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MG MGA - Bangers & Cash Auction

I see Mathewsons (Bangers & Cash TV show) have a couple of MGAs in their upcoming auction on 1 & 2 Oct: https://www.mathewsons.co.uk/car-category/all_lots/

Lot 207 - Roadster.
Lot 299 - Coupe.

No vested interest. I always scroll their lots looking for boot open pictures showing toolkits and jacks. One of my sources for possible originality data.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Hi Steve,
Both cars are sitting too high on their springs and, on the coupe, none of the wheels are central in the wheel arch.

Regards
Colin
Colin Manley

The shut-lines on the roadster look really good but not so good on the Coupe (on my car, the shut-lines are somewhere in between the two! :^(

I do love to watch the Bangers and Cash programme, there are some great characters on there, my favourite is Sarah who organises the memorabilia part of the auction and she has come out with some brilliant one-liners.
The best one for me was when she was asked "What are the most popular things with customers at the auction", Sara instantly answered "Barn finds and a bacon sandwich!"

Bangers and Cash is shown on the Yesterday TV Channel.

Cheers
Colyn
Colyn Firth

Colyn

I am now banned from watching having seen each episode about 6 times! But that is Yesterday for you.

The skeleton in the memorabilia made me chuckle, summing up the age of some of the punters.

I sometimes email them for permission to use the occasional photo showing the original jack in the trunk/boot. I also asked them if they would include a photo of the boot open of every vehicle in each auction. They show just about every other view. Not had a response on that one. I find their photography a bit incomplete most of the times.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Colin, unfortunately all new available replacement springs (Worldwide) are set too high. The majority come from India, and Moss have advised they are aware of this. They do say they will settle eventually.
Gary Lock

I found a shop that would do the spring with the correct height and cheaper then Moss sells !!.
I would need at least 20 (40 springs) orders to start with. At MGExperience forum (USA) only seven (7) people would place the order !!!
So I stopped everything :-(

Gio
Giovanni Delicio

Colyn

Unfortunately, Sarah left Mathewsons some time ago, so is unlikely to be appearing in any more series, unless there are any that haven't been transmitted yet.
Dave O'Neill 2

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