This decidedly handsome lefthand drive TD features cream paintwork teamed with green interior trim.

As the vendor rightly points out, the TD is a model that combined the charm of the pre-war T-Type MGs with the with the benefits of a more modern chassis.

Being a MKII, or ‘Competition’ example, ‘713 YUA’ also benefits from superior power and handling than the standard car (see below for more detail), plus a full Peter Edney engine rebuild including hardened valve seats etc, and a five-speed gearbox conversion.

The vendor considers the car to be ‘very pretty, fun to drive and to run and pull well’.

It has been professionally serviced and is now offered complete with its original four-speed gearbox.

The first post-war MG was the TC.

It bore great similarity to the pre-war TB and was fitted with basically the same 1,250 cc OHV XPAG engine.

It was superseded by the TD in 1950 which, though visually similar to the earlier cars, was built around a more modern chassis derived for the Y-...