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.

A. B. C. Hands (now there’s a name to conjure with) was a competitor in the very first RAC Rally which took place from 1st – 5th March 1932, the destination for all competitors being the Devon resort of Torquay. Hand’s car was a spring 1931 Wolverhampton registered Eustace Watkins Wolseley Hornet Special (JW 686) wearing competition no. 241, its likely starting point being Leamington Spa. From Leamington Hands would have been required to cover a 1000 mile route while keeping strictly to a timed schedule and reporting into ‘controls’ at set times. How he fared is not known.

GW 181 is a December 1931 London registered Swallow Wolseley Hornet Two-seater. This model was reported to have ” …the prettiest rear-end seen on a light car to date”. Unfortunately this shot doesn’t show off that feature but does display the clean lines of Swallow’s distinctive design which continued to be produced long after the company launched its own range of SS cars in October 1931.

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.

The 1935 Mannin Beg race around the streets of Douglas on the Isle of Man was an attritional affair. Of the thirteen starters, only two cars were classified as finishers, the race being won by P. Fairfield in an ERA with Freddie Dixon’s Riley in second place. Here two of the non-finishers battle for position, with G.E.T. Eyston’s MG R Type (no.16) heading an ERA driven by Raymond Mays (no.8) as they turn off the promenade. Mays was forced to retire with a cracked oil pipe, while Eyston’s MG sheared a magneto drive.  (LAT photoscan from The Autocar 31-5-35 P 971. Image courtesy of Motorsport Images)