1938 MG TA-QType Superpercharged.

This is a Model No. 7 built by Steve Baker, well known specialist in competition MG's. This Q type was driven by Jacques Protherat at hillclimbs in the Oxfordshire region of England where he loved to go. The car belonged to one of his close friends, Kenneth John Harlett, a charming person who kept the the MG at his cottage in Hornton for 20 years before allowing us to acquire it.

2 years ago the car had a serious mechanical rebuilt, upper and lower engine, ignition, fuel system, electrical system as well as the Eaton supercharger which gives this Q type 140hp - the XPAG engine has been converted to run on lead free fuel. The lightened TA chassis i in perfect condition, so too the aluminium body, she has excellent road-holding, a beautiful overall patine, plus a full and a half tonneau cover.
A reliable, elegant and powerfull car which was present at the 2nd Jacques Protherat Trophy in Avignon....(see more)

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1936 ADLER RACE CAR - Ex Charlie Manders

This story is one of a successful competitive driver and his Adler racecar.
Charlie Manders was 250 cc Motor cycle champion in the late 1920`s. He set up an Adler dealership in Dublin selling Adler motor cars imported from Germany. He was a very successful private entry racing driver and drove cars such as Delages and Sunbeams , Mg`s etc as well as Adlers .

For himself to race Charlie had built, regardless of the costs, in England using the chassis of an Adler Trumpf Junior, a single seat racing car. This car went on to campaign in Ireland in the 1930`s up until the war.
The car was very successful in its class and indeed at times was as fast as the bigger engine 1500cc cars;
he raced with drivers such as Prince Bira, Earl Howe, Sammy Davis, ER Hall, A Dobson etc in Phoenix Park, Taillight, Cork and Ards etc.
Charlie Manders used his car racing, which included some modified two seater cars to promote his business and many of his customers were allowed to take away cars from...(see more)

1925 Alvis Mac-Arthur.

MacArthur Racing Alvis 12/50, original and very quick. Tasty history with a very complete dossier including photos of the car from the 30's, 40's and 50's etc. Newspaper articles and a complete manual.
Mac-Arthur, a pilot, won many races at the wheel of this Alvis. He sold it as a road car to Alan GRIFFIN in the States who then reconverted it to it's race spec.

The previous owner, Bran Maile, a talented driver brought the car to the UK then sold it to GROC Racing run by Geoff O'Connel, who spent over 4 years passionately rebuilding her.
ENGINE. 4 cyl. cast iron head, aluminium block and sump, fitted with counterbalanced Phoenix crankshaft and conrods with alloy pistons. Twin pressure fed SU's mounted on a fully balanced inlet manifold, dashboard mounted fuel hand pressure pump, fuel tank with quick action filler cap. Overhead push rod operated valves and single camshaft. The flywheel mounted MGB diaphragm clutch and plate drives a gearbox connected via a Lotus doughnut. Bore and stroke 72 ...(see more)

JCB racing team

1933 Riley Brookland Supercharge full race history

If ever a car lent itself to development for racing it was Riley's 9 four cylinder model and indeed the standard version where significantly developed by factory as works competition cars and also produced as off the shelf sports cars in such guises a Riley Brooklands, the March Special and Ulster Imp.
This car is just one of many developed by enthisiastic engenieur for serious competition.

Although the History of the car is not confirmed in details, it is believd to be based around the single seat Brooklands chassis once owned by that great Riley campaigner, Bob Gerard, may well be the car that Gerard Racing proposed to develop from a short chassis TT Brooklands which was used in various forms between 1935 & 1951. A letter from Gerard Racing that I have got now dated 1965 suggests this may well be the basis of this car which was sold partially completed by them in the early 1950's. The car came into the present family ownership in the early 1960's as a rolling chassis. It came with body drawings believed to have been for the ex...(see more)

Riley Special 2500 Big Four 1938

RILEY BIG FOUR 2500 Special 1938 6000km after full restauration, engine rebuilt in England with new crankshaft, big powerfull car,big brakes, verry nice proportions, Pitney Body, Wheelsize 6.00 X 19, German registration. FIVA Papers in Process.

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