Posted 2 years ago
Current owner; Morgan Family, Victoria. Info; Recorded on the Lanes list and is believed to have been imported by them as a rolling chassis in 1934. History; All that remains of this car is the LH front dumb iron that came in a box of bits of a J2 bought...
Posted 2 years ago
Current owner: Graeme Jackson, Victoria. MMM No. 2409. Information: Built January 1934 as swept wing roadster, painted green with green trim. History: Delivered 19/1/34 to Geoffrey Benskin Ruddle by Squire Motors, Henley on Thames and registered JB 3417. Ruddle returned the car to the factory on 14/2/35 showing mileage of...
Posted 2 years ago
Current owner:- Nigel Schofield, Melbourne, Victoria. History:- Early history unknown. Imported into Australia circa 1970 by Mr and Mrs Dwyer when migrating from the UK. Chassis bought by Stuart Schofield from Diana Dwyer after her husband passed away. Stuart was planning to build K3/Q type style special and had alloy...
Posted 3 years ago
Current Owner: Jim Thompson, Victoria. MMM No: 2389 Info/History: None supplied.
Posted 3 years ago
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 by Ian Heather senior at the inaugural historic race meeting at Amaroo in 1976 and for the next 10 years or so. Slab tank...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Andrew Barnett, Victoria. MMM No: 2458 Information: Built in 1936 as a 2-seat roadster for the Lancashire Constabulary which 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 and wheels. The...
Posted 3 years ago
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...
Posted 3 years ago
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...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner; Southgate Estate, Victoria. MMM No; 2454. Information; research by Tony Sloan Dispatched from Abindon 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...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: James Harper, Victoria. MMM No: 2455 Information: Built in 1935 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. History: Early UK history unknown. Purchased by Peter Harper (current owner’s father) of Adelaide in 1979 from Barry Walker, UK dealer. Whilst complete and semi-restored, a total restoration was carried...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Brian Hill, Victoria MMM No: 3346 Information: Built late '34 or early '35 as a 2-seat sports model for the home market. History: Registered in the UK as MG 4203. Early history unknown. The car was rebuilt in Britain and on completion was featured in an article in...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Bill Bennett Estate, Victoria MMM No. 2451 History: This car was bought as chassis and various parts in 1978 and owner’s wife said “continue to the tip!” The chassis and body of the car had parted company as part of a divorce and gone separate ways. The...
Posted 3 years ago
History: Graeme purchased PA1427 from Walter Magilton in the 1970s, surprised that he would even consider selling such an Historic Car! Walter was going to Europe to paint and that was the obvious excuse. The car was dismantled and was typical of a racing car that had been raced and...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Dale Parsell. MMM No. 2844. Information: Built as a 4-seat tourer. History: Car was fitted with a Ford E93 8HP motor and three speed gearbox when the original disintegrated. An original P-Type gearbox was subsequently fitted. Recorded incorrectly on previous registers as PA1352.
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Ian Northcott, Victoria. MMM No. 2442. History: This car was built in 1934 and shipped to Sydney CKD to be fitted with a locally made body by an unknown coachbuilder. The first owner kept the car for an extremely long time (for an M.G.) and eventually sold it...
Posted 3 years ago
Current owner: Graeme Steinfort, Victoria. MMM No. 2432. History: PA1298 was imported by Lanes Motors in October 1934 and after being fitted with a body by C.F.S. Aspinall delivered (new?) to H. N. (Bon) Reeve in May 1935. Bon competed in the car over the next three years with considerable...