A Veloce classic now in softback binding at a bargain price.The definitive history of the MGA, the first British sports car to sell more than 100,000 units and the first MG capable of topping 100mph."Once I'd started reading it I found it hard to put down ... John has obviously spent a lot of time researching his subject which has enabled him to include more of the finer details of life in the Abingdon design office as well as on the MGA assembly line." - Andy Sargent Safety Fast magazine Contents:,The fight to put the MGA on the road, The Le Mans prototypes,Body and chassis engineering,Engine development, Making the MGA, How the MGA was received, Performance comparisons, The coup\233, Twin Cam - trials and tribulations, 1600 and the 1600 MkII models, Competition history, "Secret MGAs", The North American success story, and restoration notes.
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John Price Williams is a member of the Society of Automotive Historians in the US and the Guild of Motoring Writers in the UK. He writes extensively on classic cars in newspapers and magazines. His last book, Making MGs (Veloce 1995) tells the story of the Abingdon factory in the postwar years. John lives in Eastbourne on the south coast of England.
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Len Lord - a bitter old tyrant who hated Morris, MG and all the works of Nuffield; so say those MGA devotees who blame him for the fact that one of the world's favourite sports cars was launched three years later than it should have been ... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
twin cam, cam engine, separate chassis, competitions department, axle ratio, bodies branch, chassis number, disc brakes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Thornley, North America, New York, United States, Gerald Palmer, Syd Enever, Mille Miglia, Car Club, Jim O'Neill, Len Lord, Sydney Enever, Terry Mitchell, Morris Bodies, Safety Fast, Nancy Mitchell, Ted Lund, John Gott, Orient Red, Pressed Steel, South Africa, Alec Hounslow, Bob West, Colour Gallery, Dick Jacobs, Morris Minor New!
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Len Lord - a bitter old tyrant who hated Morris, MG and all the works of Nuffield; so say those MGA devotees who blame him for the fact that one of the world's favourite sports cars was launched three years later than it should have been ... Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
twin cam, cam engine, separate chassis, competitions department, axle ratio, bodies branch, chassis number, disc brakes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
John Thornley, North America, New York, United States, Gerald Palmer, Syd Enever, Mille Miglia, Car Club, Jim O'Neill, Len Lord, Sydney Enever, Terry Mitchell, Morris Bodies, Safety Fast, Nancy Mitchell, Ted Lund, John Gott, Orient Red, Pressed Steel, South Africa, Alec Hounslow, Bob West, Colour Gallery, Dick Jacobs, Morris Minor New!
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