LETTERS

I'M FALLING IN LOVE ALL OVER AGAIN

This is a 1959 Australian-assembled MGA 1600 in its original Mamba Black, which was first registered on the road in Melbourne in 1960. Prior to me purchasing it last year, two previous owners had kept it straight and in good working order for nearly 60 years. In fact, before the registration ran out last November, my wife and I enjoyed several chilly winter road trips on the original motor.

In Australia at least, I think MGAs still represent astonishing value for money, with good examples available for the same numbers in Australian dollars as they are fetching in the UK in Pounds Sterling.

However, this story really begins with a BGT. I inherited (or was perhaps indoctrinated with) my father’s love of the MG marque, and with a surname beginning with 'G', I was always going to be christened Michael, Matthew or Mark. Given Melbourne’s unpredictable weather, my first MG and daily driver for the last eight