The N.H. Buchanan Motor Co. Pty. Ltd from Australia made at least two fiberglass bodies using an MGA-engine and one on an MGA-chassis.


The red car below is a Buchanan body. This one appeared at the Sydney MG Concourse in 2008 (photos supplied by Thomas Aczel).

The car is one of the last Buchanans built, and since the photos were taken, it’s been badly damaged in an “off” at Oran Park racing circuit (outskirts of Sydney ). The chassis is OK but the body is virtually beyond repair. Fortunately the owner, John Barnett, who now lives in Mittagong (about 80 Km out of Sydney) happens to own all the surviving Buchanan moulds and he’s currently “laying up” a new body for the car! (3/11/2010)

The car is built on an MGA chassis. The body is so low that it just comes up to the goalposts. It has a 3 bearing MGB engine and an MGA gearbox. The front suspension employs MGB swivel pins with the shocks packed to match. The wheels in these pictures are Ford Falcon, to which spline drive hubs have been welded. The car runs the Ford wheels for racing and wire wheels at other times.

This advertisement from Sports Car World special volume “Worlds Fastest Sports Cars”, 1961.