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MG Airline Flies High in Auction Sale

Filed in archive MG by Philip Powell on July 4, 2007

MG Airline

It was the 1930's when aircraft first began to influence automobile design, in appearance as well as aerodynamics. A lovely example of this was the MG midgetlinks Airline, a special-bodied version of Morris Garage's lightweight British sports car. First seen on the P-Type Midget chassis with 4-cylinder engine, a small number of these graceful two-door coupes were built on the faster, softer-riding N-Series chassis between 1934 and 1937. They were designed by H.W. Allingham of London and sub-contracted to Carbodies for construction. Apparently only one 6-cylinder N-Type with an Airline body still exists and it was sold at RM's Ponder Collection auction, where it earned $398,750, far above an estimated $200,000-250,000. A lot of money for an MG, indeed the highest to date, but for such a rare and beautiful car perhaps not unreasonable. Sports Car Market magazine offers an interesting article on the MG Airline and the auction.






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