MGA 1600 MKII Roadster

Put In Bay 2022 Pure Joy after Feature Race/ This car was developed into a Vintage Racer by the Michigan Chapter in Spring 1997. Team name: Rowdie Racing. Still racing in 2022.

Jenna Thorson "Ms. Street Rod Sweetheart" stopped by for a photoshoot at the Minnesota Back to the 50's event. An MGA stands out in a crowd of Ford's, Chey's.

My 1962 MGA Mark II was just dropped off by transport from the previous owner from Birmingham, AL. The adventure begins!

October 3rd 2020 Susan and I went to the Commemorative Air Force Minnesota Wing located at Fleming Field in So. St. Paul MN for a photoshoot with B-25 Miss Liberty and other vintage aircraft.

I found the car upstate CT and I’ve been working on it since mid August of 2001. The exterior is in very good condition, see attached photo. Mechanically it’s also very good. I’m currently detailing the engine compartment, frame on and engine in; needless to say, a tough job. Next I’ll be removing the undercoating on the frame followed by cleaning and painting; not much rust! It’s a good driver and we try to do some work, then take short trips and enjoy the weather. I think I’ll take a break and see some fall colors before I tackle more of the work ahead. I really enjoy the site and all the great info and photos. My wife Agnes and I are enjoying our Sunday rides together

A short stop on an evening trip, and the light was very nice.

I bought this newly frame off restored 1962 MGA Mk II the end of June 2000. The restorer is a gentleman by the name of Mr Chester Sztybel, a long time member of Victoria MG Club in BC. When I was young, my first car was an MGB. That was 1971 in Malaysia. I could not remember the year of the used car. I had a lot of fun with it for four years before I immigrated to Canada. When I saw this MGA, I just had to own it. My friends are saying that I will be contributing to the college fund of my mechanic’s children. I hope this car does not require too much repair.

25 years since the restoration was complete, vehicle is still ready for a Concours d’Elegance or ride around the lake! (That is Lake Tahoe).

Picture taken a Cars & Coffee on the river in downtown Jacksonville, FL

Sunset in Key West

Sporting new chrome wires, tires and a fresh tonneau for the A. Time for a road trip!

Bruce & Roberta Rauch at the Southernmost Point - Key West, FL in their 1962 mineral blue MGA MkII, “Mr. Blue”, at the 6th year regional NAMGAR GT.

2013 Trip “Out West”

I have included a photo of my new 1961 Mark II MGA. I am in the process of building my 1958 MGA to concourse specifications. Wanting to have fun with my Suncoast British Car Club, I needed something to play with while the restoration was progressing. Having just fitted the competition windscreen, I wanted to send a picture of the ‘61. My first MGA was a 1958 that with my parents encouragement, I purchased in 1976 at the age of twelve. The restoration was complete by the time I was sixteen. Many cars and thirty years later I decided to come full circle and restore one last car. The car of choice was the ‘58. It should be complete by late fall 2006.

Yes, contrary to popular belief, there is water and ‘green’ in Texas, at least part of the time, and on rare occasions, the MkII does get washed!

Car was final-assembled April 1961, so it’s an early Mark II. Paint was originally OEW, some of which is still intact under the dash. Has 1622 motor. Driven from Wisconsin to GTs in Hot Springs AR and Frankenmuth MI.

I bought my first MGA around 1965 for $25, this one around 1971 at a cost $350. It was our daily driver for many years, Kathy and I have driven it south to Key West and North to Prince Edwards Island. 2 broken crankshafts,one dropped valve later we got a second car. The MG went into the garage for several years, followed by a 7 year frameoff. It now only sees light duty.

This is one stop on my trip across USA included a stop in St Louis

This is a photo of my MGA on the way to see the Grand Canyon in AZ. This is part of my Trip Across the USA. Later in the day those Rain clouds turned into SNOW.

Trying to see things eye to eye with my MGA!

The car was parked outside an estate gate.. not mine, so I had to leave it running.. just in case.

My first car show.

A day out junking. I love the red colors contrasting with the car and bicycles on the side.

“Wilma” at rest after a pleasant drive in the park. Saint Johns, FL

Ready for the 2018 Wine Road Rally

Gil Dupre’s 1622 MKII Roadster.

I am a new NAMGAR member, #6103. My car, which I have owned since 1974, is a 1962 MGA MkII, (GHNL2 / 107574). The first photo was taken July 1976. The second was taken June 24, 2001. The only difference, beyond twenty-five years of aging, is a new set of tires and a new top in 1988.

Driving in Toscane (Italy)

Hi, my name is Kevin Richards. My wife, Heather and myself would like to introduce ourselves, and our 62 MGA MKII. We were just recently married (May 28th, 2000) and have just relocated to Virginia. We are looking forward to club meets, but as you can see from the pictures, we won’t be attending in our MGA any time soon. The A is in the bare frame stage of the frame up restoration. I will be refurbishing the rear axle next. Oh the pleasure this car will be when she is finished…..Drive your A for us, we will be there in spirit. Hope to see you with the finished MGA ... cheers, Kevin and Heather Richards

My first Car while attending College in Florida in 1968 was a 62’ MGA MK II, I drove that car from Florida to NY for Holidays and summer breaks. It never failed me until one sad day in 1972 it was hit by a Mercedes and I could not afford to fix it. Eight years ago we found our current MGA in a small town in Maryland. It was all original, rust free and drove great. After 8 years it was in need of some touch up. The engine was getting a little tired, transmission syncros were going in 2nd and 3rd and the paint was fading. The winter of 2005/2006 afforded me the time to get the car back in shape with a fender off paint job to original Chariot Red and a rebuild of the engine and transmission plus 100’s of other little touch ups. My wife loves riding in the car and it is great fun to work on. The chassis # is HNL2/103988, Body number ( as best I can make it out) is MGA body # B 356804 and the engine # is 16GC-U-H 3729

The photo was taken with Week’s Bay, near Fairhope, AL, in the background. This car was used by our daughter and son-in-law to leave their wedding reception in 2009. See article in May/June 2010 MGA! magazine. Originally an Iris Blue California car that went through a complete restoration in 2004-2006. The original owner picked the car up at the factory and drove it around Scotland for a month before having it shipped to Oakland, CA.

We’ve been the owners of this MK II for over 30 years. The original car was Dove Gray, repainted somewhere along the way to an Iris Blue; we painted it an Arctic White, not original, but very clean against the red and black interior. This car has been a great driver for 30 years with only 2 minor breakdowns; once every 15 years is not bad!

This was my mother’s first car, bought in 1963, which she and my father eventually drove in races with the Rolla (MO) Sports Car Club. The engine was taken apart in 1976, but never put back together and the car moved from house to house until the right mechanic was found to get it running again. Sadly my mother died just a few months before the mechanical work was complete, but she would be very pleased to know the car is back on the road and will one day will look as good on the outside as it does under the bonnet.

Going to enjoy some of the festivities after the Old Home Days Parade. Thornton New Hampshire.

Old Home Days Thornton NH. This was our first time out with our “62MK II”. We were at our camp in Thornton New Hampshire and heading out to tool around and were invited to join the Parade at the Old Home Days celebration. Well we did just that and ended up taking a Blue Ribbon, 1st prize for Antique Car. It was a beautiful weekend and it was that much better when we took a prize with our new baby on our first time out!

First prize and Blue ribbon for Antique Car on our fisrt time out with the “A”.

I have had this car for over 20 years after buying it at auction in Newport Beach. The story at auction was that it was purchased by Ryan O’Neil and restored for his daughter Tatum. The registration records confirm Ryan owned the car and we have the dealer’s contact that sold it to him and later sold it to an unknown couple that sold it to the man who sold it at auction. At some point the engine was switched out to an 1800 5 barring which may have not been a B engine with a number of #18V584Z-L2610. Head #56539. Body Number: B36389. Frame#: 104855. I got it while in college and drove it every where – including places it should not have gone like airborne on Pacific Coast Hwy and under and through an apartment building while being tailed down La Brea Ave. While the car has never needed much, I kept it up by replacing some of the things that tend to show its age in a car and completely restored it recently. This car has been a wonderful source of enjoyment, fun for me and many of my friends. I have owned 20+ cars while having this A and all have come and gone accept this car. It has gotten me out and home and through so many of life’s turns. I can only hope it finds its way home, wherever it ends up, even if it’s a good new home. The car was stolen Jan. 9th, 2007 in Santa Monica, California. Reward offered to all leads. It is missed and was enjoying a quite slow family mostly garaged life.

Model 1600 MK II

Mary Ellen bought this car when she was 19. Luckily, in the 30+ years since then, only one of them has needed a frame-up restoration. As you can see, they both look great together now, just as they did back then!

Taken on the “Fundy Trail” during our 2400 mile tour of Nova Scotia in August 2010.

I own a 1957 MGA MK II. This is a 1957 MGA with a 1600 MK II engine, grille, disc brakes and badges. I completed a frame off restoration, with everythign new or rebuilt, in April 2016.

Recent picture of my ‘62 Roadster, ready for spring driving in Virginia with a new steering wheel to replace the rehabbed original. Like driving a completely different car.

1962 Mk II Roadster

Abstract photo of the MGA taken by my 17-year-old son, an aspiring photographer who drives a hand-me-down ‘76 Midget.

Another photo of the MGA taken by my son, Ryan.

Having a blast at the 2009 “Key West - Last Sunset” Regional Event.

Paul and Sue’s 1962 MGA MkII - Visiting the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis.

One of the road runs at GT-35 was to the Harley Davidson museum. It provided a great display of vintage and radical Harleys. The special display of the Evel Keivel memorabilia was a flash back to when I was a kid. “I wonder where that friction-motor Keivel toy went—it is probably worth enough to pay for the repairs to the holes in the walls that I did as a kid.” Also, a really cool backdrop for our black and chrome 62 ‘A’.

Thirty years ago my dad owned an MGB and I fell in love with MG’s in my teens. After cutting my teeth on restoring a 1974 Midget and a 1961 Austin Healey Sprite I started to look for the MG I really wanted. After looking high and low for a project MGA to work on, I found this roadster by accident within a few miles of my house. I recognized the shape of the car from under the tarp that it had been stored outside for many years. Like most project cars it came with lots of extra parts because it needed lots of work. From what I can tell the car is a Minnesota car that saw its share of action (based on the number of dents in the fenders and bumpers). The selling feature was the engine had been rebuilt by a retired MG mechanic. I brought the car home like a lost puppy. Fast-forward ten years and kids out of college I started the restoration. The car was dismantled to a rolling chassis, chemically stripped, patch panels welded in, painted, rewired and assembled. I stayed with the original black but chose to reupholster the interior in tan and installed a new carpet kit. I had the steering rack disassembled and rebuilt and had the shocks also rebuilt. Plus much more. Two years later the restoration was completed in April of 2008. The car has about 65,000 miles on it and has become our favorite MG of the pack. Susan and I love to take the car out on the winding back roads of Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Hope to see you on the road.

This photo was taken at a recent Minnesota “Back To The 50’s” event sponsored by the MSRA. With the help of Photoshop I tried to capture a few of the British cars in a sea of American iron.

It drives and runs as well as it looks.

Monksville Dam, West Milford N.J. Restored car from 1982 to 1990. Driving the car ever since.

Top Down

Restored Mark II in Foxburg, PA

MGA and Hard Top

MGA MKII with Hard Top

We have owned this car for 12 years. It is all original.

Just restored 54 year old fiberglass top by Plastic Dynamics. Rear window is original to the top. Still looking for the correct rear window seal. Related - I was able to locate & restore the Shelly Jack original to the car.

1st picture I took after a 12 month restoration project. Love the way the picture shows off the classic lines.

I like this view in our side driveway, fall colors and driving can be very good in Idaho.

The attached pic is my most recently acquired MGA MKII from the USA, the car was purchased out of Oklahoma City but originally a California car. The MG will need to go through a complete restoration once I finish the 1948 MGTC that I am currently restoring. The MGA was originally black with red interior, I will put it back to it’s original colors.

Driving “Arthur” my ‘62 1600 Mk II through the tulip fields of Skagit Valley, Washington on recon for the 2008 Tulip Rally with my wife Amy.

Steve Hanegan’s 1962 1600 Mk II RHD. I bought this car from a very dear longtime friend and clubmate, Art Mafli, hence the car’s name - Arthur. Arthur has now just 77K miles and has been re-painted, but never “restored”. Solid and quiet, this car is a dream to drive!

***** A Diamond in the Rough ***** This is undergoing a “frame-on” restoration, getting towed up to my neighbor’s garage where he’ll put it up on his lift and weld in new battery racks. I’ve refurbished the front and rear suspension and brakes, and now have to move on to my least favorite part, the body work. It ran when I parked it in ‘98, when I started having hydraulic problems with both clutch and brake lines. Goal is to be back on the road in some form by June of 2014.

The car was originally from British Columbia. Purchased her in 1987 with a MGB 1965 motor & transmission as the drive train, plus some extra parts which included the original 1622 motor which had a cracked block. Had the motor welded & rebuilt plus added an A transmission. Did a major cosmetic body & paint “oriental red” upgrade in 2005 “hence the picture”. I have and had restored an original aluminum factory Vanden Plas # 7169 hard top for her. She is a pretty girl and a fun driver but only in fair weather.

I bought my Australian assembled MGA (#116, of a total of only 148 Australian assembled Mk2’s) in 2009 after completing the restoration of my MGB that I’d owned for 40 years. This MGA was unadvertised, quietly “resting” under the house of the previous owner, the last of 17 MGAs (including pushrod and Twin Cams) owned by this gentleman who as a result of the rapid onset of blindness had been forced to part with his last MGA. I took this photo “on the spur of the moment”. No thought to framing, composition etc, but somehow it “just works”, bringing the beautiful lines of an MGA to life.

Restoration finally done.

The car in San Francisco in early 60s.

Car in Colorado in 60s.

Did you ever notice in the GEICO commercial that the gecko is really driving an MGA, and not a Triumph?