1961 MG TF BY GENTRY Registration Number: 740 XEV Chassis N...

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£2,000

1961 MG TF BY GENTRY

Registration Number: 740 XEV
Chassis Number: G50635
Recorded Mileage: n/a

Designed to resemble the classic MG TF sportscar of the 1950s, the Gentry was offered by RMB Motors of Leicestershire from 1974, a company formed by former Triumph employee Roger Blockley. The basis of the car was a Triumph Herald chassis with additional framework to support the aluminum over marine ply body tub panels. The body consisted of an aluminum bonnet, engine bay sides and 'fuel tank', with fibreglass wings and doors. The radiator grille was often sourced from an MG Magnette ZA/ZB. 

Ownership of the company changed in the late 1980s, at which point the car was now Ford-based, but by 2001 the doors closed at Gentry. In 2008 the concept was sold to new owners who formed the Gentry Car Company, based in Nuneaton, and production restarted.

In 2019 the company and all rights were sold again and The Gentry Motor Car Company Ltd was reformed, shortly to put the Gentry back into production with new MG and Mazda-based engine options, in addition to offering restoration services for the original kit-built cars.

This Gentry was completed we believe in the early 2000s, fitted with the later 1500cc motor from the Triumph Spitfire and MG Midget. Currently in the ownership of a local well regarded retired race mechanic who cut his teeth in period on such exotica as Ford GT40s and Ferrari 250 GTOs, the Gentry has been treated to a new alternator, starter motor, fuel tank, brake master and wheel cylinders, battery, clutch, fuel pump and carburettor rebuild. Although complete and running, further minor “fettling” is required before the Gentry returns to the road once more. 

The Gentry is offered with its original build manual, older (early 2000s) MOTs and tax discs, various receipts for parts required, and UK V5C document.