THE VEHICLE AT A GLANCE
Model dossier
- Production period
- 1953
- Body style
- Coupé
- Type
- One-off
- Production
- 1
THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE CAR
Coachbuilding, design & conversions
PRICE & SALES RECORD
Vehicle value
- Original price
- Not documented
- Latest recorded sale
- Not documented
01 / THE STORY
History & context
No editorial history has yet been published for this vehicle.
IN THE ARCHIVE
Related people
IN THE ARCHIVE
Coachbuilders & design studios
02 / TECHNICAL IDENTITY
Specifications & construction
Production & construction
- Production
- 1
- Production type
- One-off
- Production from
- 1953
- Production to
- 1953
- Body material
- aluminium
- Mechanical platform
- MG TD
- Production notes
- One-off MG TD Coupé by Vignale, 1953; exact chassis serial open.
Engine & performance
- Specification notes
- TECH 2026-09-21 — specialist MG history directly documents the 1953 Vignale/Michelotti Coupé as an aluminium-bodied MG TD special. MG TD is therefore structured as donor/platform and aluminium as body material. Exact chassis remains open; standard TD engine/power/dimensions are not auto-inherited.
Design & manufacture
- Designer · Documented
- Giovanni Michelotti
- Coachbuilder / Body Builder · Documented
- Vignale
- Manufacturer · Documented
- MG
06 / EVENTS & AWARDS
Events & awards
Historical awards to researchRecorded results awaiting reconciliation
- Event
- Concorso d'Eleganza di Stresa
- Date
- 1953
- Recorded award / result
- Gran Premio d'Onore
- Verification status
- To be verified — this historical result has not yet been accepted as a confirmed CI 2.0 Award. The event, recipient and evidence require reconciliation.
Concorso Internazionale d'Eleganza di Stresa General · legacy_preserved
- Date
- 1953
- Chassis
- General
Preserved CI 1.0 relation. Evidence field: list_of_awards_0_events. No award inferred.
Concorso d'Eleganza di Stresa General · Gran Premio d'Onore · Unregistered · Unreviewed
- Date
- 1953
- Chassis
- General
- Award / result
- Gran Premio d'Onore
8° Concorso d'Eleganza Città di Mantova General · legacy_preserved
- Date
- 2024
- Chassis
- General
Preserved CI 1.0 relation. Evidence field: list_of_awards_1_events. No award inferred.
07 / THE VEHICLE IN DETAIL
Photo gallery 9 photographs
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08 / FROM THE ARCHIVE
Archive
References held in the vehicle dossier. Their inclusion does not establish that every historical claim has been independently verified.
| Reference | Source type |
|---|---|
| www.archiviostoricomichelotti.it www.archiviostoricomichelotti.it | Official designer archive |
| www.mg-cars.org.uk www.mg-cars.org.uk | Specialist marque history |
| www.classicclubitalia.it www.classicclubitalia.it | Event history |
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