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217 — 1936 MG NB Magnette 'Cresta' Tourer Coachwork by E Bertelli Registration no. MG 4750 Chassis no. NA 0934
Bonhams • UK • 8 Mar 2014
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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217 — 1936 MG NB Magnette 'Cresta' Tourer Coachwork by E Bertelli Registration no. MG 4750 Chassis no. NA 0934
UK • 8 Mar 2014
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1936 MG NB Magnette 'Cresta' Tourer is a rare example, one of only a handful produced with special coachwork by E Bertelli. It has undergone a restoration with some updates and modifications, and comes with extensive documentation.
Condition
6
While the car has been restored, it has non-original parts and modifications.
/ 10
26,790 miles (via 2021 MOT)
NA 0934
RHD
United Kingdom
Manual
MG 4750
1936
Auction
Not Sold
217 — 1936 MG NB Magnette 'Cresta' Tourer Coachwork by E Bertelli Registration no. MG 4750 Chassis no. NA 0934
Bonhams • UK • 8 Mar 2014
Market Position:
Rare Sale
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Description
This car is one of only 10 or possibly 12 special-bodied 'N' type Magnettes sold by the Cresta Motor Company Ltd of Broadwater Road, Worthing (the site now occupied by Caffyns).
One of the proprietors of Cresta (J C 'Jim' Elwes) was an Aston Martin works driver and got to know Enrico (Harry) Bertelli, their coachwork designer.
Jim drove the MG 'N' type demonstrator when it first arrived and was impressed by the chassis design but did not care for the bodywork.
He therefore asked Harry Bertelli if Aston Martin would agree to special bodies being built on the MG 'N' type chassis.
Thus Cresta Motors appears to have bought 10 or 12 (Jim Elwes could not remember which) 'N' type rolling chassis and commissioned Bertelli fit them with a special two/four-seater lightweight body.
Including this example, which was delivered to Cresta on 17th January 1936, only three are known to survive.
One is in Switzerland ('NA 0788') and one in Germany ('NA 0819').
A third ('NA 0713') is rumoured to h...
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£25,000
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£53,804
Median Price (Since 2020)
£65,193
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 5th Aug 2022
Latest MOT mileage:
26,790 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 6th Aug 2021, 26,790 miles
Passed
On 1st Jun 2012, 22,451 miles
Passed
On 3rd Jun 2011, 21,023 miles
Passed
On 11th Jun 2010, 20,096 miles
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