1962 MGA Mk 2 Coupe, UK RHD, 1622 cc. Registration number AC...

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£29,000

1962 MGA Mk 2 Coupe, UK RHD, 1622 cc. Registration number ACK 588A. Chassis number GHD2/106040. Engine number 16 GCUH5904.
To quote the company's own advertising, the MG A was the 'first of a new line'. Launched at the Frankfurt Motorshow of 1955, it owed its modern streamlined design to the body Syd Enever had created for George Philips' 1951 TD Le Mans car, and featured a chassis penned by Roy Brocklehurst and power from a 1489cc version of the straight-four BMC B Series engine, as found in the MG Magnette. In 1959 the capacity was increased to 1588cc. A total of 101,081 MG As were sold between 1955 and 1962, most of which were exported.
The engine size was increased again to 1622 cc by increasing the bore from 75.4 mm to 76.2 mm for the 1961 Mark II MGA. The cylinder head was also revised with larger valves and re-engineered combustion chambers. Horsepower increased to 90 bhp. It also had a higher ratio 4:1 rear axle, which made for more relaxed high-speed driving. An inset grille and Morris Mini tail lamps appearing horizontally below the deck lid were the most obvious visual changes. 8,198 Mark II roadsters and 521 coupés were built of which only 219 were RHD UK, 168 in 1961 and only 51 in 1962.
Road & Track magazine reviewed the MG A 1600 Mark II in the September 1961 issue and reported an estimated top speed of 105 mph and a 0-60 acceleration of 12.8 seconds.
ACK is therefore a pretty rare machine that was originally built over the 8th and 9th of January 1962, being dispatched on the 17th. It was in Old English white with a red interior and disc wheels. First registered in Lancashire on a cherished number of 15 TJ (now on a Land Rover) on the 1st of June 1963 (hence the DVLA age related number plate as it would have been a six-digit number).
On the 29th May 1964 Andrew Bell of Blackburn traded in a Ford Consul for it at a cost of £695. He and his family were to own it until our vendor bought it in 2015. The vast history folder shows Bell living in Bahrain in the mid 1980's and instructing Naylor Brothers of Shipley to undertake a full concours restoration in 1986/87, including the fitting of wire wheels. The paperwork is very detailed as to the works involved and state that at this time the mileage was some 35,000. It then lived a very pampered life until he moved to Arizona, USA in circa 2010 when the mileage had only risen to 42,468 miles; he obtained a Heritage Certificate in this year.
The Arizona certificate of ownership shows Anne Bell at the same address, presumably his wife, and our vendor bought it from her in 2014, having it imported in 2015. At this time the car was MOT'd at 42, 583 miles and has been MOT'd every year since, in June 2019 it had risen to 44,028 miles. It is only being sold as our vendor is restoring a classic yacht.
Sold with the V5C, various MOT's, the import documents, a vast wealth of previous receipts, a photograph of it in 2007 with a badge bar fitted (detached but with the car). The only non-standard fittings are the wire wheels (1986) and an electric fan and oil cooler fitted in the USA.
Spicers can highly recommend this Coupe, it has only had three owners, (one from 1964 until 2014), it has the original interior, the restoration by Naylors is a credit to their workmanship.