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MG TC Register of Victoria and Australia


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What TC's are all about!

A Classic Barn Find

Chris D’s amazing “out of the woodwork” TC9639.

Bought on the spur of the moment from a deceased estate, and apparently not run for 35 years. At first sight, it looks like a fine, almost concours, car. But underneath it turns out to have an XPEG 1-1/2 litre motor and a Marshall-Nordec blower kit. This kit was approved by MG to be fitted to TC’s without invalidating the engine warranty! Lots of other evidence of a very warm car.

What a find! Chris is still looking for history which at the moment is nil. Can anyone help?

Farewell !

It’s now 30 years since the revered Bill Bugg handed over the care of the TC Register to me. The register then comprised the 99 TC’s that attended the 50th Birthday Celebration at Yering Station.

The Register now stands at about 820 TC’s scattered throughout Australia and I’m conscious that I have limited time left to do all the things I want to do. So its a good time to hand over the task to Matthew Magilton, the go-to man for the history of T-Types in Oz. With Imogene to look after the computer stuff, they will be a formidable pair to keep the Register active.

What you see on the website is a tiny fraction of the information and photos that the Register has of these fascinating cars. Notes on late night conversations, detective work on wrong ID’s, happy chats with people who’ve achieved their goal of restoring their car – it’s been a fun and challenging ride. But time to go.

So to all the people who’ve chatted to me over the years, thanks for the chance to record the history of these wonderful little cars that have brought comradeship and fun to so many people over the years. And thanks to all my friends who have alerted me to "new" finds and background info. It's been fun.

I’ll still keep a lively interest in the TC world, but will be relieved of the self imposed obligation to keep abreast of the ever-changing world of TC ownership!

Richard Millington 19 July 2025

The TC Register

The TC Register of Victoria started in the late '60's, compiled in long hand by Ian Tracey, to keep tabs on the TC's that were owned by MGCCV members at the time.

This present Register was inaugurated by Bill Bugg and the Victorian T Reg Committee at the TC 50th Birthday Party held at Yering Station in the Yarra Valley in 1995 with 99 TC's attending on that day.
This website was subsequently established in 1997 in the early days of dial-up internet. Early days indeed! 28 years ago!

Please note that the site is hosted by the MG Car Club of Victoria. However, the Register is open to any or all TC's in Australia, irrespective of region or club affiliation.

Unlike most registers, this Register is photo-based, ie every entry has a photo attached which is the most reliable (and interesting) method of establishing the existence of a particular car.

About two years ago, with many interstate owners asking to be included on the Register, I decided to expand the Register to include all TC's that we could find across Australia. That total is now about 810. This represents almost a half of the alleged 1700 TC's that were imported into Oz in the late 1940's. Not a bad survival rate for any car over 75 years old! I suspect that survival rates of this order are confined to the real exotics such as Bentley's, Delage's and the like.
Note that to be included in the Register, there must be strong evidence that the car currently exists and is not just on a 40 year old list.

Despite best efforts, there are many cars that we used to know well but which have been sold and we don't know their present owners. And also many cars that we know exist but we don't know their identity - see Page 9 for examples! Please let me know if you can supply answers.
Please note that in this strange world of internet security and privacy concerns, we don't mention owner's surnames, unless their names are a matter of public knowledge.

And please, if you know of a car that is not on the Register, or know that the info on a car is wrong, please get in touch with me. A register is only as good as it's accuracy! And if you have a TC, wherever you are in the world, please send me, Richard Millington, an e-mail, at the address at the bottom of the page and tell me about your car.

Navigation round the site is simply a matter of browsing the lists which are in chassis number order, and clicking on a thumbnail which will bring up a much bigger picture.
Enjoy!

Navigation - double click on a page and go to it!

Home
Page		 Recent Additions & New Photos Page 1
Aus Cars
Chassis Nos
To 2399		 Page 2
Aus Cars
Chassis 2400
To 4399		 Page 3
Aus Cars
Chassis 4400
To 5599		 Page 4
Aus Cars
Chassis 5600
To 7499		 Page 5
Aus Cars
Chassis 7500
To 7999		 Page 6
Aus Cars
Chassis 8000
To 8999		 Page 7
Aus Cars
Chassis 9000
To 9399		 Page 8
Aus Cars
Chassis 9400
Upwards		 Page 9
Aus Cars
No Chassis numbers
Good Info		 Page 11
Overseas Cars

Recent Additions

I have incorporated a page "Recent Additions & New Photos" which lists entries that have significantly changed since the last revision. eg completely new entries, change of ownership, cars for sale, new photos etc etc. Hopefully this will enable followers to follow changes and give me information to keep the register up to date. All entries in "Recent Additions" are also included in the main body of the Register. Please tell me what you think of it.

What Car is That?

As an additional feature, I have also added an Excel spreadsheet which lists current Australian cars, whose chassis numbers are known, by their rego numbers. Using Excel's find function, you can then find the ID of a TC that you see on the road from its rego no. Use the link:-

* List of TC's by Rego No

Statistics

Always interesting to statisticians - others, maybe not??

I've thought up four Classifications of cars in the Register

Road - Look like they are ready for the road - 598
Shed - Not yet ready for the road - 157
Race - Race cars or very fast road cars - 43
Query - I don't know - 12
Grand Total - 810

And if you feel your car has been wrongly classified, please tell me!

Visit the other Victorian T-Type Registers

* The Victorian TD Register - hosted by Doug Hastie
* The Victorian TF Register - hosted by Ralph Stewart

And don't forget these great Facebook Groups that'll keep you up to date with T-Type Happenings

* MG T Register Victoria Group
* MG TC TD AND TF Owners Group
* Australian MG Enthusiasts Group
* MG Enthusiasts Australia Group
* MG T Types Group
* MG Octagon Car Club Group
* Pre-War MG Register-Australia Group
* Pre 1960 Historic Racing in Australasia Group
* MG T Spares Group


Some of the many other MG Sites round the World

* Totally T-Types 2 - Top Rate site dealing with all matters T-Type including excellent magazine - all online
* MG TABCs Online, formerly the TABC's Forever - even more pictures of TC's and current info on them plus technical info etc - a must!
* The Victorian MG Car Club's main site - not a TC site, but with lots of news on what the MGCC of Vic are doing with their weekends.




TC Register of Victoria and Australia - email me Richard Millington at email address rjmillington at bigpond dot com - you work it out - hopefully it will protect me from the dreaded spammers! - revized 16 February 2025