The official vehicle register
Current owner: Peter Svilans, Ontario, Canada. The following details supplied by Peter Svilans. Information: Completed Wed. October 27, 1937, the tenth car of twenty-five built that day. It was exported directly to Newcastle, NSW, and has the "Made in England" brass plate as fixed to all export cars. History: The...
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Current Owner: David Godwin, Queensland History: This car was found in a barn in Tamworth, fitted with a Holden motor, hand painted yellow and used as a paddock basher. Jeff Newey, the previous owner, located the original engine in a boat and traded another engine for it. The car was...
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Current owner: Col Schiller, Qld. History: The MG NE 'Ulster' Magnette pictured is one of only seven of this model manufactured. Known as the 'Ulster' model, the Magnette engine was modified to comply with the regulations of Britain's most important motor sport event in 1934; the Ulster Tourist Trophy. The development...
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Current owner: David Teubner, South Aust. MMM No: 3367 Information: Assembled in 1934 as a 2-seat ND model; one of only 24 built; utilising surplus K2 bodies on regular N-type chassis with a tuned engine. History: This car was built for the home market but unfortunately no UK history has...
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History: This NB was purchased by Peter Harper, of Adelaide in 1979 from Barry Walker (UK). The car was complete but required a full restoration which was carried out in the early 1990s. Its high standard of finish and the attention to detail is much admired and a credit to...
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Current owner: Jennie and Graeme Jackson, Vic. MMM No: 774 Information: Built at Abingdon in late 1935 for the home market and registered BPO 53 on 10/12/35. History: Early history unknown. Rebuilt in the UK in the style of a K3 by Peter Gregory. Imported into Australia by Ross Kelly...
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History: John acquired this NB in 2004 during a visit to the UK, from his old friend Barry Walker, who was selling pre-war parts at Prescott Hill Climb. Previously the car had been in the same family for 40 years, MMM Register Number 1698. Since arriving in Australia in February...
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Current owner: Doug Gordon, South Aust. History: None provided. First appeared on the Register in 2005 owned by Georg Leitl in Victoria. Believed to have been acquired by Peter Coombe in S.A. shortly after that date. P.C. passed away in 2009 and the car remained in the family shed until...
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Current owner; Peter Cundy, South Australia MMM No; 2487 Information; Built at Abingdon in 1934 as a rolling chassis for export to Australia. History; Imported by John Snow who commissioned the local construction of a body however the body took too long to emerge and Snow did not use the...
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Current owner: Eric Kerr, Qld. History: The MG was only used sparingly by the previous owner. Peter Kerr fully sorted the Magnette, and has had a long and successful racing career with it. Lloyd Hagaman maintained the MG, and Bruce Blakeley and his boys acted as pit crew mechanics at...
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