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1953 M.G. TD Midget Coupé

Designer: Giovanni Michelotti, Torino (I)

17/04/1953 production of chassis no. TD/26939 at M.G. factory in Abingdon-on-Thames (Oxfordshire, GB) (www.tregister.org)
chassis number code: EXRK (EX= export chassis, R = RHD, K = km/h speedometer) (
www.mg-cars.org.uk)
engine no. XPAG/TD2/27414 (
www.tregister.org)
[The above chassis number is a hypothesis for the identity of this car by Anders Ditlev Clausager, Birmingham (GB), pers. comm. 22/07/2018]

1953 photos in front of Carrosserie Ghia S.A, Route du Simplon, Aigle (CH)
no MG and Ghia Aigle badges

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21/06/1953 honoured in group II “Spezialkarosserien”, category II “Coupés”, class A, at the Internationale Auto- Schönheitskonkurrenz (Concours d´Elegance) in the Parc de la Grange, Genève (CH); entry no. 23
MG badge on radiator grille and Ghia Aigle shield-badge on the wings

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07/1953 Concours d´Elegance, Montreux (CH) [Hagen Nyncke, 01/03/1991]

 

[Sources: Hagen Nyncke, München (D), own research]