MG MGA! Ordinary mechanicals made magical. Classic road(ster) test 

MGA is the car I'm going to buy once I'm finished with my Sunbeam Alpine. Not fast, but IMO one of the most beautiful traditional roadsters ever built.

I've had many sports cars but my 1962 MGA is one of my favorites.

I've never seen one in that colour. Suits the car quite well.

It doesn't matter the 0-60 time... The longer it takes the longer you're having fun 🥸

You have just tested my favourite car of all time, I worked on loads as an apprentice in the late 80's and they drive so well. You're right about the rarity of Alamo Beige, I worked on loads over the 4 years and never saw one in that colour. You're also correct about the wood floor which was always something that I would add some metal plates to just for piece of mind. I'm off to watch this again, shame I can't give it more than one like ☹

The indicator switch is actually vacuum. The delay is adjustable via a small screw in the rear, though on most the leather sealing washer has fried out and they don't work as they did when new. Great vid and a lovely example.

I owned a ‘62 MKII for a few years in my early 20’s. Loved it. Sold it in early 70’s. Found the current owner who had restored it and won many awards for his hard work. It was like finding a kidnapped child when I found him.

The joy on your face, it's wonderful to see. You are becoming my favorite motoring journalist. There is almost no one as knowledgeable as you are. Thank you. Keep up the good work.

Most of the British sportscars of the 60's and 70's had modest underpinnings but the design was on another level. Fabulous.

Brilliant video Ian, really enjoyed it as did you by the look on your face! The Flying Sausage as he is known is a lovely car. You are welcome to drive him any time. Thanks for testing him 😊

In all the years I've watched your videos, I don't think I've seen you enjoy a drive as much as this. What a noise from that beautiful wee car. Magic!!

It's fun when a car actulaly sounds like it's got a tonne of power, but hasn't, yet gives the feeling of it being powerful, unlike modern things that have to do all kinds of trickery with the exhaust pipework to try and match this level of fun, but never achieve it... :P

I love my MGA. Not the quickest, but quick enough. Not the fastest, but fast enough. MGs just deliver more smiles per mile.

My late father owned an MGA hardtop when I was born YYK 30. He soon replaced it with an early Sunbeam Alpine after that which was a soft top. Shortly afterwards he bought a 1963 Jaguar Mark 2 which has defined my life and passion for classic Jaguars ever since. We still have the registration plate WWG5 on my mothers car.

What a beautiful car. Whoever owns that is so lucky. Must bring a massive smile every time it's driven.

I've always wanted a 1500 MG TF, but that MGA is making all the right noises for me!!! A "proper" sports car.....

What makes it so special is the basic experience of driving a machine that is just complex enough to do what it needs to do, with no driving aides and no hiding the noise and feedback that the car produces. I'm considering buying an MGB here in Australia as I'm just done with modern cars. Excuse me now while I go change my shorts, that snorting roar was just to enjoyable.

That was just great the MGA is just one of the prettiest sports cars ever.

The smile on your face driving it says it all.. :)

Love the colour. I think it really shows off the design of the car.

What a great video HubNut. Certainly a contender for the (never ending smile) category. Its an absolute pleasure seeing how much you enjoyed driving her.

The joy on your face Ian would make anyone want to own one. Great review.

I remember see mgs parked around LA. In the late 50s. While my Dad drove a Studebaker champion of green color. My dad did take a long look at the MGs Well done video ! 😊

Just Glorious that Ian, thanks for the test....you'd just never get bored of that! (as you obviously didn't!)...👍👍

Great review of a lovely little car Ian; from a time when the world moved at a gentler pace. It looked like you genuinely enjoyed your drive! 😊

MG were indeed kings as you say. Good gearbox, good engine, lovely interior. They broke lot less down than the Triumph cars.

All of the beige! 😁👍

Great little drive! The A is one of the most beautiful cars ever built, lovely lines.

What a beauty! I've never dared look at the price of them but would love to own one.

What a well chosen shirt for this occasion!

When you tried the wipers and pressed the water jet. I expected the water to fire over the windshield and on to you. Lovely car again Ian

MGs were and are so very popular here in western Canada. They're considered a common classic here. Last year I went to a car show called "All British Field Meet" and it had dozens of different kinds of MGs. Even UK market examples that were not sold here. Like a MG F, a RV8 and a MG TF. My family owned a '72 MG B that we restored. It was a blast to just be a passenger in!

The best 10 minutes in a long time seeing YT. The sound is intoxicating 🤤

This car looks soo good. And the sound it makes is just incredible. Mr. Hubnut had huge smile while driving this!

Beautiful car. Lovely rorty exhaust note. I saw one in San Fransisco when I was last there with quite a crowd looking at it. Another great video

If there was a beauty pageant for cars it would win it !

Beautiful cars. I used to walk to school in the 80's past a guy who was restoring one of these in his garage. That one is lovely.

What a gorgeous, joyous little car! Wonderful

Sold quite a few in Canada as well. I currently own a 1969 MGB GT. Just a comment , a lot of UK RU-vidrs seem to forget that Canada actually exists. Canadian soldiers stationed in the UK during WW2 also brought back these cars in large numbers. Just saying…..

never seen you smile so much whilst driving a car.😂

I had one in the 1970s. I wish I still had it! The hand brake is known as a "fly off" type. Not unusual in sports cars of the day.

All the beige…. Excellent! The smile per mile index was obviously off the scale too… 🤪

What a gorgeous little MG.

Thanks, I've never seen an MGA before (I'm a Yank), but plenty of MGB's 😊 I was probably born too late for the MGA, being of 1972 vintage...also seen the older ones, like MG-TC, and kit cars that are designed to look like a T series. Yes, those exist...

That colour looks stunning on that MGA.

Breathtakingly beautiful.

A shirt that so matches the car. Great video again.

Looks and sounds glorious

We owned this car several years ago… a little beauty 💕

Glorious little car and they make such a fabulous noise!

Great video and a fantastic car, it surely fits into your "Power, less is more" mantra.

Fantastic to see here back on the road again

I really enjoyed this video tremendously. It's so obvious how much fun you were having in this little car. These are fabulous little sports cars. You don't need a 550 horsepower V8 to have fun. The beauty of the MGA and the MGB is that even though they are not fast, they are still a lot of fun to drive, and unlike a lot of older cars, they can still keep up with modern traffic. Indeed they go plenty fast enough to lose your license in; please don't ask me how I know! I own a 1965 MGB Mk I (for nearly 54 years) and a 1962 MGA Mk II. Despite the very similar mechanicals, they are distinctly different experiences to drive. (You can easily recognise the Sydney Enever derived shared DNA when you look at them underneath on a hoist). It's wonderful to see an Alamo Beige MGA. It looks terrific. Here in Australia nearly every MGA and MGB gets repainted red or BRG. It's so unimaginative and tedious. A car like this one really stands out. Thanks so much for posting this.

Beautiful colour combination indeed

That sounds proper roarty! Love the car and the sound it makes.

Great knowledge and a great shirt. Thanks for another great video Hubnut

A local cellist I know has a fully restored red MGA which looks absolutely immaculate - I haven't been for a drive in it though, but he sometimes drives it over and parks it up outside my gaff when the weather is favourable when sharing lifts to gigs and picking up others in my far more capacious Accord tourer. There's a glimpse of an MGA in the film 'Silkwood' that Kurt Russel's character was working on (Karen Silkwood's car was famously a 1st generation white Honda Civic complete with the ridiculously large 5mph bumpers). At the time I found it odd that such a car of that era would even be seen in the US, but now you mentioned the US servicemen fell in love with them explains it. Although later on BL made a loss on every MGB sold to the US as the GB£-US$ exchange rate was in the favour of the US buyer at the time (and an MGB was featured in the '70s film 'Coma' along with a Fiat).

Oh my word. You know you’ve arrived with a red leather interior. Marvellous 😊

That looked like a lot of fun! The model on top of the dash is a nice touch 😊 Thank you! 👍

What a sports car should be. Simple, light, and fun. Brilliant.

Great video Ian, one of those only you can do. Great to hear MGA history.

That is a beauty. And the colour suits it.

@HubNut It’s as if you were Ian Carmichael in School For Scoundrels who had just traded in his ‘there’s one born every minute’ Swiftmobile for the sporty British number to make Terry-Thomas grit his gapped front teeth in rage at being one-upped. Lovely car and your joy at driving it so evident. I know zero about cars, how they work, how to fix them etc.; but I come from a time when cars had personality, one could truly self-maintain them and my dad loved them. Think if I keep watching your videos I may start at my relatively senior age to understand how they work. Your videos are a joy - no overweening ego, just solid knowledge, joy and a sense of humour. 🙂

You obviously really enjoyed this!

I think I was enjoying this almost as much as you were Ian. Fabulous stuff!

You looked like you was having a real good time Ian. Lovely car loved the colour

Lots of smiles from` you on this video. Nice posting and car.

Great job hubnut great video makes everyone want a MG for lovely summer days

My brother has an MG A 1600 from '61 I believe. A great little car, pretty too! Joachim

That's a lovely looking car. Thanks

The dad of an old girlfriend of mine had a twin cam MGA-35 years ago.Edit-Neither the girlfriend nor I were old back then!

That's beautiful

Lovin the mini mullet mate, v cool !! The car is pretty special too

I have always loved the MGA 😀

Drove a restored MG A regularly in the mid-70s. It wasn't mine but a well-off friends. It was bright yellow and brilliant to drive, you didn't have to be going fast to enjoy it! Squashed me and my two small sons in it and they loved it too, especially with the hood down. Happy memories!

Gorgeous car. A mate nearly bought one in about 78. I bet he still regrets not doing it...mind you his TR6 was impressive. I always felt that design/style wise...the MGA was a Moggie 1000 stretched & restyled....the design cues are all there.

Always thought the styling of the MGA was alright, but nothing special. But in that colour, with the whitewall tyres, that's really nice.

Your face says it all. You set off, with that extraordinary noise and as the revs rise, so does the grin! 😁

Highly enjoyable video! I really think you should sell something to buy one for yourself. The curvy body design is so perfect, it’s like a rolling sculpture.

What a beauty! I love it. On the drive you did remind me of Toad in "Wind in the Willows"!

Thank you Ian for that B series soundtrack how many times is too many to keep re- watching with the volume up👍😊

I love the MGA we had an MGA 1600, an MGTF and an MGB. I do love classic British cars. Good vlog. 😀

You looked at home behind the wheel, your shirt complemented the paintwork nicely.

Ian looks particularly handsome in this car!

Best looking MG.

Lovely machine. Three bearing crank nice and revy.

A glorious colourful machine

That's a absolute beauty. A Lady in the Village,ive used to live in my childhood, did owned a white one. Never forget the sound of it.( ofcourse...ive surely waa impressed by the Lady to😂😂😂)

One of the prettiest sports cars, ever, anywhere. This one has a nice hard-edged exhaust note - and the colour suits it really well (but not the whitewall tyres!).

Pure magic. video presentation and the car.

One of my favourite British sports cars, the other being the Healy 3000

Great video, felt like I was riding along with you.

Love your absolute delight! :)

🍁🇨🇦🍁Stunning vehicle. Never seen one in this colour. Super condition and great fun to drive. Enjoy.

So simple but it gives the driver so much enjoyment

That gearbox whine though ❤

Mga nice car unusual colour another great video has always Ian and miss hubnut and hublets and hubmutts 👍

#powerlessismore what a brilliant road test, you had so fun and it showed. A cracking looking MGA.

That soundtrack does not get old fantastic.

What a beautiful car.