MG 18/80 Sports Six Mk 2

The MG 18/80 was the first MG to use a chassis the factory designed itself, and the first to carry the vertical-slat grille that became the marque's signature. This Mk 2 Sports Six is one of 501 built, with the 2,468cc overhead-cam six that gives the car its name: roughly 60 bhp and a top speed of around 80 mph.

Chassis 2/A0331 was the University Motors demonstration car in 1930, which original correspondence supports. Its Carbodies body is number 7871, from a batch of 30 ordered in October 1929. It was bought in 2001 as a complete but very tired project, and the previous owner carried out a full restoration, returning it to its original deep red over black and fitting new Blockley tyres in place of white walls.

The engine was rebuilt with new bearings, a re-bore, a crank re-grind and Riley pistons for a higher compression ratio. Changes include an electric fuel pump, a battery isolation switch, a new wiring loom with flashers and brake lights, and a Zener diode in the charging circuit. Inside are red leather and a full set of period instruments, with a new black mohair hood. The page gives 3,373 miles since the restoration was completed. It does not give an odometer reading.