1960 MG A 1600 Roadster

Lot Number: 717

1960 MG A 1600 Roadster

From ten years current ownership, in its original Dove Grey and accompanied by its Heritage Certificate.

  • Sold for: £28,125

LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Sunday 24th August, 2025 at 11.00am BST at The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN

  • Body Colour

    BODY COLOUR
    Dove Grey

  • Drive

    DRIVE
    RHD

  • Registration Number

    REG NUMBER
    140 UYM

  • Odometer Reading

    ODOMETER READING
    86880 Miles

SUMMARY

From ten years current ownership, in its original Dove Grey and accompanied by its Heritage Certificate.

DESCRIPTION

  • According to its accompanying Heritage Certificate, the MG's build date was 10/06 - 13/06/1960
  • Imported into the UK in 2015 and converted to right-hand drive
  • From ten years current ownership with one former registered keeper since its import. 86,880 miles
  • It remains in its original Dove Grey with a red leather interior, black hood and full weather gear
  • Retrimmed, new tonneau cover, new marine-ply flooring to the cockpit and seat belts fitted during current ownership
  • New clutch and four new tyres May 2025 at a cost of £1,981.73. Invoice in the file

SPECIFICATION

Lot Number
717
Make
MG
Model
A ROADSTER 1600
Registration Number
140 UYM
MOT Expiry
Exempt
Chassis Number
GHNL94042
Engine Number
16GAU25261
Transmission
Manual
Body Colour
Dove Grey

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Remarks

The car is a 1960 MGA Mark 1 roadster which has been in my possession since November 2015. The car is in its original colour scheme of Dove Grey with red trim. It now has a black hood, not Grey as indicated on the heritage certificate. It has full weather gear, original as far as I know.

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Retrimmed, new tonneau cover and new marine ply flooring to the cockpit during my ownership. Seat belts fitted.

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Remarks

The car was built in June 1960 as a left hand drive model and exported to America, as were over 80 percent of MG roadster produced. I do not have any history of the car whilst in America but it does seem to have benefited from being in a warm climate. Further paperwork suggests the car was exported to Portugal in the mid 2000s where its owner was a member of the classic car club of Portugal. There is a rather grainy photograph of the car at this time. In June 2015 the came back to the UK and was acquired by the Classic Car Collective in London at auction. For whatever reason they did not keep the car for long and I bought it through Classic MG dealer Former Glory in November 2015. Up until 2 years ago I used the car reasonably regularly although I did not cover many miles. I did stay on top of maintenance and there are numerous invoices for work completed and MOTs. In particular the car was converted to Right Hand Drive, it was retrimmed including a new tonneau and had new marine ply flooring to the cockpit. Seat belts were fitted and a new starter motor supplied amongst other things. It was regularly serviced. Just over two years ago I had to stop driving it for medical reasons and this year I passed the car to my son for safe keeping. 2,000 pounds has been spent recently on recommissioning the car plus new tyres. With a young family he is unable to get the use out of the car and so reluctantly we have decided it is time to pas the car into new ownership.


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Poor Numerous faults / Extensive damage / Many missing parts / Project or donor car

Fair Basic condition / Requires attention mechanically & cosmetically / Some damage / Some missing parts

Good Everyday useable classic car / Driven & enjoyed / Commensurate with age & mileage / Drives and looks as it should / Some vehicle history

Very good Almost pristine / Mechanically & cosmetically sound / Driven only occasionally / Extensive vehicle history

Excellent Pristine / Original / Documented nut & bolt ground-up restoration / Stored professionally / Trailered only / Complete vehicle history

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