MG Cars on Display

The following MGs will be on display in the museum for visitors to the MG Centenary Event to enjoy.

  • MG 1925 MG ‘Old Number One’ Cecil Kimber’s special
  • 1931 MG 18/80 Speed model one of the last 18/80 mark I produced (of 500)
  • 1932 MG J2 (on loan to the museum)
  • 1934 MG PA Midget, sectioned
  • 1936 MG NB Magnette
  • 1936 MG SA (on loan to the museum)
  • 1938 MG EX135 record car Goldie Gardner’s record car, reached 200 mph+ on the Dessau Autobahn, Germany
  • 1953 MG YB saloon Len Shaw’s ‘semi-works’ rally car
  • 1954 MG EX179 record car Eyston’s record car, achieved 170 mph in 1954 at Utah Salt Flats
  • 1954 MG TF
  • 1957 MG EX181 record car Stirling Moss/Phil Hill record car, reached 254.9 mph at Utah Salt Flats
  • 1958 MG ZB Magnette
  • 1958 MGA twin cam, sectioned Earls Court Motor Show car and possibly New York Show car
  • 1964 Mini, ADO 34 prototype small sports car, designed to replace the MG Midget but never produced
  • 1965 MG MGB, sectioned in two halves 1965 Earls Court Motor Show car and 1967 Turin Motor Show car
  • 1969 MG MGB roadster
  • 1970 MG ADO70 Michelotti, second attempt at an MG Mini to replace the MG Midget
  • 1972 MGB GT, SSV1 safety systems vehicle research car
  • 1979 MG Midget 1500 last vehicle off the line
  • 1980 MG MGB roadster last vehicle off the line (on loan to Abingdon Museum)
  • 1980 MG MGB GT last vehicle off the line
  • 1983 MG Metro 6R4 prototype test car for development of the MG 6R4 rally car
  • 1983 MG Metro ‘Alum’ prototype with aluminium body
  • 1985 MG Metro 6R4 Clubman version of Austin Rover’s successful Group B rally car
  • 1985 MG EX-E stunning concept car for a large sports car to take the V6V 6R4 engine; styling buck
  • 1986 MG Metro 6-cylinder engineering prototype with experimental Issigonis 6-cylinder engine
  • 1989 MG DR2/PR5 one of the rejected concepts from the design stages of the MGF, designed by Roy Axe
  • 1994 MGF prototype ‘camouflaged’ in a Metro van body, used to test the MGF running gear
  • 1998 MG EX255 record car that aimed to beat EX181’s record. Driven by Andy Green