MG TC, Ivory cream, originally registered 16/ 8/ 1949 in Pembrokeshire. MGCC T Register No. 6914. Privately owned and restored over 24, 000 miles and 27 years by Rolls Royce aero engineer near Newent, Gloucestershire. The car has been totally restored with too much work to list. It is in superb condition and in regular use. Body panels acid treated and electrophoretic primed and finished in low gloss tough 2 pack acrylic matched to the original Ivory Cream. Engine re-bored, crane camshaft and steel crank with front and rear lipped oil seals. Covert modern oil filter element. New SU carburettors with Viton O rings and insulating gaskets. Ethylene proof hoses. Six vane water pump with original type bellows thermostat. Original starter with mechanical solenoid switch completely overhauled. Stainless steel exhaust system. Radiator re-cored and frame re-soldered. Silicone wrapped water hoses with special stainless steel clips. Gearbox bearings replaced and synchro cones recut. Complete new clutch. New 4. 875 crown wheel and pinion, new half shafts and splined hubs with sealed hub nuts. All brake cylinders in bronze with machined drums and matched diameter brake linings. VW steering box with needle thrust washers under kingpins. Forged steel drop arm replacement and front axles tested crack free. Lever shockers fitted with double lip seals. Leaf springs fitted with polybushes and 12. 9 tensile retaining screws. Covert electronic voltage regulator and LED bulbs. Instruments restored by Vintage Restorations. Combined oil and water gauge. Seats and interior materials by Collingburn. Mohair hood and side screens. Double duck full tonneau cover. Various spares and original parts.
1949 - 1970 Pembrokeshire, Wales. 1970 -1990 Hershey Antique Auto Museum, Philadelphia. 1992-97 Huddersfield, England. 1997 onwards Newent, England.
Twice voted by strangers at events as the car they would most like to take home. Wherever you park, friendly people come over and talk about it, or reminisce about their memories about similar cars. Children wave and point it out. On wet winter weekends, you can polish the carburettors. Cars like this are for pleasure and you always enjoy driving them, and maintaining them. Made after WW 2, but designed in the 1930s so you get the pre-war driving experience yet still keeps up with modern traffic. At night the instruments glow a ghostly green and the car feels cosy. It has a nice exhaust note which you don't get tired of. It has never broken down and if I had to go on a long journey with no technical support, this is the car I would take.
