MG Classics Book 1: 1922-1939
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MG Classics Book 1 covers 1922-1939 with a detailed history of MG’s foundation by Cecil Kimber and WR Morris, through the company’s struggles in the aftermath of the first World War, to its triumphs before the outbreak of the second.
Forty-seven distinctive examples of MG are detailed, illustrated and described in MG Classics Book 1, along with the comprehensive specifications. Chronicles of speed records and motor sporting successes make this book a unique source of facts and figures.
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1922 Sports Morris Cowley Chummy
1926 14/40 and MkIV
1927 14/40 Featherweight Fabric saloon
1928 18/80 Mk 1
1928 18/80 Mk II
1928-1931 18/80 Mk II Speed Model
1930-1931 18/100 Mk III Tigress
1930 M-type 8/45 Midget Double Twelve
1930 EX120 Eyston’s first Montlhéry car
1931-1932 C-type Midget
1931-1932 F1 12/70 Magna
1932 12/70 F2 F3 Magna
1932-1934 J1 Midget
1932-1934 J2 Midget
1933-1934 J3 Midget
1933-1934 J4 Midget
1932 EX 127 Magic Midget
1932-1933 Magnette K1 (engines KA KB KD)
1932-1935 Magnette K2 (KB and KD engines)
1933-1934 Magnette K3
1933 K3 Magnette Ulster TT Nuvolari car
1933 K3 Magnette single seater
1933-1934 L-type Magna
1934 PA Midget
1934 EX135
1934 Q-type Midget
1934-1936 N-type Magnette
1934-1936 NE Magnette
1935 NE Magnette Musketeer
1934 EX154
1934-1936 PB Midget
1935 P-type Midget Le Mans team car
1935 R-type single seater
1936-1939 SA 2.0 litre saloon
1936-1939 SA Tickford Coupe
1936-1939 TA Midget
1936-1939 VA 1½ litre
1938 TA Cream Cracker
1939 WA 2.6 litre
1939 TB Midget
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MG Classics Volume 2: 1945-1965
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Following the Second World War in which MG at Abingdon-on-Thames made the centre section of the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle aircraft and overhauled battle tanks, getting back to sports cars was a priority. Some pre-war lines such as the Jaguar-like SA VA and WA were unsuitable, but the T-series was brought back to production in September 1945. Returning American servicemen ensured it received a good reception in an export market crucial to a country whose reserves were exhausted by war.
By the 1950s MG was back in motor racing at Le Mans and nurturing clubmens’ sport in Britain. TD, TF and Magnette were landmarks as Nuffield was assimilated into the British Motor Corporation (BMC), and the 1950s MGA was replaced in 1962 by the definitive unitary construction open 2-seater the MGB. When BMC resolved to get back into motor sport, MG headquarters at Abingdon was quickly designated home of a Competitions Department that made Britain a world class player.
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History of MG Classics 1945-1965
MG Model by Model 1941-1965
1945-1949 TC Midget
1947-1951 YA 1¼ litre saloon
1948-1950 YT 1¼ litre open 4-seater
1947 Coachbuilt Y-types
1949-1953 TD Midget
1949 George Phillips Le Mans TC
1950-1953 TD Mk II
1951 EX 172 George Phillips Le Mans TD
1951-1953 YB saloon
1952 EX175 prototype MGA
1953-1954 TF Midget 1250
1953 Arnolt, Ghia-Aigle, and Shipsides
1953-1956 Magnette ZA
1954-1955 TF 1500
1954 EX179
1955 EX182 Le Mans team cars
1955-1959 MGA
1956-1959 MGA Coupe
1956-1958 Magnette ZB
1957-1959 EX181 record car
1957-1959 EX186 proposed Le Mans car
1958-1960 MGA Twin Cam
1959-1961 Magnette Mark II
1959-1961 MGA 1600 Tourer and Coupe
1960 Ted Lund Colin Escott Le Mans coupe
1960 EX220 and ADO34 front wheel drive MG prototype
1961-1962 MGA 1600 Mk II Tourer and Coupe
1961-1962 MGA 1600 De Luxe
1962 1600 De Luxe Mark II
1961-1968 Magnette MkIV
1961-1962 Midget GAN1
1962-1964 MG Midget GAN 2
1962-1968 MG1100
1962-1967 MGB
1964-1966 Midget Mk2 GAN3
1964 EX234 Hydrolastic MG
1964 O-series MGB
1964 Dick Jacobs Midget Coupe
1964 MGB Sebring racer
Chronology of MG speed records
Chronology of MG Sports
Chronology of MG
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MG Classics Volume 3: 1965-2001
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MG Classics Book 3 covers the years 1965-2001, and follows the closure of the traditional factory at Abingdon-on-Thames in 1980 after the turbulence of the British Leyland years and the transition to MG-Rover.
Despite modest resources MG remained able to keep up with the times, meeting stringent safety and emissions regulations imposed by world markets with landmark cars such as the MGB GT while widening its appeal with adaptations of mainstream models engineered by associate and parent companies.
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1966-1969 Midget Mk III GAN 4
1965-1967 MGB GT
1967-1969 MGB
1967-1969 MGC
1967-1969 MGC GT
1968 MGC GTS Sebring racer
1968 MG 1300
1969-1974 Midget Mk3/4 GAN4/5
1972 SSV1 Experimental safety vehicle
1973-1976 MGB GT V8
1974-1979 Midget 1500 GAN6
1975-1980 MGB (rubber bumper)
1975 MGB GT Anniversary
1980 MGB Limited Edition, roadster and GT
1980 MG Aston Martin proposal
1982-1990 MG Metro 1300
1983-1990 MG Metro Turbo
1983-1984 MG Maestro 1600
1984 MG Metro 6R4
1984-1991 MG Montego 2.0 EFi
1984-1991 MG Maestro 2.0 EFi
1985-1991 MG Montego Turbo
1985 MG EX-E
1989-1991 MG Maestro Turbo
1992-1994 RV8
1995 MGF 1.8i
1995 MGF 1.8i VVC
1997 EX253 1988 EX255 Andy Green Utah car
1998 MGF Super Sports Concept
2000 MGF
2000 MGF Super Sports Mk II
2001 MGF Trophy and MGF 1.6i 112PS
2001 MG X20 X30
2001 MGF 1.8i 120PS; sequential CVT, 1.8VVC MG TF
2001 MG X10
2001 MG-Lola EX257 Le Mans prototype
2002 MG ZR 1.4, 1.8
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