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...
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Information / History: The first third generation ownership of an SVW car began last year with the transfer of SA1882 from Bruce Eyre to his son Scott in Queensland. Bruce has suffered a debilitating illness for some years now and has decided that the time has come to pass the car...
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Current owner: Murray Arundell, Qld. Information: Built at Abingdon in 1937 as a 4-door saloon. It is believed that this car was used by Lord Nuffield during his tour of Australia in the summer of 1937. History: In January 1940 it was sold by Lanes to Dr Reginald Ellery who...
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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....
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Information / History: SA 0945 This is no ordinary MG Saloon Underneath the mild mannered coachwork lies a highly modified pre War MG. It started off life as an early model (694th produced on the line 1936) SA Saloon, and on the outside not much difference, except the hint of extra 30mm...
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Current owner: Stephan Gaal, Victoria Information: Built at Abingdon in 1937 as a 4-door saloon for the home market. Sold on 14/09/1937 by Sycamore Motors Stamford, UK, registration number TL 6940. History: The first owner was a surgeon at Stamford Hospital, his name was either Mr de Braine or de...
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Information / History: In 1937, William Airy, a young well-to-do dentist in Melbourne, Australia, decided that a two door coupe body on the new MG Two Litre (or SA) would be his preferred motor car. As this body style was not offered by the factory, the car was imported as...
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History: SA 2337 and the Peking to Paris Rally Built from the ground up from the remains of a burnt-out saloon (SA2337) bought from Morris Pavlinovich in Western Australia, and some more panels and other bits and pieces from another chassis (SA 1885 ex-Ed Ison from Sydney) that Harry had owned for several...
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Current owner: John Crighton, Qld. Information: Construction was competed 21st June 1937 as a 4-door saloon intended as one of 23 exported to Australia, arriving on the 29th October 1037. Sold in Sydney by P&R Williams, believed the original colour was blue. The sales blurb read “Out of the hard...
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