H&H Classic Auction  @ The Imperial War Museum, Duxford/ Cambridgeshire
19th June, 2024 13:00

1934 MG PA
Estimate
£18, 000 - £22, 000

Registration No: VY 5306
Chassis No: PA0518
MOT: Exempt

Purchased in a dismantled state in the 1990s and subsequently restored
Buff logbook and V5C are present
Kept off the road in heated storage for last 5/ 6 years, it requires some recommissioning
By the 1930s, thanks to pricing and low running costs, Sir William Morris's little sports cars had proved hugely popular, many being employed for motor sporting weekend work. Indeed, there was little to rival the Midget, the P Type being launched in March 1934 as a replacement for the J2. At £222, it was claimed to have 100 new and improved features. Available in two- or four-seater guises, the PA's longer leaf-sprung chassis was stronger and the drum brakes were larger and more powerful. The OHC 847cc engine capacity was more robust and smoother running - the 35bhp at 5600rpm being sufficient to power the lightweight two-seater to a very creditable top speed of 76mph. The four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox had been strengthened and improved to cope with this new level of power and the front suspension included Hartford friction dampers while the rear featured transversally mounted hydraulic units. The newcomer rode on centre-lock wire wheels. A total of 1, 973 MG PAs are said to have left the Abingdon plant before the model was supplanted by the PB.

First registered on the 29th of March of 1934, ‘VY 5306’ left the factory with the 805cc engine and finished in Green with a Green leather interior. Previously having seen its main restoration work from 2018 to 2023, the car had been purchased, as a dismantled car, in the 1990s prior to being restored gradually over the years. Alas, today the beloved car is being sold due to the passing of the owner. Supplied with the original buff logbook included as part of the sale, the PA has not been driven for 5 or 6 years. Stored in a heated environment and started and run at the time of entry it would be recommended that a new custodian carefully recommission the PA before being put back on the road, where it should be, and enjoyed. The vendor has described the PA as ‘very good’. It’s offered with the buff logbook and the V5C.