I bought a '54 1250 TF in 1965 in red with steel wheels for £275. Reg PDV746. I sold it 18 months later after a huge amount of fun for £380. Fast forward to the early eighties and I saw it for sale in one of the motoring magazines, by this time it was on wires and was in canary yellow. I think it was about £20,000. Although, as regards the colour, not original it was immaculate. It was originally bought new by a Doctor in Devon. Does anyone in the MG Owners Club know its present whereabouts?
Greets from Salem, New Jersey (next to Delaware and close to Philadelphia), where Myself is happy that the Brits got to have fun with OUR Buick 214 Cubic Inch Small Block and turn that into Rover's flagship engine that was in so much stuff. From the random kit cars and Range Rovers to the RV8 and SD1, they had a British heart that was donated my Buick, who sold the design to you guys. So, have fun, and now, back to my 1978 US spec MG Midget 1500 Special with the Standard TC52 engine, that's already in progress.
This was my car in the late 70's, if the new owner wants to know some of FOD's history, please get in touch with me! Are the complete manual and the Jensen rally top still with it?
My big brother just found this video, this is our mum’s old car! And I don’t mean the same model, I mean the actual exact same car. Mum had it in the mid ‘70s and burst into happy tears when she saw this video. They called it “Fod”, I bet she’s currently looking for photos of her and my brother when he was little in it back in the day…!
I don't normally contradict other comments, but this was my car, and it saved my life on more than one occasion. FOD was a much loved car, and the best car I ever owned. My small son loved it too, and it started off a lifetime hobby of classic cars for him. I am overjoyed to see FOD still on the road, and looking so good. No other car corners like a Frogeye, Top Gear put a fancy modern Renault up against a frog on a hill climb, expecting the Renault to win, but the frog wiped the floor with it.
This is lovely car.....not sure if still for sale. Looking at the photos the restoration was probably close to £40k. I saw one recently in a P1800 restorers which was still unfinished and getting well above the £80k costing......as we know you never recoup that cost but thats what it takes for complete restoration. I bought a two owner unrestored p1800s which was very original but had a few repairs and a dodgey respray. It was just over double the price of a similar condition MGB.....but its rarity keeps on attracting attention ...when out driving recently the car in front pulled over then followed me all the way into the petrol station so they could take photos.....not sure that happens with an MGB....
I owned the U.S. version , left hand drive, in 1970. I loved that car wish I had never sold it. I had the three carburetor, 6 cylinder, 4 speed with overdrive in blue. 😢
