Back in the early 1930s, MG (for Morris Garages) was still a niche manufacturer. The introduction of their first six-cylinder model, the Magna, was a major step. Over the two years from 1931-32 approximately 1,250 were sold, and this one listed for sale here on eBay is one of them. It’s located somewhere in the western United States (the seller does not specify any more) and bidding has risen to over $10,000 as I write this. Naturally with a car this desirable the reserve has not been met at that point.

The seller goes to great lengths to explain how rare the car is and how it came to be, and I was able to confirm that most of what they tell us is true (the claimed 40 produced may be from this body style only, that I couldn’t find out for sure). When it comes to this particular car, though, we’re not given a tremendous amount of information.

The seller apparently imported the car from the UK in 1967 (!) and never started the car. We’re told that it has been stored properly, though. With the long hood and tall wire wheels, it looks like a much later TC at first until you examine it closely.

I wish I were a better writer where I could do this picture justice. There’s no telling who has been behind that wheel — fighter pilots? Movie stars? Unfortunately, the seller has obscured the registration number in all the pictures of the car so I have no way to trace it’s early history.

The seller tells us the engine is “free”. I sure hope so, considering the head isn’t installed! I would strongly suggest making sure it’s included; I can’t imagine sourcing one would be easy at this point. There’s also the little matter that the car doesn’t have a title at this point. All that being said, I found a nice supercharged one of these that sold for over $100,000 in 2016 so it appears the value might be there for the right buyer. What do you think?