£35,000 - £40,000
1959 MG A Twin Cam Roadster
United Kingdom • 18 Mar 2026 • Lot 36
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This MGA Twin Cam Roadster is one of 1,801 produced and has undergone a comprehensive chassis-up restoration. It was originally a LHD export model, later converted to RHD, and has matching chassis, engine, and gearbox numbers.
Condition
8
Very well-maintained, minimal cosmetic imperfections
/ 10
Manual
Transmission:
YD3/2101
Chassis No:
Odometer:
[Odometer Reading]
807 YUH
Reg Number:
RHD/LHD:
RHD
1 of just 1,801 Twin Cam Roadsters produced.
Registration No: 807 YUH Chassis No: YD3/2101 MOT: Exempt
1 of just 1,801 Twin Cam Roadsters produced
Matching chassis, engine, and gearbox numbers as confirmed by the MGA Register
Lavished with a comprehensive chassis-up, body-off restoration between 2010 and 2012
Purchased by the vendor from classic car specialists Crosthwaite & Gardener, having been Dick Crosthwaite’s personal car
Still presenting excellently today with notably good panel gaps, it started readily and ran well during the recent photography session
Keen to extract more power from the 1,500cc B-Series engine then powering its MGA and Magnette models, and once again create an MG model suitable for competition, BMC began evolving a DOHC version of the four-cylinder unit in 1954.
Development was slow, however, and it was not until 1958 that the Twin Cam MGA finally came to the market.
The specification of chain-driven camshafts nestling atop a cross-flow alloy cylinder hea...
Points of note
£20,872
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£38,832
Median Price (Since 2020)
£137,414
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on Oct 19 2021
Latest MOT Mileage
241 miles
Registration Date
2011-10-19
MOT History
Passed
On Oct 20 2020 with 241 miles
Passed
On Sep 20 2011 with 69,107 miles
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