£1,380
1953 MG YB Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 15 Jun 2013
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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£1,380
1953 MG YB Sports Saloon
UK • 15 Jun 2013
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1953 MG YB Sports Saloon, first registered in Middlesex, has resided in the Home Counties since. It comes with documentation and a Swansea V5, with the car being sold as seen with no reserve.
The car is described as restored but needs further refurbishment and is sold strictly as viewed, influencing the sale price due to the uncertainty of its mechanical condition.
Condition
5
The car is described as having been restored but in need of further refurbishment. The mechanical condition is unknown, though the engine turns over. The original interior is described as in good condition. Sold strictly as viewed.
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YB/1303
1953
Auction
YMG 187
United Kingdom
£1,380
1953 MG YB Sports Saloon
Bonhams • UK • 15 Jun 2013
Market Position:
Lowest 10% of Past Sales
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Description
MG's first post-war saloon, the Y-Type employed the advanced features of coil-spring independent front suspension and rack-and-pinion steering, both of which would later appear on the TD sports car.
The Y-Type shared the contemporary TC sports car's 1,250cc four-cylinder XPAG engine, albeit in single-carburettor form.
MG being part of the Nuffield Group, it also made use of some body panels from the Morris Eight.
Introduced for 1952, the YB incorporated a number of improvements including Lockheed twin-leading-shoe brakes, a stronger clutch, 15"-diameter wheels and a hypoid bevel rear axle, while modifications to the suspension curbed its tendency to oversteer.
YB production ceased at the end of 1953, by which time only 1,301 examples of this charming small sports saloon had been made.
First registered in Middlesex, this YB has been resident in the Home Counties ever since.
The accompanying old-style continuation logbook lists only four keepers between 1956 and 1974, two from the ...
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