Victoria

Current owner: John and Alicia Noble, Victoria. Information: Built in Abingdon in 1933 as a 4-door saloon for the home market.  It was painted black with a green interior. History: Delivered to Duthie & Sons, Montrose, Angus, Scotland on the 6th of November 1933. The car was then sold to...

 Magnette /  Victoria / 471 views

Current owner: Ray and John Abikhair, Victoria. MMM No: 1620 Information: Built in 1934 as a pillarless saloon; 0434 was the 5th last - 0438 being the last and replaced by the KN model. History:  Recorded by Michael Carr. The history of the vehicle is well documented with its original...

 Magnette /  Victoria / 549 views

Current Owner: Greg Nener, Victoria Information: No history provided

 Magna /  Victoria / 407 views

Current Owner: Warwick Anderson, Victoria Information: No history provided

 Magna /  Victoria / 412 views

Current Owner: Georg Leitl, Victoria History: L0658 was delivered by Lanes Motors in 1933 to a V. Maloney and from then until the 1960s very little is known. The only information is that it was raced extensively and at one stage had a bronze head fitted.  The motor was taken...

 Magna /  Victoria / 490 views

Current Owner: Ryan Thompson, Victoria Information: No history provided

 Magna /  Victoria / 484 views

Current Owner: Allan Wettenhall, Victoria MMM No: 2478 Infomation: Built 17/10/1933 fitted with one of 98 Continental Coupe bodies,  carrying UK registration number AXW 363.  An early owner (if not the first) was Charles Ward, a part of the coach building company Park Ward. History: After Ward disposed of the...

 Magna /  Victoria / 561 views

Current Owner: James Earl, Victoria History: This car was manufactured on 5th October 1933 and shipped as a rolling chassis to Lanes Motors on the Orsova. It was transferred to Brittania Motors who sold it to 36093 Kennard on 23 November 1933 and it was registered Vic 36093. A close...

 Magna /  Victoria / 498 views

Current Owner: Gary Grant, Victoria History: 1934 Winter 100 Winner, later known as Mercury Magna. This Magna was supplied to Les Jennings via Lanes Motors in early November 1933. The car was not even in rolling chassis form with many parts contained in hessian bags. The engine supplied with this...

 Magna /  Victoria / 503 views

Current Owner: Graeme & Jennie Jackson, Victoria Information: After a nut and bolt restoration L0532 won the prestigious 2012 Victorian Concours.  

 Magna /  Victoria / 430 views

Current Owner: Peter Booth, Victoria Information: The vehicle is located in East Gippsland where it has been since we moved here in 1983. L 0481 was purchased in the early 70’s, having been recovered from the roof space of an old foundry in Melbourne, stored in boxes.It has been registered...

 Magna /  Victoria / 523 views

 Magna /  Victoria / 419 views

Current Owner: John Gillett, Victoria MMM No:  2472 Information:  Built as a 4-seater for the home market in 1933 and registered in the UK OY 6060; the prefix suggests the Croydon area. History: Early UK history unknown. Acquired from Barry Walker by John Gillett in 1978 while visiting the UK.  Originally...

 Magna /  Victoria / 473 views

Current Owner: Nigel Willey, Victoria Information: No history provided

 Magna /  Victoria / 446 views

Current Owner: Ryan Thompson, Victoria History: Arrived in Australia in November 1932 as a rolling chassis and was fitted with an Aspinall body. It was first registered on 19 December 1932. It was raced by Les Jennings (who worked for Lanes Motors) in the early part of 1933 culminating in third place at...

 Magna /  Victoria / 572 views

Current Owner: Philip Battye, Victoria History: F1316 is one of two rolling chassis imported by Lanes Motors in 1931 and delivered to Charles Aspinall in Melbourne for bodying as a four seater fabric bodied sports car. The car carries trade mark Aspinall windscreen and hood bows sourced from American body...

 Magna /  Victoria / 514 views

Current Owner: George and Marguerite Morgan History: This car was initially purchased by a Mr. Sherrin Esq. London through University Motors on 2 June 1932 and was in F1, 4-seater configuration. In recent times the car was rebuilt to F2 configuration by Mr. Tony Mowbray, Nottingham UK. Some mechanical work...

 Magna /  Victoria / 544 views

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...

 Magna /  Victoria / 528 views

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:  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...

 Magna /  Victoria / 584 views

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...

 Magna /  Victoria / 560 views

Current owner: Tim Jackson, Victoria Information: J3771 left the works in June 1933 and is thought to have been owned by P. Strong in the UK.  No record has been found of Mr Strong in an M.G. but there are records of a P. Strong in a Hornet Special in...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 620 views

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...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 548 views

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...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 577 views

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: ...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 629 views

Current Owner: Peter Clark, Victoria Information: No history provided

 Midgets /  Victoria / 458 views

Current Owner: 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...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 520 views

Current Owner: Jennie & Graeme Jackson, Victoria Information: Gary Grant bought the J2, registered ALH233, in the UK in 1967, brought it back to Australia and sold the car to Alan Bail in 1968.  By 1982 Alan’s enthusiastic driving resulted in a thrown connecting rod, and the car passed wounded,...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 540 views

Current Owner: Dorothy & Paul Acfield, Victoria Information: 1933 MG J2 Midget Roadster This J2 came off  the assembly line on the 20th of May 1933, and was imported from the United Kingdom in 1979. John Holliday purchased the car in 1985 and over a period of six years undertook a total restoration back...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 571 views

Current Owner: David Bishop, Victoria MMM  No: 2627 Information: Built at Abingdon in 1933 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market.  An image from the '50s on the MMM site shows the car with swept wings. History: Early history unknown the '50s image mentioned above shows UK registration number...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 473 views

Current Owner: Chris Lamrock, Victoria Information: Registered greater London – delivered 18 April 1933. Problems with the head and the dynamo in the first year. Dynamo problems were a constant problem Car laid up in 1965 in Leigh Lancashire Acquired by Barry Walker  Imported as a basket case in 1974...

 Midgets /  Victoria / 571 views

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