74-year-old time capsule with only 1,340 km on the clock is up for sale (15 photos)
The MG Roadster is from a time when driving pleasure was the most important thing, and then everything else. 
American soldiers, who arrived in the British Isles in hundreds of thousands in anticipation of landing in Europe, appreciated the seemingly frivolous cars, becoming so attached to them that post-war MG sales overseas soared at an unprecedented pace. They also sold well in other parts of the world, like this MG TC built in 1949, sent to a customer in South Africa.
The next owner of the car treated the purchase not as an everyday vehicle, but as a collector's item on a par with the Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Porsche and other cars in his garage. In 1998, the increasingly valuable MG TC moved to New Zealand, where it remains to this day. The presence of right-hand traffic in all habitats of the roadster made it easier to operate.
The small red car looks much older than its age, because the products of the British automobile industry have always been distinguished by healthy conservatism. The cutouts in the doors are not a whim of the designer, but a decision dictated by the cramped interior, to make it more comfortable for the driver and passenger to sit next to each other. Door-armrest, otherwise.
Of course, the tires are new now. Yes, and acceleration to hundreds in 23 seconds, provided by a 1250 cc engine with a power of 55 hp. s., by today's standards can be called tortoiseshell. However, now this is not the main thing in the car; the style, breed and amazing preservation of the 74-year-old oldtimer are much more valued, which was the result of the careful attitude of all its owners, who have driven only 833 miles in total. This explains the hefty price of 75,000 pounds sterling, or almost 900 thousand dollars, which is noticeably more expensive than any modern MG. 
