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£36,800 (Est: £40,000 - £50,000)
1955 Lester MG T51 Sports
United Kingdom • 13 Sept 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1955 Lester MG T51 Sports is the last of only nine ever made, and the only one with a unique open two-seater body. Having undergone a restoration in 1997 and boasting an extensive racing history, it's road legal and ready for historic events.
Condition
7
The car had a comprehensive restoration completed in 1997, including a new body. It has been raced extensively, suggesting some wear and tear. The listing mentions servicing and maintenance works, and the car passed an MoT test in 2025, indicating it is in solid, road-legal condition requiring only minor reconditioning.
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Transmission:
Manual
Chassis No:
H 0031
Odometer:
8,466 miles
Reg Number:
RJJ 540
RHD/LHD:
RHD
• The last of only nine T51 Lester MGs • The only one with an all-enveloping open two-seater body • Present ownership since 1993 • Restoration completed in 1997 • Extensive Historic racing history • Fully road legal First registered in June 1955, 'RJJ 540' is the last of nine T51 Lester MGs constructed by garage owner and tuner of MG cars, Harry Lester.
He was initially based in Knebworth, Hertfordshire, where, in 1949, he built his first car, boasting a rigid tubular chassis fitted with a lightweight aluminium body and powered by a tuned MG XPAG engine, a power unit popular with club racers post-war.
The following year he moved to Thatcham in Berkshire where this car was built.
It has a tubular steel chassis comprising two parallel 3" diameter 16 swg tubes joined at the rear and centre by cross tubes of the same diameter, while at the front the tubes are joined by a standard MG TD cross-member/suspension unit.
It is the only Lester to have used the TD engine, gearbox (subsequently...
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£36,800
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