Description
1949 MG YA Type Saloon with diarised history.
We are proud to offer this very pretty, example which needs to be seen and driven to fully appreciate it. It underwent a rolling restoration by the exceptionally diligent last owner who kept a detailed, pilot-style, logbook of every service, repair and mileage record during the past 24 years of his ownership. Current mileage indicates 33, 966 which may therefore be genuine. A copy of his handwritten booklet is included in the history folder. The car has definite show-winning potential, as the chrome, interior, engine bay are all outstanding. Finished in resplendent Ebony Black over Regency Red with superb, unworn, upholstery which appears to be original and 75 years old, a rare find and credit to former owners.
Incorporates a Smith‘s, in-built, self-actuating, hydraulic jacking system which allows the front, rear wheels or all four, to be lifted off the ground for puncture repair or maintenance. Front opening windscreen. Stainless Steel exhaust system. Telescopic steering column. Windtone horns, Twin spots, Semaphores are in full working order with new LED neon flashers.
Little gems like this don’t come up very often so don’t miss out, come and take it for a spin down memory lane, you’ll be impressed. Runs and drives like a Swiss watch with that strong ‘go places’ feel about it.
Comes with V5, Owner’s maintenance/ journey logbook, Old tool roll, Wheel brace, Starting handle. Smith’s heater, LHM Jack oil, “Highway Hawk” bonnet mascot (with spare chrome radiator cap in glove box) Illustrated history book of the MG Y-Type model. MG Spares catalogue. The original rear window blind is also present but unfitted at present. Historic Tax, MOT & ULEZ Exempt. Car located in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, transport arranged, if required, at £1. 70 pr/ mile (one way only charged) For more info on this very special little car, call John on number above.
Model History
In essence, the Y-Type is an MG TD Roadster, albeit in a saloon body but with the same raffish MG character. Designed in the late thirties as saloon addition to MG’s range of Midget sports cars, due to the war, it wasn’t released until 1947. When launched, the MG Sales Literature stated "A brilliant new Member of the famous MG breed. This new One and a Quarter Litre car perpetuates the outstanding characteristics of its successful predecessors – virile acceleration, remarkable ‘road manner,’ instant response to controls and superb braking. A ‘lively’ car, the new One and a Quarter Litre provides higher standards of performance." The UK price of the car was £525. 0. 0 ex works plus purchase tax of £146. 11. 8d.
The car featured an independent front suspension layout, designed by Gerald Palmer and Jack Daniels (an MG draughtsman). Independent front suspension was very much the latest technology at the time and the "Y" Type became the first Nuffield product and one of the first British production cars with this feature. The separate chassis facilitated the ‘Jackall System’, which consisted of four hydraulically activated rams that were bolted to the chassis, two at the front and two at the rear. The jacks were connected to a Jackall Pump on the bulkhead, that enabled the front, the back, or the entire car to be raised to facilitate a wheel change.
The MG "Y" Type had an extremely high standard of interior furnishing and finish, in accordance with the best British traditions. The facing surfaces of all seats were leather, as were the door pockets. The rear of the front seats were made from Rexine, a form of leathercloth, which matched the leather fronts, as were the door panels themselves. A roller blind was fitted to the rear window as an anti-glare mechanism (not a privacy screen as many think).
Considerable use of wood was made in the internal trim of the "Y" Type. Door windows and front and rear screens were framed in burr walnut, the instrument panel set in bookmatched veneer, offsetting the passenger side glove box.
The speedometer, clock, and three-gauge cluster of oil pressure, fuel and ammeter, were set behind octagonal chrome frames, a subtle iteration of the MG badge theme later replicated in the MG TF.
