in Queensland, the moved to N.S.W. to become one of a pair owned for many years until...
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Information / History: January 1937. The car retains its original engine and is very original throughout. No early history is known about the car but this car may well have been one of the original seven exported to New Zealand from new. It is a well-known New Zealand car that...
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Current owner: Dean Raggatt, N.S.W. Information: Four-door saloon built in 1937. History: The earliest record of SA 1137 is that it was purchased from a used car yard in Adelaide by David Ragless in the early 1950s. He eventually sold it to finance the overhaul of a Y-type engine and...
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Information / History: This car was completed at the MG factory in Abingdon, England in December 1936 with originally a black paint scheme. After completion, it was dispatched to Lanes Motors of Melbourne. One of only 23 to be imported new to Australia, it arrived in March 1937. After being...
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Information / History: The car left Abingdon on the 27th September 1937 Barry Harvey purchased this car from Chip Hedges on 16th April 1977, just after Chip drove the car to Katoomba for the MG National Meeting, where he was trying to sell it for $3,000. It ran a bearing on...
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Current owner; Royce Reed, N.S.W. Information; Built in August 1938 and delivered to Samsons and Sons in Newport Pagnell to be fitted with one of their Tickford drop-head coupe bodies. History: It has a factory replacement engine which is being rebuilt and balanced. This is good as the engine has...
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Current owner:- David Anderson, Vic. History:- left the factory on 5th December, 1938. Chassis no. VA 2124T, Engine no. TPBG 2389 (as originally fitted), registration number ELF 638. It has been in dry storage for over 40 years, but some work has been done, (instruments restored by John Marks and...
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Current owner:- Graeme Davies, Melbourne, Vic. History:- Built 10/5/38, early UK history and owners prior to 1998 unknown. That is when the wreck was bought by 'Bas' and taken to Holland to be restored. It was taken to SVW Spares in the UK for paint and trim. Completed in 2002...
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Information / History: VA1446 (FH005) was purchased by Sir George Tallis, Managing Director of the Tivoli Theatre in 1938 when he visited the UK with his new bride. They intended to tour the continent but were dissuaded by the threat of war, so the car was brought back to Australia...
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