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£8,000 - £12,000
1950 MG TD RHD. Registration number USV 564 (non transferrable). Body Type 22381. Body No., 2439/49727. Car No., TD/ 0668 EXR. Engine number CA325R.
Sold with the V5C, key and wet weather side windows.
The penultimate T-Series Midget, the TD, appeared in 1949. A continuation of the 1930's designed TC, the TD heralded some well-received post-war refinements; independent front suspension, rack and pinion steering, steel wheels, and the availability of left hand drive; this made the TD an appealing motorcar for the export market. When production finished in 1953 it's reported that all but around 1,650 of the 30,000 cars produced were exported, with 23,000 or so heading to the USA alone.
USV was built on the 6th of February 1950 as a Home Market right hand drive, but the T Register records show that Home was crossed out and replaced by XPR. According to our vendor the first owner took it to South Africa where it remained until being repatriated in 1985 by Martin Reenhalgh of Doncaster. At some point in its early live the original engine XPAG/TD/913 was replaced by a BMC factory replacement as noted above (the V5C still states the original engine so we presume Reenhalgh replaced it).
Our vendor bought it in 2005 and the DVLA MOT history shows 330,618 miles, by 2012 it had risen to 32,093 miles, the same as it is today. Dry stored since then it has regularly been started up and warmed through.
When viewed it started without any issues and was driven around the field, it will required light recommissioning due to the lack of activity. Our vendor has not had to do anything to the bodywork, drive train or interior in his custodianship, the testament of a quality restoration.
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