Current owner: Alan Davenport, Western Australia MMM No: 3545 Information: Built at Abingdon 11/9/1933 as swept wing 2-seat roadster for the home market. The MMM Register records UK registration number OY 6319 and the car currently carries that number in W.A. History: None provided.
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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...
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Current Owner: Andrew Kerridge, Qld. Information: Built at Abingdon on 22/5/1933 as a 2-seater for the home market. History: Bought in UK during WW2 by a US serviceman who shipped it home on an aircraft carrier. Used by him and later driven by his son until sold to an Australian....
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Although now in the hands of an English collector this 18/80 was brought to Australia, restored and driven here by Rod Hiley in Qld. He kept it for 25 years from 1977 to 2002 then returned it to the UK. Current owner: Keith Herkes, UK. Information: Mk I speed model...
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Current owner: Geoff Wigg, Queensland MMM No: 2394 Information: Built at Abingdon on the 8th of December 1931 as a black, metal panelled 2-seater for the home market. Registered TG 2977 in Glamorgan county, Wales, 11th March 1932. History: Nothing known about car until July 1950 as original log book...
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Current owner:- Stan Tucker, Western Australia. History:- Previously listed as VA 1747, now corrected to VA 1755. Bought by Tucker in 2011 on eBay. Sellers were two lawyers in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA. They had owned it for 16 years. Appears to carry UK registration plates DKW 204. UK history unknown.
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Current owner:- Errol George, Queensland. History:- Previously listed as VA 1049, this has been corrected to VA 1042S. Early history unknown. The car was imported from USA by a South Australian dealer. It was purportedly found in a barn where it had been stored for more than 20 years. Bought...
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Current Owner: Nigel Schofield, 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 body...
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Currently owner: Unknown, this vehicle is listed as lost. Information: Of the 22 J3s built only one left the factory as a rolling chassis; J3766! Ordered direct from Abingdon by Lanes Motors for Cec Warren, a director of Britannia Motors. The car was dispatched on 28/3/33 and on arrival was...
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Current owner: Marguerite Morgan, Victoria. Car Location: U.K. MMM No: 81. Information: Said to be one of the most original surviving M.G. C-types. Owned by Aussies and kept in the UK for their use when visiting. Guarantee plate issued 1/8/31. Car painted black and red. Registration no. JK 1932. History:...
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Current owner: Teifion Salisbury, in the UK. MMM No: 2291 Information: Although now located in the UK this car is included here because it spent most of its life in Australia. For all of that time was the only C-type in the country. Another has arrived since. Guarantee plate issued...
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Current Owner: Col Schiller, Queensland History: This TB's early history is lost in time however from 1948 its history is mostly well recorded. That is because after WWII John Nind prepared it for racing and entered it in the 1948 Australian Grand Prix held at Point Cook airfield; unfortunately Nind...
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Current owner:- Brendon Clarke, Qld. History:- Built 1937 and shipped to Australia as a rolling chassis with bonnet, running boards and sedan guards. Body built by coachbuilder in Annadale, N.S.W. Very similar to UK tourers with subtle differences, such as door shape and side mounted spare due to using sedan...
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Current Owner: Bill Jenkinson, Western Australia MMM No: 694 Information: Built in 1936 as a 2-seat roadster, painted blue with blue trim and silver wheels. Delivered on 21/3/36 to S.H. Newsome, an M.G. dealer in Coventry and registered AUE 61. History: UK history unknown. Imported into Australia by John Hunting...
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Current Owner: Mrs Ruth Moore, Victoria MMM No: 2406 Information: Built at Abingdon 2/10/33 as a swept wing 2-seater for the home market. History: No history provided. First appeared on the register in the earliest days owned by David Moore apparently acquired in 1953. A note on the file states;...
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Current Owner: Peter Clark, Victoria MMM No: 2405 Information: Built at Abingdon 16/9/33 as a 2-seat roadster with swept wings for the home market. The MMM Register records UK reg. no. DY 7819. History: No history provided. This car has been on the register from the start, firstly owned by...
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Current owner: Col Schiller, Queensland MMM No: 3379 Information: Both M 1523 and 1524 were built at Abingdon on 24/4/30 for export to Australia sans body to minimise customs duty. History: written by Bill Fuller Some time ago Garnet Smith, now a sprightly Octogenarian, sent to our Club Editor, Elaine...
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