Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
12th Feb, 2025 12:00pm
c. 1939 MG SA Special
Estimate
£9, 000 - £11, 000
Registration No: TSY 381
Chassis No: SA 2946
MOT: Exempt
In need of recommissioning after a period of storage
An interesting pre-war special
Still registered with the DVLA although a new V5c will need to be applied for
Used by the previous owner at numerous speed events and potentially VSCC eligible
As a result of MGs sale to Morris Motors in 1935, rationalisation was the company's priority during 1935, and all new models shared as many parts as possible with other members of the burgeoning Nuffield Organisation. Launched at the 1935 Motor Show, the SA represented a new departure for MG. The first all-new model to be introduced since the company's acquisition by Morris Motors, it was considerably larger than any previous MG and caused a certain amount of consternation amongst enthusiasts who feared an abandonment of the virtues embodied by the marque's nimble sports cars. They need not have worried, for although based on the Wolseley Super Six and aimed at the luxury car market, the SA received sufficient input from MG founder and designer Cecil Kimber to transform it into a car worthy of the famous octagon badge.
Originally of 2026cc, the overhead-valve Wolseley Six had been enlarged to 2, 288cc by the time SA production commenced and was further stretched to 2322cc in 1937. With 75bhp propelling a car weighing around 1½ tons, acceleration was necessarily leisurely; nevertheless, the SA could cruise comfortably at 60-70mph and had a genuine top speed approaching 85mph. Only available as a four-door Saloon at launch, it was subsequently offered as a Tickford-bodied Drophead Coupé and Charlesworth-bodied Open Tourer. By the time production ceased in 1939, 2, 738 SAs of all types had left the factory.
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