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MG TD TF 1500 - J.H. Keller AG

We discovered a new to us Swiss dealer when the 'Survivor' TF went up on ebay.

The company is J.H. Keller AG and is still in business today.

In June of 1933 Johann Heinz Keller founded the Sportcar AG in Zurich in order to pursue his passions of sports cars, organizational skills and risk taking. Sportcar AG predominantly sold MG's in Switzerland and later sold Riley's and Morris cars from Nuffield. After the Second World War the company was reformed as J.H. Keller Automotive Group with their first dealership located at Bahnhofstrasse 1 in Zurich. With the import of brands MG, Morris, Wolseley and Riley, the JHKeller AG was able to establish a well-known name.

I updated the dealers page with this info.

http://www.mg-cars.org.uk/mgtd/mgtd_european.htm

Christopher Couper

Nice research Chris!

Matthew.
M Magilton

Heinz Keller was not only a close friend of the Thornley family, he was also a keen MG enthusiast. He competed with an mg td in the 1950 Alpine Rally with starting #47 and captured the team prize when Nuffield factory support for motor sports was at an all time low. (A photograph of him during the accelerating and braking test in Cannes was widely used in MG TD brochures and car magazines).
Furthermore through his Nuffield import business he ordered quite a number of special bodied MG's which brought him and the Abingdon factory a lot of publicity (the Rheinbolt & Christe MG-Y convertibles and the Ghia-Aigle MG TD's).
A few more European Nuffield distributors:
Belgium: P. Decrose, Schepterstraat 96, Brussels. (see scanned advert)
Sweden: Forenade Bil AB, Malmo
http://forenadebilmagazine.se/om-oss/foerenade-bil-90-aar.aspx#.U6IJo1jCSUk
Denmark: DOMI (Dansk Oversoisk Motor Industri A/S)
http://www.nellemann.dk/files/NELLEMANN_100.pdf
Portugal: A.M. Almeida Lda.
http://restosdecoleccao.blogspot.nl/2012/03/m-almeida-lda.html

Just my 2cts.

Nick (TD3232)

Nick Herwegh

Nick: Excellent work and I am glad to have you on the payroll :-)

I have posted everything you gave but not the picture yet.

While you are at it I cannot find an address for:
CHR Odendahl in Frankfurt. Any ideas?

I was also contacted personally today by the owner of Fattori & Montani. That would never happen in the US.
Christopher Couper

Chris,
So far no luck in finding the Odendahl address.
Enclosed a scan of Heinz Keller driving his TD in the 1950 Alpine Rally...
Cheers,
Nick (TD3232)

Nick Herwegh

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