SVW historian, Gary Perry, has delved through the SVW Register records to report how many SVW cars still survive.
9.6% of SAs, 14.2% of VAs and 13.6% of WAs
still survive today.
A breakdown of numbers are shown in the tables below.
Note:
- Saloon bodies were all made by Morris Bodies and fitted at the MG factory.
- Drop Head Coupe (DHC) bodies were made and fitted by Salmons & Sons of Newport Pagnell. The running chassis, bonnet and front wings were supplied by MG to Salmons. It then usually took a minimum of 6 weeks for the car to be completed.
- Tourers – SA and WA Tourers were bodied in a similar fashion by Charlesworth of Coventry. VA Tourers were built at the MG factory with a body supplied by Morris Bodies.
SA Survivors
| Original Body Type | Number | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 175 | 5 now Keller replicas 4 now DHC replica 1 now a special body |
| Tourer | 18 | 1 now a DHC |
| Drop Head Coupe | 66 | 1 now a flat bed truck 1 now a Keller Replica |
| Chassis | 4 | 1 body built as Sedanca Coupe 1 exported to Australia and body built by Martin & King 1 exported to Australia and built as saloon but different to factory 1 body built by Reinbolt & Christe of Basel in Switzerland for importer Sportcar AG of Zurich |
| Total produced | 2738 | |
| Total remaining | 263 | 9.6% surviving. (Increase of 19 cars since 2004) |
VA Survivors
| Original Body Type | Number | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 107 | 6 now Tourer replica 3 now DHC replica |
| Tourer | 157 | 1 now a DHC |
| Drop Head Coupe | 75 | 1 now a Saloon |
| Chassis | 2 | Both now Tourers |
| Total produced | 2407 | |
| Total remaining | 341 | 14.2% surviving. (Increase of 19 cars since 2004) |
WA Survivors
| Original Body Type | Number | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | 26 | 1 now a Tourer replica 2 now DHCs 3 now Keller replicas 1 now 2-seater special |
| Tourer | 1 | |
| Drop Head Coupe | 23 | |
| Total produced | 369 | |
| Total remaining | 50 | 13.6% surviving. (Increase of 7 cars since 2004) |