Only Hub Nut could possibly say "ooh look at that lovely Land Cruiser" when driving a twin cam MGA....

The head-mounted camera footage is absolutely perfect in a car like this, with no roof or windscreen surround to block the view. I particularly enjoyed the crossing of the bridge.

That engine makes a profoundly likeable noise.

Wow, Hub Nut has really pulled one out of the bag here. Beautiful old girl :)

Today, it bloody SNOWING (!?!!) in Bergen, Norway, my job is on corona-hold ... and I’m watching mr Nut drive a blood-red MGA TC in Aussie on a nice road while the cicadas are chirping away. A dream came true for you, Ian, I myself will one day do something similar and visit the antipodes. Thank you for giving us some sunny smiles on a slate-gray day.

What happened to the British car industry when in 1958 we can do this !. Fair play to the owner, I'm not sure I'd be loaning this out

Love MGA's especially the Twin Cam. It's on the lottery-win collection list.

Love the Old Pacific Highway. It's sobering to think this was the main road north out of Sydney when I was a boy. Usually infested with motorcycles and police! What a lovely car! And it still has the Lucas headlights! Not the Prince of Darkness here!

Stellar. As an MG owner, this car is the stuff of legend. I may as well go back to bed... my day can only go downhill from here. ;-)

You should do head-cam more often, it really gives you a sense of speed in the car.

Such a classically beautiful car , enough said!

Easy to 'heal and toe' even in sandals. Best Hub Nut quote so far 👍👍👍

I absolutely love MGA's, I worked on them 30 years ago as an apprentice in a Classics Garage and have wanted one ever since. A standard 1600 mark 1 would do me, they handle so well and you don't have to be doing silly speeds to enjoy them, 55-60mph is enough. The indicator toggle switch you refer to would have been in the same place as it is now, I preferred a switch like that as the toggles had a habit of flashing once and cancelling, really irritating.

The use of the head cam turned out to be perfect for this road test. I felt an adrenaline rush just riding along, I can only imagine how it must have felt to actually be behind the wheel. Definitely a HubNut highlight.

What a beautiful machine! British and best! 👍❤

Gorgeous little Car, it’s a real treasure and a tribute to it’s owner, that twin cam is a very neat fit between those shapely guards. Gotta love the Smiths instruments, whatever they aren’t pointed at, is the actual reading, between them and Lucas, the prince of darkness, it’s a wonder it runs at all. My Mum had a Morris Minor fitted with those brakes and that engine back when I were I wee tacker, apparently one of Dads friends in the MG club wrote off his MG-A and on an alcohol 🍺 powered weekend they upgraded Mum’s car, the faded blue grey 🚙 Minor with its flip out trafficators went like shit off a stick after that. Unfortunately... The reason the MG A fell off the road that night had now been transferred in Mums daily driver, a faulty master cylinder, Mums foot went to the floor and we proceed into the rear of the spanking new Kingswood on its maiden voyage as it stopped at the light in front of us. Fortunately Mum was a Police trained driver and she washed off most of the speed by flicking the key off and wrenching on the hand brake so there was little damage to Mum, the Morrie, or we three unrestrained kids, but it was the last time she drove it, for some reason, she had lost all confidence in fathers ability to fix cars, and even with all new brakes, she never drove it again, apparently our lives flashed before her eyes, and the Morrie, wasn’t in the picture, no idea what happened to the 🚙

Ahhh, nothing like a fang up and down the Old Pacific Hwy in delightful machinery with the top down. Thanks so much!

Absolutely stunning car, a real credit to it's owner.

I know those roads well! The Twin Cam has always been a favourite, lucky man. It was kinda nice that your 'camera' in this instance due to lack of windows to put it on gave us viewers a lovely drivers eye view. Just what you want in this kind off MG.

I have never understood why people love M.G. cars. Your video has given me some understanding, at least. They actually look like a lot of fun.

Headcam perfect for this drive! Mechanically well ahead of its time. And what a raucous sound! Another spot on video!

Head cam worked well on the twin cam. 😉 What an experience. Loved the sound of the engine bouncing off the cliffs. A good example of how you bring this experience to life. Compare that to reading an article in a mag. on the same car with photos. Can’t compare.

One best videos of drives yet, could feel your passion coming through.

Certainly a cool little car, perfect for driving on summers days, if only the UK had them where the rain didn't fall at random intervals... :D ooh and that outtake at the end, never heard such language in my life... :P

What a beautiful classis. The roll over "iron monger" spoils the look somewhat. At least there is no "Triangle Of Doom" on this model.

Your camera footage showed how exciting that ride was. What a beautiful machine, and the engine noise. Fantastic 👍👍🤣

Thanks Ian what an amazingly beautiful car. The head cam was brilliant. I am very very envious of your drive.

What a beauty! I'd hate to think what its worth though, probably more than I have in the savings jar I would imagine. Also Headcam works so well on an open car. Topwork mr hubnut!

My father (dec.) was an Morris Garage TC owner and motor mechanic with much knowledge of these MGAs. He met Lord Nuffield once. A great test.

Lovely little car that you actually have to get on and drive not just sit there, that engine noise through the cliffs was sublime, and the head cam worked perfectly with this car to give a real feel of it going down the road awesome video as always Ian!

Goose bumps as you drove off at the end - what a sound!!

we need more WOT intro's, love it! Edit: Waw! that head cam was awesome! you need to invest in a 360 camera so we can all come along for a ride in VR, imagine that! sat in the passenger seat being taken for a spin by Mr HubNut! No idea on the cost of these 360 cameras though.

Wow! Bloody marvellous Ian. Great driving footage too.

No triangle of doom on that car! Nice video,head-cam seemed to work well. Thanks for sharing.

Wow wow , gorgeous ..added points for the driver cam .

Thanks for the memory, spent many a weekend tearing up and down the old (pacific) road while keeping a sharp eye out for the men in blue.

Pretty car! That looked like a entertaining drive; when it wasn’t raining!

The MGA my favourite MG, even the standard car. Thankyou for sharing 😁

Great video, felt like I was right in the seat with you, very enjoyable.

Excellent video Ian, the head mounted camera put us right into the driving seat.

A fortunate thing in retrospect you were so overloaded with work in the Australia -N.Z. Tour, as we are all in need of interesting diversion now. Thank you fifty times!!

Every cars should sound like this !! Thanks for the ride

Love the look of those Brooklands style wind deflectors. Virtually useless, but they really look the part. And as a car that was designed for twishing roads through the hills, I'm rather glad you took it onto the Old Pacific Highway, rather than the expressway. :-)

What a lovely car ian, I didn't realise they were so technically advanced in the 50s. The headcam is not for me, made me feel sick but can't detract from your usual excellent presentation and content. 👍

Lovely to see you enjoying a sports car, Ian. I know they're not your favourite type of car but this looked fun for you. The head mounted cam gave good results too. Top work.

Back in the 1970's, a fellow student had an MGA Coupé, which he had fitted with an MGB engine. So it had the ride and handling of the A, with the power of a B engine from a decade later. That was a very nice car to travel in. Great fun to drive, too. It's good to see this one in such fine condition, and with such a gorgeous colour. Thanks Ian.

Back in the day, the Old Pacific Hwy was jammed with trucks, caravans and cars. I don't think many MGs got a proper workout like this one. Lovely car, nice review.

What a beautiful car brilliant video Ian

This has to be one of your best videos ever. I loved every minute.

A beautiful example of what MG could have been today.

another great video, of an absolutely fabulous piece of motoring heritage, loved it

Really enjoyed that video eating my dinner and wishing I was there. Well done HubNut.

Looks like an absolute blast, complete w/ proper sports car noises! My dear old Dad cut his mechanic's teeth on MGs, both in owning, and fixing/racing them (TDs, as I recall) around the Washington, D.C. area in the 1950s/'60s...The head-cam worked great for your drive!

My goodness you had some fine adventures Hubnut! On the BMC first gear whine, I just watched an episode of Thunderbirds and was amused that they'd given the whine to Lady Penelope's pink 6 wheel Rolls. I guess it's just the way cars sounded! Cheers.

That was proper fun! It seems that you can have huge adrenaline rush without even breaking the speed limit :) And a good choice for camera mount - it worked out perfectly.

Beautiful car , that head cam really works,driver's eye view and with those front indicators,lever arm dampers and no synchro on first my Moggy Traveller was almost an MGA!

Bloody marvellous, a credit to it’s owner and great headcam footage. On a sidenote, having exhausted HN vids a long time ago I’ve become addicted to the Smith And Sniff YT channel and throughly recommend it for anyone needing a chortle or two.

I initially thought it was a v4 when I saw the angle of those rocker covers. Beautiful looking motor.

Thanks for the fun video - beaut car! Probably been said already - Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney, Pie in the Sky cafe, Brooklyn Bridge - great road!

Fantastic. What an amazing sound from a true sports car.

That is a SWEET looking machine. Paint like glass. Lovely.

That looked completely glorious.

Ah, recognise the Old Pacific Highway north of Hornsby, Ian - great bit of road!

Beautiful car to drive even a standard A. Drove my friends car while he drove my C. Hard to beat a roadster. Great video.

Pretty little car, what we did best, back in the day. Best place to conserve one, in the dry, mainly rust-free, outback!

Ah, the old Pacific Highway up to Brooklyn. Loved driving that road. Wish I'd known about it when I owned a "B".

Not really my era of cars of interest but still very cool to see it! The engine looks and aounds amazing, loving the head camera too!

Ahh the memories. My first car was an MG Midget. A year of fun, picking up girls, hooning round any bit of gravel covered surface, doing a 360 spin in the rain and surviving. Loved that car.

Just wow, such a rare little brit so far away, as a man of sounds a four banger can easily bore me but that sounds, bloody fantastic. N/A roar right in front of you. Looks, as a driving experience, spine tingly. Simply, Gorgeous.

Lovely little car, and what a nice noise it makes.

The Magic of MG! Fabulous car, fabulous sound ...

I really like the head camera view, should do it more often :)

I think you enjoyed that, despite the disappointing lack of wipers 😁. The head cam worked very well.

The exhaust burble these MGs make is something else. My dad had a black-bumper MGB in Oxford, MS that was most def not in concours condition and it was so much fun to drive around. It was a typical MG of the time - ran about 75% of the time, being repaired the other 25% :)

I've seen that very Mondeo in my local area a few times, Ian. That's quite interesting!

That was a mint toyota surf cruising along with you at the start...

In not many words, Absolutely bloody marvellous.

Beautiful & what a lovely sound too ! 👍

Hi Ian, the blinkers were a vacuum jobbie, mounted where the toggle switch is now. And the blinkers flashing light was where the master switch is now.

I remember driving with a flatmate from Brisbane to Sydney in an MGB with the roof off all the way. Rain mean't "drive faster" so it wouldn't hit you, and above certain speeds there was a distinct hot oil smell (we later learned the crankshaft was cracked). I have never felt so sore and beat-up by a drive in my life - took us a full day to recover!

love the Brooklands Wing Screens...had them on my 1962 MGA 1622 cc

I've driven one, and it is an absolute treat. How it sits happily at 3500 revs

Cutest little thing! Beautiful!

Excellent car fantastic review 👍

Great drive along the old pacific highway, that head cam was made for it, but geez you took a risk with that open cockpit as you were lucky you did not get a mouthful of blowies! (Blowflies)

Reminds me of driving a Lomax with aero screens in France and the impression of speed. A great test. And great head mount camera with good wind noise control (hardly noticable) 👍

Not even a hint from the Triangle of doom.

A great example of good British engineering at the time ... nice car to look at.

Fantastic video, Ian. Love the MGA, really starting to appreciate them more. One thing you did not mention as being modified on this example is the Standard grill. It follows the contour of the bodywork around it. Tin Cams, and the subsequent Deluxe, had a grill with the bars almost vertical, and do inset. This was to enhance air flow through the radiator. The curved bars tended to send air follow over the car, rather than through the radiator.

Great video, Great car !

That was beautiful, good camera view. I would trade a lot of horsepower to be able to have something like that to drive around with.

Oh yes the old road to Gosford, That's my race track, you won't have kept up with me though there, give it the beans!! Especially coming back up the hill!

no triangle of doom there : ) amazing machine, cheers

Super piece of art

Such a beautiful car ❤️

Oh that noise! Every car should sound like that! What a thing of beauty that car is.

Not a hint of any wiper action and still a thumbs up from Ian 😉. I'm a Triumph man myself but even a grudging thumbs up from me based on that achingly gorgeous side profile and an amazing engine.

Awesome sound!

Wow what a fantastic car to drive. Always thought the MGA was such a great looking car. As you say theres no wonder the Americans loved them. What a great sounding car too. Love the head cam video as well.

great video, puts all of us in the driver's seat