Light and affordable sports cars have always had appeal and the MG T-series leveraged that for enormous success over the years.
In a feature on the TF, we note: “It is said that returning servicemen who had driven and then fallen in love with MGs in Europe started the American love affair with sports cars. By 1950 the TC had become a significant presence on US roads, beginning a fashion trend that encouraged Jaguar, Triumph, Porsche and others. From 1937 to 1940 just 11 T Series MGs were exported to the US, compared with 113 for us. Twenty cars went stateside in 1946, 237 in ’47 and 1143 the following year. But from 1949 to 1953 an amazing 20,007 went to the US compared with 904 to Oz.”
This Special is running the 1500 inline four engine, with a supercharger, ad claims 94hp. That’s matched to a four-speed manual transmission.
The Healey Factory in Melbourne is offering it for $38,000.