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£1,265
1951 MG YB Sports Saloon
UK • 1 Sept 2023
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AI Listing Summary
This is a 1951 MG YB Sports Saloon that has had 11 owners from new. A body-off restoration was started in 1980 but never completed, and it now needs rewiring and wing piping fixed. The car comes with a substantial history file.
Condition
5
The car is described as being in generally good condition but needing finishing, with rewiring and wing piping needing attention. It has had a body-off restoration started in 1980, but the restoration was not fully completed. There is a history file with photos and bills, suggesting a good level of documentation.
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Manual
OOP 672
United Kingdom
XPAG/8C2/17022
1951
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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, and shared the contemporary TC sports car's 1,250cc four-cylinder XPAG engine, albeit in single-carburettor form.
Introduced for 1952, the YB incorporated a number of improvements including Lockheed twin-leading-shoe brakes, a stronger clutch, 15" wheels, and a hypoid bevel rear axle.
YB production ceased at the end of 1953, by which time only 1,301 examples of this charming small sports saloon had been made.
This MG YB has had 11 owners from new.
In 1978 the MG was bought by a Mr Haydon Frost and a body-off restoration was started in 1980: engine rebuilt, body resprayed, etc.
The car was reassembled but then Mr Frost fell ill and it was bought by a Mr Harry Griffiths in 2014.
Mr Griffiths continued to restore the car but he too fell ill, and our vendor bought the car from him in January 2023.
Now the vendor has developed a frozen should...
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£1,265
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