1948 | MG TC

An MG TC from 1948 with Royal History!

The history of this car is remarkable in many ways. The car was purchased new by Kurt Haijby with the settlement, given to him by The Swedish Royal Family to keep his love affair with the Swedish King Gustav the V a secret. (You can read more about this below).

The car has been driven, serviced and raced extensively. Only 3 owners. The last owner had it for 65 years and maintained it like a professional mechanic during these years. He was one of the first members of the MG Club in Sweden and also served as the president of the club.

The car was driven in the summers of the 60’s and 70’ as the family drove more modern cars during the winter. This is an estate sale since the owner died last year at the age of 89. Everything on the car has been serviced or replaced on a regular basis and it still drives perfectly. There is no rust and only original parts have been used. It comes with many extra original spare parts, special tools, leather gloves/hood and MG manuals. This is a car that has been extremely well taken care of over the years and the late owner left lots of extras with the car as a bonus for the new owner to enjoy. The owner took the time to replace the electrical system right before he passed away.

 If you are interested in the history connected to the first owner of this car, here is the story:

The Haijby affair

The car was purchased new by Kurt Haijby with the settlement, given to him by The Royal Family to keep his love affair with the Swedish King Gustav the V a secret.

Allegations of a love affair between Gustav and Kurt Haijby led to the court paying 170,000 kronor under the threat of the blackmailing Haijby. That led to the so-called Haijby affair and several controversial trials and convictions against Haijby, which spawned considerable controversy about Gustav's alleged homosexuality.

In 2021 the alleged events surrounding the Haijby affair were adapted into a fictional miniseries for Sveriges Television called En Kunglig Affär (A Royal Secret), directed by Lisa James Larsson and written by Bengt Braskered.