Remaining
vehicles from the Norfolk collection on ACA auction website Fellow
V8 member, Nigel Williamson, has spotted two MGBGTV8s found in a collection of
classic cars in Norfolk which have made their way to an auction with ACA. Looking
at the very sad photos of the two MGBGTV8s one can only wonder how on earth anyone
with any fondness for classic cars can keep cars in this state - it defies any
understanding. But the good news is they will soon be auctioned and then hopefully
they will be purchased by enthusiasts who will want to refurbish and cherish them.
Both
cars are early models - Blaze 115 was built 6 months before the launch
of the MGBGTV8 in August 1973 and became a pre-production public relations car
for "press car" use ahead of the launch. Teal Blue 583 went into
the dealer network in the month after the launch.
See the Pricewatch reports.
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as "one of the remaining vehicles from the Norfolk collection on the ACA
website. Details to follow, price
Tbc".
Factory MGBGTV8 - Teal Blue 0583 Built in August 1973
and originally despatched in September 1973 from the MG Plant to Stewart &
Arden in Southend-on-Sea, Essex. Registered with the V8 Database in the 1980s
by Douglas Cheer in Romford, Essex. There has been no subsequent registration
so the car has dropped off the radar, presumably acquired by the "collector
in Norfolk".
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as "one of the remaining vehicles from the Norfolk collection on the ACA
website. Details to follow, price
Tbc".
Factory MGBGTV8 - Blaze 0115 Built in March 1973 and
originally a press car with BLMC Publicity at Longbridge in June 1973 and then
registered with the V8 Database in October 1991 by Graham Hayman in Devon. It
was later owned by Edward & Philip Armitage in Suffolk. A subsequent incomplete
entry on the V8 Database indicates the car had passed to an unknown owner, presumably
the "collector in Norfolk". |
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