[Mg-mmm] KD race car for sale

[Peter Green]

Which history book tells us that an ND won the 1934 TT?

I might be biased, but I think that the K3 was the 'most successful MG racing
model of its era', it certainly was not the ND.

Peter Green


  ----- Original Message -----
  From: taterry at aol.com
  To: mg-mmm at autox.team.net
  Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 12:17 AM
  Subject: [Mg-mmm] KD race car for sale


  This car was the subject on a new channel of Dish network this
morning...the
  guy also has a PB Airline.
  Vehicle Comments
  This is a very rare factory alloy-bodied, Supercharged 1934 MG ND Magnette
  Two-Seater Roadster with documented history. One of just 24 fitted with an
  alloy body.THE ND was the most successful MG racing models of its era, most
  notably winning the 1934 tourist trophy. This ND Magnette was immaculately
  finished in black over polished aluminum. This vehicle was featured in the
  September 2009 edition of MG Enthusiast, as well as being pictured and
  recognized in numerous books, notably Joseph Wherry's MG: Sports Car
Supreme.
  Much of the vehicles ownership history is documented beginning with its
  original keeper, Bernard Clifton of Wimbledon, who acquired the car in
  September 1934 via MG agents Jarvis & Sons. The next year Clifton sold the
ND
  to Thorold G. Jones of Surrey. Copies of letters from the MG works in
Abingdon
  with both these owners are included, as is a copy of the original delivery
  slip and warranty card. The trail picks up again in the 1960's, when it was
  reportedly in the hands of J.C. Waddams of Solihull. Next, the car was sold
at
  the estate auction of George C. Waddams in 1975, (misidentified in the
catalog
  as a KN), whose collection included several other automobiles and
motorcycles,
  including an early Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost, a 4 1/2 Litre Bentley and two
  Sunbeam motorcycles. The file includes the Bill of Sale from auctioneers
  Grimley & Son. Acquired by vintage racer Miles Fenton of Vancouver, BC, who
  became an enthusiastic competitor and active participant in the historic
  racing scene, the ND was notably featured as the cover car for the 7th
Annual
  Monterey Historics event program after an admirable showing in the 1979
event.
  The ND, no 6, finished 6th overall against big displacement machinery such
as
  4 1/2 Litre Bentleys, a Bugatti Type 57 and a Maserati 8CL. In 1987, the
car
  was sold to prewar racing enthusiast Peter Fino of Illinois, who kept
  meticulous records, including parts invoices, race prep specs, and full
  description of competition features such as NE-spec camshaft and
valvetrain,
  lightweight pistons, a ported, polished and flowed cylinder head, a
lightend
  flywheel and more. Records are included indicating that Fino achieved an
  impressive result at the 1997 Elkart Lake Vintage Festival at Road America,
  where the ND finished First in class and Second overall. The next and most
  recent owner of the ND was Dick McClure who acquired the car in 2003 and
ran
  it in the 2006 California Mille. McClure did some further research into the
  car's history, adding copies of the factory records obtained from the MG
Car
  Club. This is an amazing looking prewar event car with race history and
  competition prepared but retaining remarkable originality. The Brooklands
  windscreens, cycle fenders and K3 racing bucket seats are augmented by its
  Marshall supercharger and racing radiator cap, as well as the delightful
  addition of period-correct Rudge wire wheels. This Magnette represents the
  limited-production, race-ready cars that were available directly from MG
  during the 1930's. As described by MG Enthusiast, the ND Magnette spelled
the
  end to niche car manufacturing at MG and to the construction of MGs for
sale
  to the public as dedicated competition cars. Abingdon's next sports car,
the
  TA of 1936, would be aimed at a mass market and there would be no
  fire-breathing special factory editions for the favored few. The N-Type was
  the last of its kind, for better or for worse, and the ND was the last of
the
  last. MG ND #NA 0484 is ready to be vintage raced, rallied ,or Mille Miglia
  entrant.
  http://www.f40.com/inventorymanager.php?action=view&Id=261327

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