TA2279 (JMP 25)
Lloyd Yates is enquiring about this car which his father used to own. It comes up from the DVLA search facility, but is on SORN. The date of the last V5C is March 2005.
The only pictures that Lloyd has ever seen of the car were on calendars; one of the front of the car and one of the rear. These somehow turned up at his father’s work address by complete coincidence. Lloyd sent me a photo, but I am wary of reproducing it because it is from todo coleccion https://www.todocoleccion.net/ I did email them for permission to reproduce, but I didn’t receive a reply.
If anyone has information as to its whereabouts, Lloyd at charliesgsi(at)gmail.com would be pleased to hear from you. [Please substitute @ for (at)].
TB0615 (JP 4737)
The following from Peter Jennings, who sent these two delightful photos, the first from the 50s or 60s.
“I would be really interested in hearing if anybody has any early history of MG TB 0615 – JP 4737. It was completed after war started in October 1939, but not registered until 17 April 1941. I purchased her 15 July 2021 from a friend (Henry Brookes), who had owned her since 2010, having passed through Terry Bone’s hands briefly. Between 1955 and 2010 she was owned by Arthur Godfrey Palmer who lived initially in Wednesbury, Staffs, then in Ettingshall Park, Wolverhampton.
There is a Bradburn and Wedge Wolverhampton plate on the dash – but I think (from the JP registration and the length of the phone number) it probably came from HH Timberlake in Wigan.
I would love to hear anything from its pre 2010 history, even better its pre-1955.”
Peter can be contacted at:
peter.jennings.uk(at)gmail.com [Please substitute @ for (at)].
TF1500s MSG 495 and RKA 553
Charles Penny sent me this pic of a pair of TF1500s. MSG 495 is TF9220 and has recently been put back on the road by Charles. RKA 553 is not known about. When the photo was taken, Charles says that it was owned by a Mr Jeremy Bright. The car is currently on SORN and its last road fund licence was due on 1st July 2006. The last V5C is recorded as 28th September 2009.
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TF8799 (KM0 836)
Ian Eva is enquiring about this car. KMO 836 used to belong to his late father-in-law, who needed to sell it to get married.
I asked Barrie Jones, TF registrar for the MGCC T Register if he had any history of TF8799 and indeed he does. The car was one of three Factory team cars (the other two being TF8798 and TF8800) that won awards in the Circuit of Ireland April 1955 (2nd in class) and team prize 1/2/3 in Scottish Rally, June 1955.
KMO 836 comes up from the DVLA search facility as ‘Taxed’ with a last V5C date of 27th October 2020, which indicates a recent change of owner.
Ian is hoping that the new owner will see this and will get in touch with him at: ianeva01(at)outlook.com [Please substitute @ for (at)].
MG TD (MGX 520)
David Frost is looking for early information on his 1951 TD. It is a RHD export model, but he doesn’t know the country to which it was exported. He has information on the car from 1975 when it was registered in the UK. davefrost51(at)hotmail.com [Please substitute @ for (at)]
TA2494 (FNU 90)
Rick Eckersley is hoping that the current owner of FNU 90 will see this item and get in touch via the editor. The car belonged to his father, who has sadly passed away, but Rick has many happy memories of spending time with his dad in the TA. FNU 90 is on the road with a last V5C recorded date of 13th April 2012. It has been rebuilt from boxes of bits and sports 16 inch wheels with a supercharged XPAG engine.
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