The official vehicle register
Information / History: The first third generation ownership of an SVW car began last year with the transfer of SA1882 from Bruce Eyre to his son Scott in Queensland. Bruce has suffered a debilitating illness for some years now and has decided that the time has come to pass the car...
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Current owner: Murray Arundell, Qld. Information: Built at Abingdon in 1937 as a 4-door saloon. It is believed that this car was used by Lord Nuffield during his tour of Australia in the summer of 1937. History: In January 1940 it was sold by Lanes to Dr Reginald Ellery who...
SVW / 2099 views
Current owner; Paul Williams, Victoria. Information; Built in Abingdon as a 4-door saloon in 1936. History: SA0499 is among the first SAs imported into Australia, arriving 9/7/1936 aboard 'the Imperial Star' for dealers P & R Williams in NSW. Early owners are unknown prior to Graham Nicholls of the S.A....
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Information / History: SA 0945 This is no ordinary MG Saloon Underneath the mild mannered coachwork lies a highly modified pre War MG. It started off life as an early model (694th produced on the line 1936) SA Saloon, and on the outside not much difference, except the hint of extra 30mm...
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Current owner: Stephan Gaal, Victoria Information: Built at Abingdon in 1937 as a 4-door saloon for the home market. Sold on 14/09/1937 by Sycamore Motors Stamford, UK, registration number TL 6940. History: The first owner was a surgeon at Stamford Hospital, his name was either Mr de Braine or de...
SVW / 3270 views
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...
SVW / 1866 views
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...
SVW / 1966 views
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...
SVW / 1871 views
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...
SVW / 1900 views
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...
SVW / 1951 views
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...
SVW / 1901 views
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...
SVW / 1837 views
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...
SVW / 1909 views
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...
SVW / 1904 views