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1960 MGA 1600 Coupe

United Kingdom • 19 Feb 2025

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AI Listing Summary

This 1960 MGA 1600 Coupe, first registered in East London, requires a complete restoration. It was last on the road in 1981 and has had seven former keepers, primarily in the London/Essex area. The car features a replacement BLMC engine fitted in 1971 and has covered about 22,500 miles on this engine and replacement gearbox. The odometer reads 7,413 miles.

Condition

2

The car is in need of complete restoration. It has been laid up since 1981, with a brief revival in 1986. While the engine turns by hand and it retains its original number plate, the photos show that no restoration work has been started. The odometer shows 7,413 miles, with approximately 22,500 miles on the replacement engine/gearbox.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

GH084188

Odometer:

7,413 miles

Reg Number:

1129VW

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description Restored in 1972; last on the road in 1981; only 22,500 miles on replacement BLMC engine; in need of complete restoration; engine turns by hand This rather sorry-looking MGA 1600 Coupe was first registered in East London in March 1960 and comes with two old logbooks and a V5 showing that it has had seven former keepers, all but the last in the London/Essex area.

From 1970 onwards it was owned by the rather splendidly named Dr G Eykelbosch of Birmingham General Hospital.

Lots of invoices show that he looked after the car well throughout the 1970s, including having a new BLMC-supplied engine fitted by Patrick Motors in 1971 which is still in the car today.

A replacement gearbox was fitted at the same time, the mileage at this point being c.85,000.

There is another invoice for a “complete renovation” by AJ Fox of Balsall Heath dated October 1972 plus an engineer’s report by Scottish Motor Services of Glasgow dated March 1974 which declares the car to be in “well above aver...