The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.

1931 MG C Type Midget (RX 8306) has an illustrious sporting history. Campaigned today by Chris Cadman, back in December 1931 (12th) it was the editor of The Autocar, H. S. Linfield who was behind the wheel and pushing hard in this shot. He was competing in that year’s NWLMC London- Gloucester Trial and is seen here storming one of the observed hills (perhaps Ferriscourt). His efforts didn’t go unrewarded as he came away with a Silver Cup. (LATplate B7386 courtesy of Motorsport Images)

The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.

This is KF 498, a 1930 Liverpool-registered MG Midget. Seen here in what looks to be a moorland setting with a young woman at the wheel sporting suitable open-air motoring attire, which includes very fashionable (for the period) trousers. Perhaps the only variations from the standard factory specification to be noted on the car are the fitment of a windscreen wiper along with that of a rearview mirror attached to either the scuttle side or screen support.

Meredith Coachcraft of Castle Bromwich, Birmingham designed and built these three-purpose bodies for the Wolseley Hornet Special chassis. (RD 4648 is a 1933 example) Known as the ‘Trinity’ the bodies were designed to adapt from a ‘foursome’ coupe to an open four-seater tourer in a matter of seconds, while the final option of open two-seat sports could also be achieved with speed and a minimum of effort. They were quite pricey at £289 when compared with other Hornet two or four-seat specials but their adaptability meant that they eventually sold nine Wolseley Hornet versions, seventeen Rileys, five BSAs and a solitary MG J1. (These production figures are from Nick Walker’s A-Z of British Coachbuilders book). Currently a surviving Hornet Trinity Special is being auctioned on the carandclassis website here.

The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.

R. A. MacDermid gained a formidable reputation as a very successful trials driver for the Cream Cracker and Musketeer M.G. teams from the mid-thirties onward. Here he is seen in his 1934 ‘P’ Type (JB 3639) while taking part in the MCC London – Gloucester Trial on December 05, 1936. That year’s ‘Gloucester’ wasn’t a sparkling success for MacDermid in that he managed to roll his car (see TMC no.235) before going on to claim a Silver award. (LATplate C10358 courtesy of Motorsport Images)

The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.

This scene was photographed at the Donington 12-Hour Race held on 24th July 1937. It features the M.G. of D. Powell leading the Stapleton/Morris-Goodall Aston-Martin Ulster and the 1.5-litre HRG of Scott/Halford. All three cars completed the race but in the reverse order to that pictured here. The HRG was 10th, the Aston Martin 13th and Powell’s M.G. came home 22nd overall and 8th and last in its class.

The Triple M series of MG’s all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.

VN 2189 is a 1930 MG M Type Midget first registered in the North Riding of Yorkshire. This eBay screengrab shows the car parked up outside the gates of an unidentified towerless church, presumably somewhere in that county. Does anyone recognise the location?

Long-term MG M Type owner Keith Durston points out that this M Type appears to be all one colour, much like his own all-red version of the model. This would make VN 2189 quite a rare ‘animal’ in that very few period images exist of these single-colour cars, the vast majority of early Midgets sporting contrasting black wings and wheels against the fabric-covered body colour of choice.

This 1931 Eustace Watkins Wolseley Hornet special (GP 7826) was first registered in London in May of that year. Just over five years later (June 1936) and 400 miles north of London, this photo was taken while the car was parked up alongside the Pass of Glencoe in the Scottish Highlands.

This is an appeal for any information at all about this unknown 1930/31 CF3 Wolseley Hornet special.

(Thanks to Wolseley Hornet guru Dick Serjeantson, the car has now been identified as an early 1931 Bryant Patrick Two-seater.)

Of all the specialist coachbuilders that survived through to the Thirties, The New Avon Body Co. Ltd built arguably some of the prettiest bodies of the period. Perhaps ‘pretty’ is the wrong word and should be replaced by ‘handsome’,  this 1931 Swan DHC body on a Standard chassis deserving the use of that adjective. The Jensen brothers worked with Avon during the early thirties and their design skills are much in evidence here. Without a doubt, this is one of the better-looking bodies to adorn a Wolseley Hornet chassis.

AXX 288 was first registered in London in April 1934. This Hornet special looks to be a Eustace Watkins Daytona model, its cut-away doors and swept wings being a model hallmark.  The image was taken on a beach and probably features a mother with her daughter at the wheel.