TD Press demonstrator is for sale

Fancy owning a piece of MG history? The TD #0351 Reg no FMO 265 which was used as a press demonstrator is for sale. It was owned by Tony Southwick in New Zealand who sadly passed away a short while ago. It was exported to New Zealand in 1994 and Tony bought it 2011.

This is the car with the first scuttle hoop and was road tested by Autocar in January 1950. It was also the car used for the filming on the trip to Val d’Isere for a Nuffield publicity film: http://www.britishpathe.com/video/safety-fast/query/safety+fast
the making of which described by Gordon Wilkins in a January 27th 1950 article for Autocar.
It acted as a camera car in that event driven by Wilkins (camera man Bernard Till) while its red sister car registered FMO266 was the one appearing in the film driven by Ian Appleyard and photographer Louis Klemantaski.
If you’re interested, contact Paul Walbran in New Zealand.