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KNOWN HISTORY OF MGAs SOLD NEW IN QUEENSLAND Part 3 by Dan Casey ITEM 2 - 26 KNOWN AND CONFIRMED TWIN CAMS OWNED IN QLD OVER THE PAST 56 YEARS (does not include 5 without record, Item 3 and 3 not yet verified in Item 4) Ed: The first 11 of the 26 were published in the Jan 2016 issue. CARS 12 - 26 and Item 3 YD2 #1977 (Roadster) Old English White. Ian Foran (Beenleigh), Barry Evans (MG Automotive, Brendale). This Twin Cam has been off the radar for a number of years and its history is mostly unknown other than it was sold new on 26th May, 1959 by Sydney Sub Dealer W. Yates. I saw this Twin Cam at The House of MG (Woolloongabba) in 1985, painted Red and it had a factory hardtop which I now have on my YD2 # 2147 (Barry will undertake restoration shortly.) YD2 # 2172 (Roadster) Glacier Blue. Mal Cumes (Hervey Bay). Way back in 1963, a young 21 year old Mal went into a well-known sport’s car dealer’s yard at Windsor and fell in love with this Glacier Blue Roadster. YD2 #2306 was also in the Show Room (Refer information on same under Item 1) Mal and Elizabeth went on their honeymoon in this and used it as their daily drive in Grange until their daughter arrived a few years later. Mal knew what his priorities were and kept the Twin Cam as well as wife and family. In 2006, Mal had it restored by Abingdon Motors and won the Twin Cam Concours at the National Meeting in Tamworth which was also attended by Patrick Reed from Perth in his Ash Green Twin Cam (Refer information in Item 6). Mal still enjoys driving this Twin Cam with gusto. Mal has the distinction of having had a Twin Cam for the longest period of 52 years in Queensland and possibly in Australia. (Refer information in item 7) Tamworth is where I first met “That Lot” - the MG Mob from the North Queensland Region who certainly know how to party long and hard. On the upside, three from this mob and I own MGAs and the other is thinking of changing from owning an MGB to that of a MGA with a V8 motor conversion (How can I be of assistance?) Modify with my blessings, Jim, as I have a habit of installing foreign motors in MGAs (trying to keep in front of those MGBs). A fine example of this is the MGA with a Honda S2000 fuel injected motor, 6 speed gear box, front and rear independent suspension with big disc brakes on all 4 corners. I built/restored/modified this for Gary Lock from the Gold Coast. What a weapon to drive and with a story for another day. YD2 #2090 (Roadster) Glacier Blue. Barry Van De Burg (Ipswich). Barry has had this car since 1971 and was/is a member of this Club. The car has been in storage for the past 30 years to my knowledge. Ross Kelly, Norm Goodall, Ian Kirkpatrick and I called in to see Barry in February 2014 following our return from the Toowoomba Swap Meeting. Barry advised us that the Twin Cam was not for sale and that he will restore it shortly when he retires. He will need a lot of help and a win on Gold Lotto won’t go astray. YD2 #2135 In 2014, Ross Kelly, Ian Kirkpatrick and I heard of a Private Collection coming up for sale at Mt.Cotton (not far from the Club’s Hill Climb property). This collection consisted of 11 Classic Cars and 3 Motor Bikes. (You never know what’s in your own back yard!) Amongst the collection was this Twin Cam which had dropped off the radar following its sale at Shannon’s Auction in Sydney for $43,000 in 2006. To cut a long story short, I offered the late collector’s widow (Mona) $38,000 after informing her that her late husband had paid $43,000 for it of which she had not been aware. She said that $39,000 was her lowest figure. I told her I would think about it and get back to her shortly. The following week I had put the money together and phoned Mona only to be told that the Twin Cam and three other cars from the collection were on their way to Shannon’s for sale in Sydney. (Hesitation is a fool’s friend). The Twin Cam sold for $48,000 plus their 10% fee of $4,800 which cost the current Sydney owner $52,800. There is a moral to this story – Strike while the iron is hot, do not hesitate, sell/mortgage the house if you have to. The Octagon - March 2016 13
Page 1 and 2: Official Journal of the MG Car Club
Page 3 and 4: President’s Report It seems like
Page 5 and 6: Notice Board The Clubrooms are open
Page 7 and 8: The reason why the January Octagon
Page 9 and 10: Annual Dinner And Presentation Of T
Page 11: Gary Goulding give the Racing Drive
Page 15 and 16: YD2 #2147 (Roadster) Ash Green. Rod
Page 17 and 18: Harry later sold this car to Rodney
Page 19 and 20: at that time. He has a photo of thi
Page 21 and 22: February Mid Week Run by Bruce Mutc
Page 23 and 24: onion followed by scones and Billy
Page 25 and 26: place”. It is amazing to see just
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Page 29 and 30: TICKING OFF THE BUCKET LIST British
Page 31 and 32: MGCCQ 2016 Calendar Affiliated with
Page 33 and 34: 10 Sunday RACQ Motorfest (P) 13 Wed
Page 35 and 36: 2 Trade Street Ormiston Q 4160 The
Page 37 and 38: - By Ross Kelly in Victoria. The ma
Page 39 and 40: that this was my important contribu
Page 41 and 42: - By Ken Wasley of the show they ha
Page 43 and 44: UK. Claims of restarting production
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Page 47 and 48: making it their fourth win in a row
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Page 51 and 52: place that some of us had not been
Page 53 and 54: CHAPTER Chatter Wide Bay Chapter by
Page 55 and 56: Sunday 7th February Eric Beckman as
Page 57 and 58: Competition Corner There have been
Page 59 and 60: The Regularity class attracted 8 en
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