Not MGB, but definitely MG!

I attended a European Car Show and Art Festival last Sunday in Winter Haven, FL. There were a number of great cars there including this one. I took a bunch of photos of this car to share with you all. It is a 1933 MG Police car of which I believe there are not too many survivors. The owner was a real gentleman and loved showing his car. I believe it won an Amelia Award at the Concours this year. I felt fortunate to see it up close and I wanted to share with you all:

Wow, that's gorgeous.

Love the blue wires that match the interior... striking against the black paint!

Thanks for sharing Rick.
That is a cool car and a great restore.

Pull over!!

Wait, come back!

Blue wires hmmmm that gives me an idea.
At least the drums are black.
Thanks for the great pics
Rob

Does Bill Ritchey still own that car? I'm assuming it's the same 1933 MG L1 he had at our 2004 car show since the license plate is the same - but it had red wheels and trim then. Here's the pic from 2004...where believe it or not, it was 2nd in class to a TD1500!

nice!

and well presented as well (the Bobby helmet is a good accessory)

I love seeing early engine management and operation technology.
Screw on sparkplug connections, and i BELIEVE i see an SU fuel pump? Something in the top left hand corner of the 9th pic, with the carbs in it.
And the way car manufacturers were so proud of the components, with their logo on damn near everything and a brass name-plate.Its classy.

losmorob Wrote:

wow! I don't think I've seen a car that early with a 6 cyc! cool!

Joe, don't think Bill & Sarah had done any restoration to the car in '04. If that's the car, they did their usual wonderful job of breathing life into it.

Jim D

That is Bill & Sarah Richey's mg from Bowling Green, KY!...Bill actually had this one professionally restored to compliment his entire collection of MG's. Great photos!...I'll have to forward this post to him (he is in FL for the winter)...did you see his handcuffs?

David


I'll attach a couple more photos that I took in his garage!

more photos...note some of his other "toys"...Rick, how do you get those photos so large on your post?

david

Does it really say 337 miles on the odometer? Why it's farther than that just getting here from the UK.

I don't normally go ga-ga over trailer queens, but that is one fantastic automobile.

sigsignman Wrote:

sigsignman Wrote:

Great car and great photos. Thanks for sharing them.
That car is too nice and too rare to drive on the highway and shouold not be called or classed as a trailer queen. It is an iumportant piece of MG piece of history that is being beautifully displayed for all of us less fortunate to admire and learn from.

George Herschell

Crossflow head and (I believe) an OHC as well. Too bad they abandoned that expensive layout in later years! :D

Beautiful!

Of course, the car pre-dates the police helmet by 20 years. :)

The Wiz Wrote:

scottydawg Wrote:

Its got me thinking about painting the wire wheels BRG to match the new body color for our B...but definitely not the brake drums...

Albert Wrote: