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.
Date: 4th April 1931. Event: MCC ‘Land’s End’ Trial
March 1930, London registered MG Midget (GF 5384) is seen about to start an observed section on one of the eight hills featured in that years event. The driver is J.H. Illingworth, his Midget equipped with a spotlamp to aid the meagre lighting on the fast overnight run from Virginia Water to the West Country undertaken the previous evening. The windscreen glass is also non-standard and would have provided marginally more protection from the on-rushing slipstream than the glass normally fitted. Parked-up and awaiting his turn, is A.L. Mason in his 1929 Morris Minor Tourer (RY 7890). His car has been fitted with a radiator blind, the moveable louvres aiding control of the engine coolant temperature. Illingworth went on to win a Gold Award while Mason collected a Bronze. (LATPlate courtesy of Motorsport Images)