I am a 1937 MG VA Drop Head Coupe, engine number TPBG 1143 chassis number 0864S (the "S" means a body was built by Salmon and Sons). I left the MG factory on 4th October 1937 and went to Salmon and Sons (Tickford) who built a Drop Head Coupe body to cover my naked frame! This has the body number #3157. I then went to Knott Bros in Bournemouth where I was sold to my first owner, Mr Burnand, on 10 November 1937 (37 days later).
I have a spare engine #2684 from a VA Tourer plus another seized one #1254 from a VA Saloon.
Had to make a call on the wheels so decided to go for new ones as some of the earlier repairs done in the 1980's, in my opinion, could not be trusted. Arrive in November.