The most sought after competition MG model One of three Works-entered cars prepared for the 1934 Mille Miglia, under the patronage of Earl Howe Generally regarded as the most original surviving example of MG’s celebrated Works K3 cars Successively joined the collections of respected MG authorities Rod Hiley and Peter Green Eligible for numerous historic events, including the Mille Miglia Storica, Le Mans Classic, and Goodwood Revival If the Alfa Romeo 8C is widely accepted as the most successful competition sports car of the 1930s, then surely a compelling case can be put forward for the MG K3 Magnette as the decade’s supreme giant-killer.

Diminutively proportioned yet boasting a robust, cross-braced chassis and potent six-cylinder, 1,100-cc supercharged engine, K3s routinely humbled cars of more than double their capacity.

One of the model’s foremost exponents was wealthy Yorkshire textile magnate E.R.

“Eddie” Hall.

When Earl Howe was assembling an MG Works-owned three-car team of...