133 MG B Hardtop - London-Sydney Marathon (1968) UMD 534 F
MG MGB Mk.2 (chrome bumper) Roadster (1967-80) Engine 1798cc S4 OHV
Production 375,147 (all Mk.2s)
Decals London-Sydney Marathon + Stickers
Drivers Jean Denton + Tom Boyce
Registration Number UMD 534 F (Middlesex)
MG ALBUM
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This is the MG B prepared and entered for privateer drivers, Jean Denton + Tom Boyces entry in the innaugral London to Sydney cross country race. The big works teams from Ford, British Leyland, Citroën, Holden and Rootes brought the might of heavy finance, mobile back up crews etc., but the majority of 98-car field, whittled down from a reputed 800 applicants, was comprised of amateurs and semi-pros
Little is known about the MGB’s history. Denton had previously raced it at least once at Mugello in Italy backed by fashion magazine Nova who had the car repainted Gold from its original British Racing Green. The car was modified for the rally with factory race department roll bar and spare wheel carrier special chassis reinforcements, 24-gallon long-range fuel tanks, the low-compression engine built to cope with poor quality fuel,Halda Speedpilot rally tripmeter and a reclining lay-flat passenger seat, designed by the London College of Physicians to allow sleeping on the move, was missing.
The Daily Express-Sydney Telegraph London-Sydney Marathon was devised by Sir Max Aitken, World War Two fighter ace and son of Lord Beaverbrook, proprietor of the Daily Express. starting from the old Crystal Palace race circuit, it passed through France, Italy, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, across the Bosphorus to Istanbul Iran, Afghanistan, and through the Khyber Pass into Pakistan, into India for a sprint across India via Delhi and Agra, to Bombay (Mumbai) where the first 72 crews boarded the waiting P&O liner S.S Chusan for the nine day ocean crossing to Perth three-day, 4,000-mile sprint, across the Australian outback to Sydney.
The MG coped remarkably well until it sustained after crashing into a hole, in thick dust in the outback, breaking the engine mounts, which caused the engine to slide into the radiator. the MG Car Club Western Australia came to the rescue managed to repair the mounts, and swopping the radiator with a rad from a members own car. Denton and Boyce came in 42nd place of 56 cars that made the finish. Denton did compete the car in the Scottish rally but after that its whereabouts remained unknown. Until it was offered in a forlorn state to the MG owners club, by a reclamation company who were clearing a site. It has since been restored into the condition and spec it was at the time of the rally
JEAN DENTON
At the time Jean Denton was a glamourous race driver and marketeer. She went on to become the first President of the British Womens’ Racing Drivers Club, and a politician and was enobled as Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Diolch am 82,942,851 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn 90cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 82,942,841 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 17.07.2021 at Shelsley Walsh (Classic Nostalgia), Worcestershire 147-133
133 MG B Hardtop - London-Sydney Marathon (1968) UMD 534 F
MG MGB Mk.2 (chrome bumper) Roadster (1967-80) Engine 1798cc S4 OHV
Production 375,147 (all Mk.2s)
Decals London-Sydney Marathon + Stickers
Drivers Jean Denton + Tom Boyce
Registration Number UMD 534 F (Middlesex)
MG ALBUM
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623797586658...
This is the MG B prepared and entered for privateer drivers, Jean Denton + Tom Boyces entry in the innaugral London to Sydney cross country race. The big works teams from Ford, British Leyland, Citroën, Holden and Rootes brought the might of heavy finance, mobile back up crews etc., but the majority of 98-car field, whittled down from a reputed 800 applicants, was comprised of amateurs and semi-pros
Little is known about the MGB’s history. Denton had previously raced it at least once at Mugello in Italy backed by fashion magazine Nova who had the car repainted Gold from its original British Racing Green. The car was modified for the rally with factory race department roll bar and spare wheel carrier special chassis reinforcements, 24-gallon long-range fuel tanks, the low-compression engine built to cope with poor quality fuel,Halda Speedpilot rally tripmeter and a reclining lay-flat passenger seat, designed by the London College of Physicians to allow sleeping on the move, was missing.
The Daily Express-Sydney Telegraph London-Sydney Marathon was devised by Sir Max Aitken, World War Two fighter ace and son of Lord Beaverbrook, proprietor of the Daily Express. starting from the old Crystal Palace race circuit, it passed through France, Italy, Yugoslavia and Bulgaria, across the Bosphorus to Istanbul Iran, Afghanistan, and through the Khyber Pass into Pakistan, into India for a sprint across India via Delhi and Agra, to Bombay (Mumbai) where the first 72 crews boarded the waiting P&O liner S.S Chusan for the nine day ocean crossing to Perth three-day, 4,000-mile sprint, across the Australian outback to Sydney.
The MG coped remarkably well until it sustained after crashing into a hole, in thick dust in the outback, breaking the engine mounts, which caused the engine to slide into the radiator. the MG Car Club Western Australia came to the rescue managed to repair the mounts, and swopping the radiator with a rad from a members own car. Denton and Boyce came in 42nd place of 56 cars that made the finish. Denton did compete the car in the Scottish rally but after that its whereabouts remained unknown. Until it was offered in a forlorn state to the MG owners club, by a reclamation company who were clearing a site. It has since been restored into the condition and spec it was at the time of the rally
JEAN DENTON
At the time Jean Denton was a glamourous race driver and marketeer. She went on to become the first President of the British Womens’ Racing Drivers Club, and a politician and was enobled as Baroness Denton of Wakefield
Diolch am 82,942,851 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn 90cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr.
Thanks for 82,942,841 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated.
Shot 17.07.2021 at Shelsley Walsh (Classic Nostalgia), Worcestershire 147-133