MGA 1500 Roadster

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Blessed with one of the most shapely silhouettes of any car ever produced, the MGA Roadster was a radical departure for MG, leaving behind the traditional ash-framed bodywork of its predecessor, the immortal ‘T-Series’.

Although retaining a traditional chassis, the separate body also served as a rigid structure, its triangulated bulkhead design ensuring that it didn’t suffer from the dreaded scuttle-shake that can even be found on convertibles produced to this day.

The precise rack and pinion steering and its lively B-series engine gave a top speed just shy of the magic ton and they sold like hot-cakes. Over 95% were exported, most bound for the US where they found willing buyers looking for something more sophisticated than their softly-sprung home-grown sports cars.

This tempting LHD restoration project was built for the US market when new. It arrived back in the UK recently and was acquired by the vendor, whose initial enthusiasm for the project was quickly outweighed by a multitude of other drains on his time and resources (we've all been there!). He has now realised that it is so far down his list of jobs that it is unlikely he will ever get round to starting the project, let alone completing it, hence its appearance in this catalogue.

It comes with a completed NOVA form and copies of the import documents which show that duties have been paid. He has ordered a Heritage Certificate which should be with the car by the time of sale. The car arrived from Florida and appears to be reasonably solid and complete and is just waiting for a new owner with a shorter 'to do' list to get stuck in to the job.