1936 MG SA Saloon - Matching numbers and extensive history

MG SA MG4768

Acquired by the current owner as a part-complete restoration project in 2014 and since fully restored. The MG SA had been with its previous owner, the Chairman of the MG Car Club SVW Register, for over 50 years and was driven by him on a regular basis.

Originally sold by the London MG main dealer at the time, University Motors, MG4768 still retains its original MG registration number, also retaining its original University Motors dashboard badge.

This is a fine, restored MGSA with great provenance. She’s “on the button”, drives well and is a really imposing car. Inside the leather and wood give the feel of a gentlemen’s club.

The car comes with copies of all the original logbooks. It also has a copy of an advertisement for the car when it was a year old and second-hand in July 1937. There are about 30 tax discs and a similar number of MoT certificates dating back to the 1970s. There are also lots of photos of the car as purchased in 2014 as well as during the restoration since. There are also plenty of invoices for purchases and work done during the restoration.

Key Points

• £50, 000 spent on the car and restoration over 10+ years to get her to current condition.

• Original chassis, body, engine, gearbox and rear axle

• Fully restored interior with new deep red leather, red Wilton carpet and oatmeal headlining

• All original wood trim and marquetry inlays restored to beautiful condition

• All chrome professionally restored

• Uprated crown wheel and pinion installed for relaxed motorway and A road cruising

• All doors and boot lock securely with original keys

• New correct wire wheels, chrome spinners and Blockley tyres from MWS

• New clutch

• New stainless steel exhaust

• All instruments and switches working

• “Hidden” indicators in sidelights to maintain original look of the car, and working trafficators

• Fully operational sliding head (sunroof) and opening front windscreen

• Massive history file

• University Motors provenance, registration number and original enamel dashboard plaque

• Owned by the President of the SVW Register of the MG Car Club for 50 years

A fantastic, imposing automobile previously owned by the President of the MG Car Club SVW Register for 50 years.

£50, 000 spent on car and restoration.

Loads of tax discs and MoT certificates and massive history files.

Copy of 1937 advertisement when she was a year old.

1950s AA condition report.