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'Where is my old Y now?'
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 |  Here are two photographs of my first car - MG Y Type Y6374; Reg No FKG 870. The first photograph (right) was taken sometime in the spring of 1973 when I owned it, in its near original colour of Almond Green. The second photograph (left) was taken in late January 2000 and shows it in its current colour scheme. I would dearly like to trace the current owner with the aim of meeting up over a coffee and for me to pass on information I have on its life upto the mid 1980's. I owned the car between late 1970 up until 6th December 1976. Please contact the web master if you have any knowledge of its whereabouts. Please contact Anthony Jones if you have any leads. Thank you Anthony Jones | ||||||
 | This is a photograph of an unknown Irish registered Y Type with a licence plate of ZJ 4546. One day hopefully we will be able to reunite this car with a chassis! Contact the Webmaster if you have any leads please. It was formerly owned by Adrian Richards who bought it in 1964 and sold it in 1967. It was formerly registered in Dublin. | ||||||
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I owned it I believe from 1970 to 1973 (time tends to fade the memory) it took me back and forth to work every day and I used to pass an identical maroon version on the Queen Alexandra bridge each morning going in opposite directions and we would toot our horns.  | ||||||
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The car was bought by my Dad from a barn in St Buryan (West Cornwall) and he spent around 3 years restoring it. He used to run a small village garage and this was his evening and weekend project. The body was rubbed right back to bare metal and rust cut out and new metal welded in and then lead was used as filler where necessary before it was sprayed in cellulose paint. The interior was cream leather with maroon piping around the seats. He even got the hydraulic jacks working properly. Once restored he used it most weekends attending shows both locally and nationally for 10+ years before becoming too ill to use it fully so he sold it on. Somehow the plaques he accumulated are separated from the car and it would be great to get them together again as it provides history for the vehicle. It also appeared on BBC TV in the mid 1980's and I have a copy of that on DVD as well. Please contact me, Shaun, at shaundale@btinternet.com. Please also see my post on Ys at Weddings too! | ||||||
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Registration KOV 922, taken 23rd September 1956, outside shops on Wakegreen Road, Moseley, Birmingham. Sadly we have no trace of this car in our database and neither is there a trace of it on the UK DVLA site either. If you have any information concerning this car, please email us by contacting the Webmaster here. | ||||||
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This is a photograph of my first MG taken about 1971 at my parents home in North Yorkshire, England. I believe it is a YB, The registration no. is JPY 271. I do not know the chassis number or its whereabouts now. I last saw her in Middlesbrough, Cleveland, England in 1972. I paid 35 pounds for her and in the end gave her to a friend of my brother who was going to tidy her up and get her back on the road. I snapped a con rod which blew a hole through the engine wall. I could not find an engine so I bought another Y from a friend for 25 pounds. I do not know this Y's chassis number either. I swopped engines but was unable to pay for the work that was needed to get her going again. Such is life. | ||||||
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The photo with the Ford Popular behind was taken outside my childhood home in Havenstreet on the Isle of Wight. The Ford belonged to my brother Peter. I later sold the YB to him and he subsequently modified the car by over-spraying the sides through a floral net curtain, which produced an interesting effect! He subsequently sold the car, by then in poor condition, to a local garage owner who added it to his collection of rusting wrecks to be restored when he retired. Sadly, he died before he got round to the restoration and Peter bought the UMG 780 back from his widow, also intending to restore it. Unfortunately, Peter died in 1999 at the age of 45 before starting work on the car. Peter's widow sold it, as a package with a Morris 8 Series E that he had already restored. I have not been able to find out what then happened to UMG 780. My sister in law cannot remember the name of the person who bought the cars, only that he lived in the western part of the Island and has lots of old cars in a barn. I have made various enquiries through the local historic vehicle club, and others, without any success. The car is still on the UK Driver Vehicle Licensing Authority database, with a first registration date of 30 July 1952. A search done a couple of years ago revealed that the registered keeper is still Peter Long (my brother), so the new owner never registered his ownership. Although I fear that the car is now little more than a rusty shell, if it has not gone to the big scrap yard in the sky, I would like to find it. However, I think that this is now unlikely. Please contact me (Mike Long) if you have any information that may be of help. Thank you. | ||||||
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The licence plate was DFX 944, and I owned it around 1962 - 1964, in Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. No clue what the chassis no. was, sorry. I did install a TC-type twin carburettor assembly on it, and also fitted tube shocks on the front, available at that time as a kit, I believe. Great car, and far ahead of it's time. Please contact Mike Bond if you have any information regarding the whereabouts of this Y. Thank you.
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Jack Rebbeck found this page when he was googling KTX 542 and has identified himself as the new owner of Y 6582! | ||||||
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Click on any quadrant of the picture to open a full sized photograph. Update - 13 November 2012 Roy Light from the UK has been in contact concerning YMG 158 and he says: YMG 158 is a YB first registered in the UK in 1953. I do not have any documentation for the car having given it all to the person who bought the car. The colour was maroon (whole car) with beige interior. I attach some photos taking in about 1973-74. I was the third owner and bought the car with some 54,000 miles on the clock in February 1974 and used using it on a daily basis. I lived in Bristol UK, and still do. The car was sold new by University Motors, London (who bought up all the MG number plates around that time). I was approached by a man in the street who said that he would like to buy the car for his brother who lived in Atlanta, Georgia, US, a Mr J. T. Davie. I agreed to sell and drove the car to Newport Docks in South Wales where I bade it a sad goodbye. This was in May 1976 and the mileage was 70,860. I would love to know where the car is now and even to explore the possibility of buying it back.
Thanks Roy. If you can help reunite Roy with his old car, please contact him here. | ||||||
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"I once owned a 1952 YB while stationed in Georgia. I reluctantly sold it in 1978 to a man named Brown, if I remember correctly. I last saw it in 1979 in Valdosta, Georgia. Any chance of finding out where it is today? At that time it was painted a 2 tone green with the body and hood painted one color and the fenders the other. Both greens were very similar except that one was solid, the other a metallic. I don't remember exactly which part had the solid or metallic. Not sure if it was factory paint or not. Interior was black. At the time it did not qualify for antique license plates. Unfortunately, all I have left are a few black & white photos. No serial number. It was complete and driveable. Had a barrel of fun with it. I bought the car in July/August 1977 and sold it about a year later. I was in the USAF at the time. A Captain assigned to the base had brought 2 Rolls Royce Silver Clouds and the MG-YB back from England. He kept one Rolls and sold the other Rolls and the MG. It would be unique to have the TD and the YB together, especially since they are both 1952's." The UK licence plate was NAH 588. If you have any information on the current whereabouts of this car, please contact John Masters. Update - 5 April 2020 YB 0324 has resurfaced and is now on Ys on Parade! | ||||||
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I would just like to know that the old lady is alive and well . I was 18 when I got her and I have loads of happy memories ... I still have the original green log book with all owners from new listed. Perhaps I can pass it on. I hope to get another one day , now that the kids have grown up. Please contact Stephen Webb. UPDATE - 11 July 2011 - From UK DVLA Website The vehicle details for MG 7401 are: Date of Liability 01 01 2012 Date of First Registration 05 02 1948 Year of Manufacture Not Available Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1250cc CO2 Emissions Not Available Fuel Type Petrol Export Marker Not Applicable Vehicle Status Licence Not Due Vehicle Colour GREEN So this car is still out there somewhere - is it yours? If so, please register it with us and contact Stephen Webb too. | ||||||
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There were a total of 1301 MG YBs produced. This car is the 1057th to come down the line at Abingdon Factory where the cars were hand assembled. The "YB" was preceded by the MG YA which was designed in 1937 and due to WWII was not built and introduced to the public until April 1947. It was the first saloon ever built with rack and pinion steering and independent suspension. The chassis and running gear were borrowed from the MG TC sports car. The "YB" was introduced in late 1951 and was upgraded to MG TD running gear with better suspension, brakes and overall improved ride and handling. Thus making the MG YBs the most desirable of the "Y" saloon series. The car was purchased from the second owner, Peter Mace, in Sussex at the end of 1984. Peter is a dentist in Sussex and a long-time friend of the original owner Major Wilkenson. Major Wilkenson purchased this car when he was a Lieutenant and always garaged it. He was fanatical in his meticulous care of the car even taking it to the dealership to have the tyre pressure checked. Peter Mace waited 25 years to acquire this car and cared for it as passionately as the Major. Everything on this car works - from the trafficators (run by a clock timer located on the steering column) to the built-in hydraulic Jackall system, which raises the car off the ground for tyre repair. The car is completely original except for the following:
There are still sources for parts and support available. The "Why" Registry and MG TC T & Y parts, both are in England and I can provide the addresses and telephone number. Since the running gear is the same as an MG TD all mechanicals can be purchased from Moss Motors or any supplier providing parts for MG T-type cars. | ||||||
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I've been referred to you by Chris McPheat in an effort to trace my old MG details above. I was the second owner the first being a Mrs Byers of Sunderland. I found photos of it at the Burnley Car Show 2016 and would dearly like to see it again.
This photograph is from the collection of Bernard Vermeylen from Brabant in Belgium. Bernard says "I think this is a periode picture (around 1950) ; place is the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, with the Champs-Elysées in the background." The question is though, "Where is this Y now?". The license plate is 756973.
The color scheme of blue and beige/cream was quite distinctive in itself but the real 'clincher' is the fact that it was fitted with a 6 cylinder Austin Freeway engine, auto gearbox, Freeway front and rear end. This would have to be the major identification feature. If you have any information on the whereabouts of my old car, please contact me, Christopher Constantine, 
If any one knows the current whereabouts of this Y, please contact 
This Y Type was spotted a few years ago in Bangkok, Thailand - any information as to its current whereabouts or owner would be greatly appreciated. Please contact