1936 MG NB 4-Seater

“ This is a rare NB 4-seater model which was restored between 2015 to 2020. It runs well, and has only done 1280 miles since. ”
Well known to the Vintage Sports Car Club and MG car club's triple M register.

Background
Built between 1934 and 1936, the MG N-type Magnette was available as a two- and four-door open touring car from the factory with specialist coachbuilders being quick to add their own twist with the most famous being Carbodies with its factory-approved Airline Coupé. 

The factory cars were available in a fetching two-tone colour scheme in addition to the usual solid colours. 

All were fitted with a 1271cc inline-six engine mated to a four-speed, non-synchromesh manual gearbox and with 56bhp available, the N-type is decently quick for its period with Autocar magazine writing: 

“It is not surprising that with the makers' knowledge of racing... it should be capable of giving as high a speed as 80mph. What comes as a revelation is the ease with which on Brooklands that speed is reached and held. The rev needle hovering between the 5,000 and 5,500 marks, the whole mechanism feeling as one, and with no sense of adventure attached to such speeds.”

The chassis, at eight feet long, is unusual in that its outriggers are suspended on rubber blocks for a more comfortable ride. Thus equipped, the diminutive MG offers a fetching combination of elegant looks, excellent accommodation, a creamy smooth six-cylinder engine, and wieldy proportions.

Overview
Originally a UK-registered, right-hand drive example, ‘CYF 756’ appears to have gone to Holland in around 1968 before it returned to the United Kingdom to be reunited with its original registration number. 

The seller was originally looking for a fixed-roof, six-cylinder MG but, despite casting his net far and wide, was unable to find one. However, a contact offered him this, one of the last six-cylinder, four-seater MGs that had been spared the indignity of being converted to K3 specification, a combination he couldn’t resist. 

He started restoring it in 2015, eking the job out to 2020; he told us that he takes great pleasure in restoring vintage cars, so didn’t feel the need to rush. 

Nicely shaken down now with 1,280 miles under its wheels, it is “well known to the Vintage Sports Car Club and MG car club's triple M register” and comes with a VSCC eligibility document that shows that it still all-original bar a mildly tuned engine.

Estimate: £35,000 - £45,000

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