Letchworth GC Classic and Vintage Car Club

Riley winner at the recent Riley AGM Weekend

Andrew Croysdill writes: My car won the Trophy for the most original car in attendance thus beating last year’s winner who/which had come along again. The judges noted that my car “is exceptional” just as they (different judges) had done last year at the Summer Riley Rally when I won my previous Trophy.

The Riley Register photo

FOR SALE by Club member Mr Nick Salmon
1960 MGA Coupe with 1800cc engine and five-speed gearbox

I purchased this MGA Coupe in 2018 from fellow club member Martin Gratte who had owned the car since 1999.

The coupe was an import from California in the early 1990s and converted to right-hand drive. As a result the V5C shows the date of first registration as May 1992 and the declared year of manufacture as 1960.

The present five speed gearbox and 1800cc engine was fitted by Brown & Gammons in 2008. The original 1600cc engine was fully rebuilt by Brown & Gammons and retained by Martin. He would be open to selling it on.

This coupe is in good, used condition. Bodywork is solid; paintwork is good to fair (there is some micro blistering in places); interior is good to fair, with signs of wear on the leather seat faces; carpets are good; chromework is generally very good but some parts show signs of age; chrome wire wheels are sound (chrome is good to fair, one wheel shows rust) and have excellent tyres. Spare is a painted wire wheel.

All controls and switches work as they should except the panel light rheostat.

An alloy steering wheel is fitted but the original MG steering wheel (in excellent condition) comes with the car. Four Vredstein snow tyres with good treads are included in the sale along with a chromed bootlid luggage rack. I had removed these items from the car on purchase.

The car drives beautifully with excellent handling and taut suspension. Engine starts without hesitation. A manually-switched auxilliary radiator fan is fitted as a 'just in case' aid. The under-dash switch panel in the cabin also has USB/cigar lighter outlets for satnav/phones etc.

The five-speed gearbox is a great improvement over a standard four-speed and makes for far more pleasant motorway driving.

This is not a concours example and it doesn't pretend to be. It is a totally usable and honest example that you can take to the supermarket or take to the south of France.

The MGA coupe is arguably the prettiest and best-looking of all MGs. I shall be very sorry to see it go but I need to thin down my collection and it deserves more use than it currently gets.

A comprehensive collection of photographs is online: https://www.flickr.com/gp/134441372@N05/Y3nSsi283S
Price £19,950
Nick Salmon 07831 805455.

FOR SALE by Club member Mr Martin Gratte
BMW 635 CSI 1984 96000 miles.

Bodywork sound but interior needs some tlc.

Auto box rebuilt. Engine runs well.

Price reduced to £13,000 ono.
Martin Gratte 07860 518681.