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,...
Current Owner: Dorothy & Paul Acfield, Victoria MMM No: 2399 Information: Built at Abingdon on 20/5/33 as a 2-seater for the home market. Delivered to University Motors and sold to Mr C.W. Rosenkranz with registration number MG2611. History: It was imported from the United Kingdom in 1979. John Holliday purchased the car in 1985...
Current Owner: David Bishop, Victoria MMM No: 2627 Information: Built at Abingdon on 19/3/33 as a 2-seat roadster with cycle guards 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...
Current Owner: Chris Lamrock, Victoria MMM No: 2395 Information: Built at Abingdon on 14/3/33 as a 2-seater for the home market. History: Written by Chris Lamrock. Registered VJ 5175 in greater London – delivered 18 April 1933. Problems with the head and the dynamo in the first year. Dynamo problems...
Current Owner: Jim Murphy, Victoria. MMM No: 1304 Information: Built at Abingdon on 10/3/33 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market, it was green with green trim. History: Early UK history unknown. Exported to New Zealand in 1965 where it had three owners: Thomas Atherton, Robert Brown and Malcolm...
Current Owner: Rod Amos, Victoria MMM No: 37 Information: Built at Abingdon on 6/10/32 as a 2-seater for the home market. History: I have just taken over the role of caretaker from Diana Dwyer, who campaigned it for 48 years both in Britain and Aus., as well as using it...
Current Owner: Stuart Andrews, Victoria MMM No: 2403 Information: Built at Abingdon on 26th September 1932 as a 2-seater and sold by University Motors London on 11 October 1932. History: Written by Stuart Andrews The first owner was F.R. Wells of Digswell, Mill House, Welwyn, Hertfordshire UK. Francis (Frank) Wells...
Current Owners: Ray and John Abikhair, Victoria MMM No: 1136 Information: Built at Abingdon in 1933 as a 2-seater with swept wings. Delivered to University Motors 15/12/1933 for the home market. The factory build car records that it had a red interior with green body and wheels and registered AXE...
Current Owner: Unknown, Victoria Information: Built at Abingdon 26/10/33 as a two-seater with swept wing for the home market. History: Early history unknown Ray Delaney purchased this car from Brian Hussey in January 2002, rebuilt it, then sold it to Kevin Riseley it has recently been sold to David McKenzie....
Current owner: Nick Caudwell, Victoria MMM No: 1628 Some of the information below was taken in good faith from a register of MMM cars compiled by the M.G.C.C. New Zealand. You can read an extract covering 2828 here. Information: Abingdon closed for Christmas holidays at the end of 1932 and...
Current owner: Morgan Family, Victoria MMM No: 591. History: C0261 is the tenth of the batch of 14 cars built in the twelve days prior to the 1931 12/12 hour race at Brooklands. The design concept had been decided long before then but parts had to be sourced and the...
Current owners: Ray and John Abikhair, Victoria MMM No: 1221 Information: Built in 1931 as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. UK reg., BG 168. History: written by Rob Dunsterville. During 1974 when I was living in London, Brian Flowers and some others (in the M.G. Car Club Sydney)...
Current Owners: Robin & Jenny Page, Victoria MMM No: 1684 Information: Built at Abingdon in 1931 as a metal paneled 2-seater for the home market. History: The car was purchased by Patricia and David Mottram while on a visit to the UK in 1975. On their return to Australia David...
Current owner: Ryan Thompson, Victoria MMM No: 2858 Information: Built in 1931 as a fabric 2-seat roadster for the home market. Original timber frame and Rexine covering survives under recent vinyl recover. History: This car was discovered in a shed in London in 1993 and is in very original condition...
Current Owner: Zagami Automotive, Victoria MMM No: 1298 Information: Built in 1930 at Abingdon as a fabric 2-seater for the home market. History: Unknown. Currently advertised for sale by dealer 2024 (Zagami).
Current owner: Ian Mawson, Victoria MMM No: 2388 Information: Built in Abingdon shortly after the move from Oxford in 1929, the car started life as a 2-seat roadster for the home market. History: Following the M-type’s success in the JCC Double Twelve Hour race at Brooklands in 1930, a car...
Current owner: Mark Alsop, Victoria MMM No: 3071 Information: Built at Oxford in 1929 as a fabric 2-seater for the home market. Bought by an Australian in UK while on honeymoon and shipped to W.A., sans body in 1932. New body built by Boltons in J2 style. History: As written...
Current owners: Morgan Family, Victoria MMM No: 2382 Information: The earliest M-type in Australia, this car would have been built around the end of April 1929 in the Oxford factory before the move to Abingdon. It would have been a fabric bodied 2-seater for the home market. History: The remains...
Current owner: Ray and John Abikhair, Vic. History: UK Registration UV8692, Ex York Motor Museum First registered on October 9, 1929 this car still wears its original UK license plate, UV8692 and carries its original Carbodies body numbered 6257. Very little of its early history is known but the car...
Current owner: Cuthbert Family, Victoria. History: This 14/40 with Carbodies coachwork was bought by garage proprietor Neil Cuthbert circa 1958. Neil restored it to near original condition and used it enthusiastically in M.G.C.C. events. Neil passed away in the 1980s and the Cuthbert Family retained the vehicle. Although it is...
Current owner: Ray and John Abikhair, Vic. Information: Morris ch. no: 167064. M.G. car no: 164064 (usually 3000 less than Morris no.) Sent to Carbodies to be fitted with 4-seat body in 1927. History: Written by Ron Button when he purchased this car from Jim Marriott in 1987. Jim owned...
Current owners; Ray and John Abikhair, Victoria. Information; built as a 4-door saloon in 1939, painted black. History; supplied by Robert Smith Vehicle shipped from UK on 26.09.1939 (note on shipping document: “Last car shipped before war commenced”) Vehicle imported by P&R Williams (import #802) Cost ex works: £316.15.0, Landed cost:...
Current owner: Ray and John Abikhair, Victoria. Information: Built in 1938 as a 4-door saloon for export and imported into Australia by P & R Williams. History: The saloon went originally to Brisbane but the early history is unknown. The first record is when it was seen by Rod Hiley...
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....
