Comments on: 1953 Arnolt MG Bertone Coupe

By: Jose Luis

Jose Luis — Sat, 18 May 2013 19:10:16 +0000

Tengo en Mexico un MG Arnolt Coupe 1954 en buen estado general.
Me gustaria venderlo si alguien esta intersado le podria enviar fotos, etc

By: frank opalka

frank opalka — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 00:16:25 +0000

WAYNE: Aston was sold to dealer/collector on east coast, was resold a few times, now is in Switzerland.

By: eBay Motors

eBay Motors — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:37:58 +0000

Craig,

Great to hear from you and congratulations in being the lucky bidder! Would you be able to share photos of the vehicle now and any other experiences that you have had with it?

eBay Motors

By: Craig Burchsted

Craig Burchsted — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 02:42:30 +0000

I was the successful bidder on the MG Arnolt, and after a 2,100 mile 3-day road trip, it is now sitting in my hangar. I am thrilled with the car, it truly is a “time warp” vehicle. It is just as Jeff Hess represented it, and I am not planning on changing a thing on it. It has truly gone to a “good home”, and I look forward to showing it.

Craig Burchsted

By: Wes Stewart

Wes Stewart — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 15:36:28 +0000

Wayne,
Small world. The successful bidder is the same guy that once owned the 63 Morris bus while it was in Texas. It’s going to a good home. I wrench for him on occasion. Nice car.
Wes

By: Tom Vogel

Tom Vogel — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 03:35:29 +0000

These cars were manufactured in a factory in Warsaw Indiana. The factory was purchased by OEC, and Frank Siemens to produce Medical Equiptment. WakckyS wife who was a Zigfird Follies Queen stil had a office in the building. This car was in storage in Europe somewhere and was shipped back to Indiana to the son. The story goes that he was not really aware of it intil he was contact to see what he wanted do do with it. This was probably in 1977.

I remember seeing many of the tooling fixturs in the factouy when we were upgreding it for manufacuring of our equiptment. There were many pictures and sales literature around when Wackey’s wife vacated her office there.

Tom Vogel

By: jeff hess

jeff hess — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 02:18:34 +0000

oops… I said it belonged to wackys grandson. We bought it from Wackys son.

By: John Larson

John Larson — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 20:55:20 +0000

When I was growing up in L.A. in the 60′s, a neighbor of ours had one identical to this, but he slipped a 230 cu. in. Ford V8 into it and it looked like it rolled out of the factory that way. Totally stock looking, but that little V8 was really sweet!

By: Tim Pelke

Tim Pelke — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 01:42:44 +0000

I guess beauty really is in the eyes of the beholder. This car could have 25 things changed on it, and it would still be so totally cool. Some of us couldn’t ever expect to own something like this. My son and I would have a hobby for life with a car like this to show off and talk about. Just saying.

By: eBay Motors

eBay Motors — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:34:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing your story, Mark. We like how a car can stir up fond memories.

The Blackhawk Museum is in our area. We’ll have to visit the museum soon to see if the Arnolt-Aston is still in their collection.

By: jeff hess

jeff hess — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:07:14 +0000

The car is untouched. THe title is still in Wacky’s grand sons name Stanley arnolt III whom I bought it from. IT has been in the family garage since the 1950′s as a notarized letter from Mr. Arnolts says. My partner and I bought it two years ago and had a local mg expert replace spark plug wires and tires and such. did not touch a thing. never titled to anyone but the arnolt family.

anyoher questions? also please go to bottom of auction to see a link for 60 other pics.

By: Mark Roman

Mark Roman — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 06:08:02 +0000

My uncle was fortunate enough to have owned an Arnolt-MG. The story has it that my aunt worked at a television station in San Diego back in the
50′s where an anchor at the time had driven one. When Unc found out that the anchor totaled it, he then set out to track it down in a salvage yard and then restored it himself. Unfortunately, the car lost it’s fate shortly after. The wipers didn’t work well during a rain storm and that was the end of it. There was one that crossed the block at the 2011 RM in Scottsdale and I set out to document the car and put a book of photos together for him as a gift. That car hailed from the Gene Ponder Collection as was in Concours State. Also, there is an Arnolt-Aston on display at the Blackhawk Museum in Danville, CA. At least it was back in late 2011 when I attended the facility. Just stunning.

By: Peter

Peter — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:10:41 +0000

Wayne, maybe this is something for you.
Rgr, Peter.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/181071395387?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649

By: Tracey Pace

Tracey Pace — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:59:46 +0000

How cool is this? I love seeing these old classics being refurbished rather than restored. every chip crack and dent tells a story, and you loose that in restoration. They are scars telling tales of our past.

Love your show Wayne. Absolutely the best vintage car show on, in my opinion.

Good luck with the Auction.
LPH,
Tracey =;~}

By: Wayne Carini

Wayne Carini — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:16:39 +0000

Wayne
Arnolt fitted 1 1/2 inch SU’s to his Arnolt MG’s. You can find this information in a Arnolt MG spec sheet. If this is the only thing in question I think we can still list this car as” UNTOUCHED”.
Best regards
Wayne Carini

By: Frank

Frank — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:57:54 +0000

Hi Wayne call or Email me, sorry I couldnt make Scottsdale this yr, Email xkssfrank1@comcast.net 773-719-5053

By: eBay Motors

eBay Motors — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:03:14 +0000

Wayne,

Carb specs were pulled from an unverified source. Since the carburetor size is in question, then it will be removed from the above spec sheet.

Prospective buyers should contact the seller directly if they have any questions regarding specifics. Keep in mind that this car was owned by the Arnolt family. S.H. Arnolt may have spec’d this car slightly different from the other MGs.

By: WAYNE HARDY

WAYNE HARDY — Mon, 28 Jan 2013 16:46:32 +0000

If that Arnolt / Bertone MG coupe has 1 1/2 inch SUs then it has the incorrect carbs on it. These cars came with TD MG mechanicals and should have had 1 1/4 inch SU carburators on the engine. Apparently it’s not as “UNTOUCHED” as everyone thinks with wrong carbs, what else is incorrect????

By: eBay Motors

eBay Motors — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 22:40:11 +0000

Nice!

Wayne Carini was curious as to what happened to your Arnolt built on the Aston chassis. Did you sell it, give it away, or something else?

By: Wayne Carini

Wayne Carini — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:12:50 +0000

Frank
What happened to the Aston?
Wayne