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 an unusual photograph of a 1932 MG M Type Midget (MG 23 – 2/M 3341) as it was taken in an MG dealership showroom in either the late fifties or early sixties. (the tail of a new MGA can be seen alongside) A rubber stamp impression on the reverse of the photograph provides a small clue as to where the showroom might be located in that it details the address of a photographer in London W.C.2, so the showroom was probably situated in London itself or somewhere in the surrounding home counties. A possible explanation as to why the M Type might be present and centre-stage could have been MG’s 30th birthday which fell in 1960. The car’s MG 23 registration now resides on the front and rear of a 2011 VW. (The M Type survives and now carries UK registration SVS 374. The current owner states that the car was displayed in the University Motors showroom at 77, Piccadilly, London W.1)