MG "Old Number One" to appear at the M.C.C. Land's End Trial

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Press release

The British Motor Museum’s MG Old Number One will be making a guest appearance in Cornwall for the Motor Cycling Club (M.C.C.) Land’s End Trial over the Easter weekend. The event marks 100 years since the car won a gold medal the trial. The collaboration is between the British Motor Museum, the M.C.C. and the MG Car Club's Devon & Cornwall Centre & Vintage Register.

In 1925, Cecil Kimber won a gold medal aboard his early Morris Garages special which exists as an important stepping stone in the evolution towards the MG marque. Whilst earlier Morris Garages specials had been built, Old Number One was the first MG purpose-built for motorsport, seeking to capitalise upon the publicity from trials activity in the 1920s and establish the sporting credentials of the emerging marque.

With the centenary of this significant motor car comes the chance to return it to the modern-day location of Kimber’s successful foray into motor sport. Complete with a re-enactment on the now-metalled road of Old Bluehills, where the famous image of Kimber cornering hard was taken, it will be a great opportunity to take a fresh look at the significance of the car to the MG story and properly locate it in the gradual evolution of the MG marque.

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