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1933 MG J1/ J2 Midget – Running project with current MOT
By their very nature, elderly sports cars often have a rather chequered past and the story of this car is most interesting.
46 years ago, the current owner’s father purchased what he believed to be an MG J2: it had a two-seater body as per a J2 and the log book gave J3322 as the chassis number which is a correct J2 number. The registration was HA8904 which matched the chassis number on the log book so all seemed perfectly plausible then.
Forward to the mid-80s and the owner acquired a companion to his J2 in the form of a MG PA (chassis PA1780). This car was registered as MG 2193, which was not its original number. He was able to get the original number of ALJ 666 back onto the car. It is thought he then proceeded to transfer the MG plate onto the J2 and the PA became dormant (MG 2193 was originally on chassis number J2640 – a non-survivor). Exactly how this number ended up on PA 1780 prior to the mid-80s is unknown and in this case a little irrelevant as well, so we can only accept it as fact.
More recently the vendor’s son got in touch with the MG Car Club MMM Register to find out what was recorded for the MG J2. It transpired that J3322 was not J3322 at all but J0408 – an MG J1 Midget. The vendor’s son was rather mystified as to how he suddenly had a J1 and not a J2! The plausible explanation we believe is that many years ago J3322 was involved in an accident of some kind and thus requiring a replacement chassis. Maybe replacing the chassis was deemed easier at that time than straightening the damaged one. A donor car was sourced and the swop took place. Back then not many people cared much about chassis numbers and possibly more so, wouldn’t worry if the register used these as the sole means to label a car. It seems obvious for this one to have retained its J2 identity back then - so there we have it!
To be brutally honest we can only describe this car as a ‘bitsa’ and the DVLA have now registered the car as WXS 340 and allocated a new chassis number.
In the fairly recent past much money has been spent on the mechanicals and the structure seems good and sound. Within the last couple of months, the car has been recommissioned by well-known specialists Rees Bros and submitted for an MOT certificate which it achieved – this being valid until 31st January 2025.
In summary this presents an opportunity to allow a new owner entry to the hallowed world of pre-war overhead cam MGs at a modest sum. She benefits from the fitment of 5 new Blockley tyres.
There is an extensive and interesting feature on this car in the February 2023 issue of Safety Fast – and with the MMM Registrar’s permission we have summarised the article above.
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