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MG MGA Roadster (1957)
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Price: US $1,025.00

Description:

1957 MGA 1500 roadster restoration project with engine recently restored, new tires and brand new seats. Original Spoke wire wheels with spare tire (new tires!), new headlights and new mirrors. At this time is only missing body work, seatbelts, paint and top.
This is an appreciating classic that can be and should be driven and enjoyed today and will be worth more tomorrow. This vintage MGA Roadster 1500 is ready to be finish with bodywork and few other items! Thanks for looking!
Payment: Deposit of US $1, 000.00 within 24 hours of auction close via Pay Pal or direct deposit. I will refund 50% of your deposit if, after inspecting the vehicle, you are not satisfied with its condition. Full payment required within 2 days of auction close. Acceptable methods of payment are Direct Deposit, Pay Pal, Manager Checks or Cash in person.
Shipping: Buyer is responsible for vehicle pick-up and/or shipping. I will work with your chosen car shipping service to ensure a smooth pickup on my end. Obviously - Full Payment required before shipping. Vehicle must be picked up within 10 days of auction close unless we have agreed to a different date. I assume no responsibility for damage incurred once the car leaves my premises.
Buyer responsible
for vehicle pick-up or shipping
This is an appreciating classic that can be and should be driven and enjoyed todayand will be worth more tomorrow.
Thanksfor looking!
The MGA is a sports car produced by MG division of the British Motor Corporationfrom 1955 to 1962.
TheMGA replaced the MG TF 1500 Midget and represented a complete styling breakfrom MG's earlier sports cars. On 26 September 1955 the car was officiallylaunched at the Frankfurt Motor Show. A total of 101, 081 units were soldthrough the end of production in July 1962, the vast majority of which wereexported. Only 5, 869 cars were sold on the home market, the highest exportpercentage of any British car. It was replaced by the MGB.
Thedesign dates back to 1951, when MG designer Syd Enever created a streamlinedbody for George Philips' TD Le Mans car. The problem with this car was the highseating position of the driver because of the limitations of using the TDchassis. A new chassis was designed with the side members further apart and thefloor attached to the bottom rather than the top of the frame sections. Aprototype was built and shown to the BMC chairman Leonard Lord. He turned downthe idea of producing the new car as he had just signed a deal with DonaldHealey to produce Austin-Healey cars two weeks before. Falling sales of thetraditional MG models caused a change of heart, and the car, initially to becalled the UA-series, was brought back. As it was so different from the olderMG models it was called the MGA, the first of a new line to quotethe contemporary advertising. The MGA convertible had no exterior door handles, however the coupe has door handles.
Itwas a body-on-frame design and used the straight - 4 B seriesengine from the MG Magnette saloon driving the rear wheels through a 4-speedgearbox. Suspension was independent with coil springs and wishbones at thefront and a rigid axle with semi-elliptic springs at the rear. Steering was byrack and pinion. The car was available with either wire-spoked or steel-discroad wheels.

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