Description
This lot will be auctioned via Iconic Auctioneers, The Classic Sale at the Practical Classics Classic Car and Restoration Show 2025 on Saturday the 22nd of March - Sunday the 23rd of March, NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT.
The TD-Series Midget was the first MG sports car to feature independent double-wishbone front suspension and rack and pinion steering and the new model also boasted a hypoid-bevel back axle, a scuttle reinforcement hoop and twin leading-shoe front brakes
Powered by the proven 54bhp, 1250cc XPAG engine with a four-speed manual transmission, it was reputedly capable of 75mph and 26mpg
Introduced in 1951, the more powerful Mk II offered 60bhp and 82mph
This wonderful, original UK-supplied, Mk II is a matching-numbers car finished in Apple Green with Beige leather seats, a matching Rexine-covered dashboard, white-faced Jaeger instruments, Bakelite switches and a Bluemels Bakelite wheel
#29477 was one of the last built leaving Abingdon on 16/ 07/ 1953 bound for Parkside Garage in Coventry
Subject to a body-off restoration some years ago, and the gearbox, front suspension and rear brake cylinders were rebuilt in 2017
During the engine rebuild it was treated to a steel billet Phoenix crankshaft, new camshaft and flywheel starter ring gear, and more recently, a Brown and Gammons rear crank seal conversion
More recent info and professional images to follow.
