Current Owner: Neil & Mary-Anne Anderson, Queensland History: F1048 was purchased by Bill Leech in the UK during the 1970s and brought to Melbourne. Bill drove it regularly in a variety of events and found it more comfortable to drive than some of his more exotic vehicles. When Bill died...
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Current Owner: Graeme & Shirley Davies History: Manufactured 2/12/1931 Little early history is known of this car except that it started life as a Sliding Roof Foursome Salonette. Records show it was registered in the UK in the name of J C Thurburn 8/1932. Peter Auld of Adelaide owned the...
Current owner: Harry Hickling, Victoria MMM No. 2464 Information: Completed 9/5/1932 for the home market fitted with a Stiles Ltd., threesome body. History:Â Â Sold to first owner Mr Charles B. Currie, Bank House, Haddington, it was sold by Scottish Motor Trading, Edinbugh. Somewhere between 1932 and 1947 the car was imported...
Current owner: Barry Broom, Victoria MMM No. 2195. Information: Delivered in January 1932 with standard F-type tourer body finished in black with brown trim. UK reg. no. PJ 2572. History: F0525 was ordered from Cookes Motors in High Street, Sutton, Surrey, by Mr P.G.A. Smith. Within a month it was...
Current Owner: Philip and Marta Redhead, NSW. Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: Ross Alexander, New South Wales Information: No History provided
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Current Owner: Stuart Ratcliffe, New South Wales Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: Tim Shellshear, New South Wales Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: Russel Turner, New South Wales Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: Brian Cather, Qld. Information: No history provided
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Currently owner: Bill Fuller, Queensland Information: by Clifford Kelly and Tim Jackson. Known as the "Australian J4". Built in Feb. 1933 and retained by Abingdon initially registered JB 641, the car went to University Motors in May '33 and registered MG 2348. U.M. appear to have sold it to one...
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Current owner: John Batkin Estate, Victoria Information: The first recorded owner of J3767 was Asia Owczarow an aristocratic Russian Jew living in Paris. He is known to have owned this J3, QA0252 and K3011. He used a number of aliases to conceal his motor racing from his parents who were...
Current Owner: Ed Taylor, Victoria Information: MG J3, chassis J3762 – Early history and competition record There are no known records of the cars early years in the UK. It was exported to Australia in 1934 and first registered in Victoria on 14 February 1935, almost exactly two years after...
Current owner: George and Marguerite Morgan, Victoria MMM No: 78 Information: Guarantee plate issued 7/12/32. Standard 2-seat body, painted green, registered JB 1047. Retained by Works and used for Class H record attempts at Montlhery 1932 and then Le Mans 24 hour race in 1933. 7/12/32: Guarantee plate issued. 18-19/12/32: ...
Current Owner: Ron Killcullen, Western Australia Information: Built at Abingdon on 19/10/33 and shipped directly to Lanes in Melbourne as a CKD kit. Lanes dispatched the car to Aspinall to receive one of their door-less two seater bodies. History: Information supplied by Matthew Magilton On completion the car was registered...
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Current Owner: Gordon Taylor, Western Australia MMM No: 2417 Information: Built at Abingdon 22/9/33 as a rolling chassis for export to Australia. History: No history provided. The car first appeared on our register in the very earliest days and with the same owner from the '60s through to 2022. Notes on...
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Current Owner: Peter Partridge, Western Australia MMM No: 2416 Information:Â Built at Abingdon 22/9/33 as a rolling chassis for export to Australia. History: Fitted with a locally built two-seater body the car was owned by Clem Dwyer in the '30s and used to contest a rally organised by the RAC of...
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Current Owner: Ed Farrar, Western Australia MMM No: 2103 Information: Built at Abingdon on 26/4/33 as a 2-seater for the home market. History: No early history known. During the '60s and '70s Geoff Coles was very successful in the UK with a J-type special often described as a J4. This...
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Current Owner: Allan Herring, Western Australia MMM No: 1395 Information: Built at Abingdon on 15/3/33 as a 2-seater for the home market and painted red. It was first registered on 8/6/33 with number BRF 10. History: Purchased by A.H. in 1972 from the well known Bone Brothers "Bone yard" in East...
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Current Owner: Ian Burston, Western Australia MMM No. 1661 Information: Built 14/11/1932 as a 2-seater for the home market. Registered 1/12/1932 and used by a dealer as a demonstrator until sold to a lady buyer in England. History: Purchased in Bristol and imported into Australia by Owen McNeill in Queensland...
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Current Owner: Ian Buckley, South Australia Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: Martin Barrett, South Australia MMM No: 1097 Information: Built at Abingdon on 1/12/32 as a 2-seater for the home market carrying registration number APC 614. History: No history provided
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Current Owner: Col Schiller, Queensland Information: This J2 based special has been a dedicated race car for many years and currently has a CAMS category Kb log book. Known history is that the car was owned by well known South Australian M.G. collector Don Shinners from 1955 to 1984 when...
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Current Owner: Ralph Leach, Queensland Information: No history provided
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Current Owner: John Byrne, Queensland Information: Built at Abingdon 5/10/33 in CKD form without bodywork. The car was shipped to Lanes in Melbourne and dispatched to Aspinalls to be fitted with one of their door-less two seat bodies. History: It was sold to Les Murphy and registered 65.434. With Murphy driving...
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Current Owner: Arthur Morris, Queensland MMM No: 2411 Information: Built at Abingdon on 24/7/33 as a 2-seat roadster with swept wings. History: No history provided. The first reference to this car is in the P-w Register dated 1973 where mention is made of a J2 being imported by Ray Kleinschmidt...
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Current Owner: Daniel Wong, Queensland MMM No: 2397 Information: Built at Abingdon on 27/3/33 as a 2-seater for the home market. Registered WO 7609. History: The car languished in the Ison collection from the mid-70s until acquired by D.W. in 2005.
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Current Owner: Peter Clark, Victoria MMM No: 2407 Information: Built at Abingdon 5/10/33 as CKD for export to Australia. Early images show it was fitted with an Aspinall 2-seater body. History: Believed to have been bought from a wrecking yard in the S.E. suburbs of Melbourne circa 1960 by Donald...
Current Owner:Â Keir Whitcher, Victoria Information: J4417, the fourth last J2 produced, was built at Abingdon in 1933 as a rolling chassis for export to Australia. History: written by Graeme Jackson, full version appeared in Pre-war Newsletter No. 1/2016 Imported by Lanes Motors in chassis form in May 1933 together with...