Lot 605: 1948 MG Midget TC Roadster

Announced late in 1945, the TC Midget was based on the 1,250cc XPAG-powered TB of pre-war days and possessed comparable performance (top speed was around 78mph) while featuring a widened (by 4”) body and improved suspension incorporating Luvax-Girling hydraulic dampers. More than any other car, it was the MG TC which was responsible for starting the American love-affair with the British sportscar, many of the 10,000 produced up to the end of 1949 finding customers in the United States. ‘No car has done so much to maintain open-air motoring and to support the demand that exists all over the world for sports car performance and characteristics in a car of not exorbitant cost and at moderate running costs,’ observed The Autocar magazine in October 1945, expressing sentiments that every TC-owning MG enthusiast would heartily endorse today. This TC was in complete and running condition when purchased from one Robert Skinner of Vancouver, Canada in March 2004. It was privately imported into the UK and registered here by its late owner, who sadly died before its restoration could be completed. Sold strictly as viewed, the car is presented with its engine and other removed parts packed in boxes. It is offered with sundry invoices for parts purchased from Moss Europe Ltd; importation documents; dating certificate and Swansea V5 registration document.