1950 MG YA Saloon, Exceptional example. For Sale

1950 MG YA Saloon

We are proud to offer this very pretty, example which needs to be seen and driven to fully appreciate it. Subject of a running restoration with invoices on file for thousands. Bodywork, chrome, interior, engine bay are all outstanding, with definite show-winning potential. Finished in attractive Regency Red over Old English White with superb replacement cream leather upholstery with red piping.

Incorporates a fully functioning sun roof, interior blind, semaphores but modern trafficators also provided. Front opening windscreen. Brand new Stainless Steel exhaust system. Telescopic steering column and badge bar with club badges.

Historic Classic so Road Tax, MOT & ULEZ Exempt,

Comes with History folder, a full MG Workshop Manual, Road tools, starting handle, box of useful spares.

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.

Car located in Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, transport arranged, if required, at £1. 60 pr/ mile (one way only charged) For more info on this very special 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.