O/T - Lovely 1933 MG K2 Supercharged Magnette at auction

I noticed this lovely - and rare - MG for sale at auction this week in the national press today. I thought I'd share it with you all. I wish I had (a) a garage and (b) around £60,000 to spend... The car looks lovely and it has genuine 'rallying history' too (+ a Scottish connection!)

Take a look (with pics):

http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=EUR&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4465312&iSaleNo=17263&iSaleSectionNo=3

Let me know if anyone buys it, so I can have a ride :)

Brgds,

Tom

Very nice!

I know the car well. It belongs to a friend of mine.

It's every bit as good as it's described. See my website for more details.

Well, it was featured in a video in the online edition of the Independent today.

http://www.independent.co.uk/video/show/?play=/News/Rare%20MG%20goes%20under%20the%20hammer (fast forward to -50 seconds)

Think I'd prefer mine to look like this.

Carb doesn't look right. Looks like its off an MGB.

Another shot

The racing version is nice but I think the K-2 in full body trim with history is just as
rare as the racing version.
My only wish is that would have been done in BRG. Now let me get this figured out. 60,00
pounds equates to about $120,000. Add shipping, insurance, and delivery fees and it does
become quite pricey. But if it should turn up in my garage or driveway I certainly wouldn't send it back.

George Herschell

It's a bargain compared to the original K3 that went for 321,000. Pounds Sterling at the H&H auction in September. :eyepop:

The K3 wasn't even a completely original one. It was built from a scrapped frame with spare parts. Real in the sense that it is all K3 parts, but was not assembled by the factory. The serial number has been changed to reflect that. Most K3s you see are K1 and K2 models rebuilt and re-bodied to K3 specification.

VERY nice example.

Oh SNAP!

Owen,

If only that were possible. If I could afford the $100,000 I'd come over and "hand carry" it back
somehow. Or ride in the container with it. Or better yet if money were no object I'd have it flown
over here. That was done with a good many cars on the "Around the World rallye a few years go.
We got to see the cars when they came through our area, and I fololwed their progress every day on
the internet and could only be amazed at what it took to run that event.

George Herschell

George, I wish I could afford it too.

It really is an amazing car and the sound of that blown straight six is out of this world.

I'd love to do some of the things that folk with money can do but not only has the UK economy tanked, my economy has tanked as well. :D

Owen,

I know what you maean about the sound of the engine. I had the good fortune to ride with Bob Herlin
in his K-3 many years ago. That was the ex Whitney Sstraight car that is now owned by Peter Best I believe.
It was in New Hampshire and the sound echoiing through the hills of New Hampshire was enough to make
a grown man cry.
Here is the drawing I did of that car.

George Herschell

So I'm not a K-series expert, but the description says the car doesn't have the original motor. Wouldn't that be a Big Deal when you're asking $100K for the car, or is it considered acceptable to switch out motors for cars of that era?

That's a stunning picture, George. You have real talent.

Mark. There will be very few cars of that era with the original engines still in them. Many were used in competition and engines failed pretty quickly and would be replaced with a later, better engine.

Also some of these cars were actually donors of engines to the racing boys and when found years later for restoration there wouldn't be an engine there.

It's accepted as long as the engine is of the correct type. The engine in the K2 is of the correct type and accepted by the VSCC and FIA.