Spicers Auctioneers Ltd
Lot 410
1948 MG YT, 1250cc. Registration number 809 YUH. Chassis number Y/T/EXR/K 3374. Engine number XPAG/TR/13289. Original mileage of 24, 365 miles. This rare, matching numbers MG YT comes with V5C, V5, R.F.60 MOT's from 1973 - 2020 confirming the mileage of 24,365 miles, a large history folder, keys and full tonneau cover and side screens. The MG Y-Type was a small saloon and limited production open four-seat tourer built between 1947 and 1953, for export only. When production ceased in 1953, a total of 8,336 Y-Types had been produced of which 877 were open tourers. The Y-Type had an extremely high standard of interior and finish in accordance with the best British traditions. The facing surfaces of all seats were leather, as were the door pockets. A production tourer, the MG 'YT', was launched at the Motor Show in 1948 and was available for export only in both right and left hand drive models. It was not the success that MG had hoped for although other British manufacturers were also having problems selling open tourer versions of their saloons at the time. The 'YT' tourer featured additional instrumentation in the form of a tachometer in front of the driver, with the speedometer positioned in front of the passenger and a central bank of subsidiary dials in the centre giving a similar sporting appearance to the MG TC. YUH came home from Switzerland in 1963 when she was bought by Simon Treen of Surrey, in 1965 Mrs Christine Pike owned her followed by John Roslyn in 1966, Laurie Botell bought her in 1971 and then long term owner Brian Leese in 1972. During these years the registration changed several time from 5283 PJ, to HE 555 and 6753 HE, Leese changed it again to and amazing 1948 MG, this number is no longer on the DVLA data bank. Leese had it restored in 1986 and sold it to David French in 2008 retaining the number, it was issued ARA 314A. French had it restored in 2008/09, including a bare metal respray to the original green, he also had a 5 speed Ford Sierra gearbox fitted and a stainless steel exhaust. The next custodian was Dr Nicholson between 2012 and 2021, who changed the number to 809 YUH, our vendor bought her in 2021. In the amazing comprehensive history folder there are nearly every MOT from 1973, at 12,799 miles through to the last one in 2020 at 23,046, some 10.249 miles over 47 years, about 200 miles per annum! The car presents very well and was driven some 55 miles on the day she was delivered to our premises. This rare, matching numbers MG YT comes with V5C, V5, R.F.60 MOT's from 1973 - 2020 confirming the mileage of 24,365 miles, a large history folder, keys and full tonneau cover and side screens.In the battery box is an 'AccuSpark' electronic ignition kit which I did fit to the car for a short while along with a distributor cap. I replaced the cap, rotor arm, points and condenser with new bought from the 'Distributer Doctor' the spare cap is an Ebay special Chinese cheap import job. My understanding is the electronic ignition kit is not particularly reliable so I removed it. The coil is also fairly new as well. June 2022, I had the radiator re-cored at Beverley radiators Hull Bridge ind est at Tickton.
