MG Car Club of South Australia

Attention Pre War, T Type, Y Type Owners!
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1954 MG TF 1250

Paul and Bev Thompson purchased the car, in August 2005.
The restoration of the car was completed, in April 2000.

MG Y Type Tourer

Whilst driving past MG Sales & Service on Torrens road in April, 2005 I saw this Maroon MGY Tourer in the show room, I said to myself, I have to stop and have a look at this!
I went inside had a look, asked a few questions, the car was immaculate, apart from needing a good surface clean, the car was fully restored.
So I went home and jumped on the internet and found that the model is quite rare, so after tossing and turning, that night, decided I would go back and buy the Y as a stable mate for the MGA.

Malcolm Leahy

Bill Schapel's MG Y Tourer.
Lou passed on his white Y Tourer to Bill around 1990 and the car has seen plenty of action on the track and the road, winning trophies at two Natmeets in speed events, but with a patina rapidly approaching "scruffy" it has not troubled the scorers at Concours! Nevertheless a useful and much-loved old girl, she has carried Bill and Jenny's daughters about in style from childhood to adulthood and continues, with an engine originally prepared for racing in Bob's TC Special, to surprise any unwary MTT buses, even showing a clean pair of heels to most road-going TCs or TFs. Will one day soon be re-painted and upgraded.
She deserves it.

Bill Schapel's Red MGTC SpecialSince 1986 the car has competed in 93 competition events and has 30 outright or class wins, with 26 seconds and 17 third placings. The performance, while just below Bob's supercharged car, is quite startling for a normally aspirated 1366cc engine - due to the car's light weight and Bob's superb skills in engine and chassis preparation. In the past the circuits of Winton, Phillip Island and Adelaide International Raceway saw her in action. Mallala and Collingrove have been good to the little red car and continue to be her most common playgrounds, but in 2004 Sandown and Rob Roy were also visited to good effect. Has lapped Mallala in 1:27s and Collingrove in the 37s.

Bob Schapel's silver TC

1949 MG TC Roadster, Chassis No. 9218, Engine No. 8644,
Original owner R S Mathews of Strathalbyn from 1949 to 1967, second owner Peter Briton - Jones for 32 years, from 1967 to 1998,

Current owners: Arthur & Sharon Ruediger from January 1998 to present date.

A lovely car to drive, especially with the top down, happy to cruise along at 80 kph without any problem.

MG Y Type - Also known as a 1¼ litre, No Y6594. Built about September 1951.
Current owner: Michael Lyons – Glenelg, South Australia.
Vehicle Details:
Chassis Y6594, Body No. 5261/5212, 1.250 Litre MG 5261, Car No 831,SPZ12092, Engine No. XPAGSCX16397,
Body is Maroon / Autumn Red, Upholstery is Dark red with Beige piping.

The car was restored 1972/1974 by Mr Allen Colmer.
A nice article was written about Mr Colmer and the 1¼ Litre in Sport & Classic Car’s September 1991 issue by Mr Dennis Harrison and the photo’s by Mrs Margaret Harrison.
This photo is from the 2003 MG National Meeting at Shepparton, Victoria, where it won 1 st Place in the Concours for MG Y Saloon’s and Tourer’s.
I purchased the Y from a gentleman who owned a private museum where the car was on display for 6 years. I have driven the car just over 5000 miles in the time that I have owned it. It is an excellent car to drive when you consider that it is almost 60 years old.
The car was designed in 1939 just before WW 2 but did not go into production until 1947 because of the outbreak of the war.
Michael doing it his Y. Sept 2005.

This particular YA Type is the oldest one in the club, being # 899 of this type made.

The vehicle was purchased new in 1947 by Rendell Kyfin-Thomas a member of the Sporting Car Club. It was then owned by relatives of Stan Shepherd until 1994 when it was purchased by David Pearson and partially restored. I believe that the original colour was black with red upholstery. David changed it to a light green with green upholstery.

It is now owned by:
Barry & Nancy Softley of Lockleys, who purchased it in May 2003.

MG Y Type 1948
Graham & Pat Loader,

Chassis No. is 1201.

We had sold our Escort ( more competition orientated ) and were looking for a car ( possibly a Magnette ) for use in picnic type runs and were offered this Y Type by another fellow MGCC member. He had owned the car for many years and was in the process of restoring it ( engine had been reconditioned and the body painted ) but didn’t’ think he would have the time to finish as it had mostly sat in a shed for the previous 9 years. We went and had a look not even knowing what a Y looked like, we wiped off the dust, Pat loved the look of it and we purchased it in May 2003. After many hours of work the restoration has been completed and it hit the road in Sept 2005.

We are now looking forward to joining in the numerous runs available with the club.

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