Description Expertly restored version of the world's oldest surviving MG model; period LAP ohv cylinder head; always in regular use and in wonderful condition throughout A man of enormous energy and creative flair with petrol flowing through his veins, Cecil Kimber joined Morris Motors in March 1921, initially as a sales manager, but was soon promoted to run The Morris Garages in Alfred Street, Oxford.

An autonomous part of the main Morris company, Morris Garages was a retail sales and service centre, but under Kimber it became something of a ‘skunk works’ department, specialising in modifying the standard Morris Oxford/Cowley chassis, tuning up the engines and running gear and fitting special lightweight coachwork.

Known as ‘Kimber Specials’, they bore both Morris and MG badges and it wasn’t until 1928 that The Morris Garages enterprise had become big enough to warrant a separate identity from its parent company, becoming known as The MG Car Company.

The first model to bear the MG ...