History
Type MGA / 51
Car Number 6 / 48185 / 479
Engine Number 15/CB/U/HA/38067
Body Number 58267
Colour C - RED / 1
• This car was one of a batch of 12 CKD MGA1500’s collated at the KD Department, Cowley, UK, on the 20th of February 1958 and dispatched the same day to Australia.
• It was assembled by Pressed Metal Corporation, Enfield, Sydney on behalf of BMC Australia, late July 1958.
• It was sold new by BMC Dealer W. Yates P/L Nth. Sydney, on 15 December 1958.
The Car No. is explained as follows:
• 6 = BMC code for 1958 model year
• 48185 = UK assigned chassis number
• 479 = Australian Build Number, which means this was the 479th Australian assembled MGA1500.
• The original colour was Carnation Red, with red interior.
• The engine prefix was 15GB, but plate incorrectly stamped 15CB by the factory assembly workers, which was a common mistake.
