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1949 MG TC red/black

Source: Owner
Anytown, U.S.A.
portfolio
Posted: 14 Apr 2003

Specs & Details

Interior Color: red leather
Engine: 4 cyl
Transmission: manual
Weight: 1,850
# Produced: 10,000
Price When New: $2,395
Miles Driven: 40,000

CHRIS'S COMMENTS

$16k would have been a good buy. $19k is fair. This car is undoubtedly worth more to the current owner than anyone else. Sketchy history with no documentation presented. Honest amateur restoration. Modified from original, but not irreversible. Classic British roadster with good eyeball appeal.

(Chris Lydiksen)

OWNER'S COMMENTS

I PURCHASED THIS 1949 MG TC IN 1989. AT THAT TIME I WAS TOLD I WAS THE THIRD OWNER. THE FIRST HAD PURCHASED THE CAR NEW IN NEW JERSEYAND GONE TO KOREA NEVER TO RETURN. THE CAR SAT FOR NEARLY TWENTY FIVE YEARS. DRY ROT CLAIMED THE TUB. THE SECOND OWNER BOUGHT THE CAR, AND IN SOME ORDER, RESTORED IT, CHANGED THE ORIGINAL CRÃˆME COLOR TO RED, REPLACED THE LEATHER, THREW AWAY THE TOP BOWS AND BROUGHT THE CAR TO AKRON.

THE CAR SEEMED SOLID AT THE TIME AND HAS PROVEN TO BE. I HAVE TOURED THE CAR FROM AKRON TO STOCKBRIDGE MA. AND BACK. I COMPLETED A ONE LAP RACE OF LAKE MICHIGAN WITHOUT ANY DIFFICULTIES. AND I HAVE DRIVEN IT TO MANY REGIONAL EVENTS WITH CONSISTENTLY DEPENDABLE RESULTS THIS IS A GREAT DRIVER. PLEASE NOTE: MILEAGE IS ESTIMATED. I PURCHASED WITH 19,000 MILES AND HAVE DRIVEN LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. THE ODOMETER IS NOT WORKING.

Vehicle Condition

IN A PROGRESSIVE EFFORT, I HAVE AMONG OTHER THINGS:

REPLACED THE LEAF SPRINGS, BRAKES, WHEEL BEARINGS, DIFFERENTIAL SEALS, WHEEL CYLINDERS, MASTER CYLINDER, TOP AND TOP BOWS.

REBUILT THE HEAD AND ADDED HARDENED VALVES TO ENABLE THE CAR TO BURN UNLEADED GAS.

REMOVED THE EXU BUMPERS-STILL HAVE THEM WITH IMPROPER TD OVER-RIDERS.

REBUILT THE CARBS.

REBUILT THE STARTER.

REPLACED THE EXHAUST WITH STAINLESS

REPLACED THE SEALED BEAM EXU HEADLIGHTS WITH TRIPODS.

THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL EXAMPLE OF ONE OF THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL SPORTS CARS ON PLANET EARTH. IT IS A CONSISTENT HEAD TURNER. THREE YEAR OLDS STOP, STARE AND POINT. EVERYBODY WANTS A RIDE.

THE ENGINE NOTE IS MUSIC.

ALL PARTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE FROM MOSS MOTORS OR ABINGDON SPARES. AND THEY ARE REASONABLE.

THIS IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A PIECE OF MOTOR HISTORY. A MOST WORTHY ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION.

AND IT IS APPRECIATING. WHATEVER THIS CAR IS WORTH TODAY, IT WILL BE WORTH MORE NEXT YEAR AND THE YEAR AFTER.

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