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The MGA was a sports car produced by MG division of the British Motor Corporation from 1955 to 1962. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1169x697, 120 KB) MGA 1600, eigenes Foto, File links The following pages link to this file: MG A ...
The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Honda NSX sports car A sports car is a type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ...
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ...
1923 Ford Model T roadster 1950 Jaguar XK120 roadster This article is about the roadster car body style. ...
In Automobile design, an FR, or Front-engine, Rear wheel drive, layout places the engine in the front of the vehicle and drive wheels at the rear. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
The MG T series of cars (including the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF) was a basic body-on-frame sports car produced from 1936 through 1955. ...
1967 MGB GT The MGB was Britains best-selling sports car. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
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The Wikimedia Commons (also called Commons or Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ...
Honda NSX sports car A sports car is a type of automobile designed for sporting performance. ...
MGs logo MG is a British marque that traditionally has produced sports cars from 1924 to 2005. ...
The British Motor Corporation (BMC) was a car company, formed by the merger of the Austin and Morris companies in 1952. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
The MGA replaced the older T series cars and was replaced by the MGB when production ceased in July 1962. Through that time, BMC sold 101,081 units, the vast majority of which were exported with only 5869 cars sold on the home market, the highest export percentage of any British car. The MG T series of cars (including the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF) was a basic body-on-frame sports car produced from 1936 through 1955. ...
1967 MGB GT The MGB was Britains best-selling sports car. ...
1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...
It was a body-on-frame design and used the straight-4 "B series" engine from the MG Magnette saloon driving the rear wheels through a 4 speed gearbox. Suspension was independent with coil springs and wishbones at the front and a rigid axle with semi-elliptic springs at the rear. Steering was by rack and pinion and was not power assisted. The car was available with either wire spoked or steel disc road wheels. Body-on-frame is an automobile construction technology. ...
The straight-4 or inline-4 is an internal combustion engine with four cylinders aligned in one row. ...
The BMC B-Series was a straight-4 automobile engine family created as a larger alternative to the companys A-Series. ...
MG had used the Magnette name on a number of saloons since the 1930s, but the Magnette models of the 1950s and 1960s are best-remembered. ...
This article is about the type of car. ...
A rack and pinion is a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. ...
Three MGA prototypes were entered at Le Mans in 1955. Two of the cars finished twelfth and seventeenth overall, proving the worth of the new car. The third car crashed with serious injuries to the driver, Dick Jacobs. The car's body was based on a TD special which the MG factory had built for private entrant George Phillips to race at Le Mans in 1951. Later a new chassis was designed to seat the driver lower in the car and the bodywork was cleaned up resulting in the EX 175 prototype. A later prototype, EX 182, was very close to the final production MGA and was the car actually raced at Le Mans in 1955. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The 1489 cc engine produced 68 hp (51 kW) at first, but was soon uprated to 72 hp (54 kW). Lockheed hydraulic drum brakes were used on all wheels. A coupe version was also produced, bringing the total production of standard MGAs to 58,750. A drum brake is a brake in which the friction is caused by a set of shoes or pads that press against the inner surface of a rotating drum. ...
1995 Buick Riviera coupe A coupé (from the French for cut) or coupe is a two or four-seater car with a fixed roof and two doors. ...
Twin-Cam A high-performance Twin-Cam model was added for 1958. It used a high compression (9.9:1 later 8.3:1) DOHC aluminium cylinder head version of the B-Series engine producing 108 hp (82 kW). Four wheel disc brakes by Dunlop were also fitted. The temperamental engine was notorious, however, and sales were poor. The Twin-Cam was dropped in 1960 after 2,111 had been produced. The car can best be distinguished from the pushrod models by its centre lock steel road wheels. Wire spoked wheels were never fitted to the Twin Cam. 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
A double overhead cam (also called a dual overhead cam, DOHC, or twincam) engine is a type of internal combustion engine where the camshafts that operate the intake and exhaust valves are mounted above the cylinders, and where there are separate camshafts for inlet and exhaust valves. ...
Close-up of a disc brake on a car On automobiles, disc brakes are often located within the wheel The disc brake is a device for slowing or stopping the rotation of a wheel. ...
1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1600 In 1959 the standard cars also received an updated engine, now at 1588 cc producing 78 bhp. Front discs were fitted, but drums remained in the rear. 31,501 were produced in less than three years. Externally the car is very similar to the 1500 with the only difference being in the light clusters where a change to orange coloured indicators was made.
Mark II The engine size was increased again to 1622 cc by increasing the bore from 75.4 mm to 76.2 mm for the 1961 Mark II MGA. An inset grille was the most obvious visual change, though a number of Mark II De Luxe versions were produced with leftover special wheels and four wheel discs of the departed Twin-Cam. 8,719 Mark II cars were built. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
References - John Heilig (1996). MG Sports Cars, Motorbooks. ISBN 0760301123.
- MGA Home Page. MG Enthusiasts. URL accessed on March 21, 2005.
- MGA Register Holland. Twin-Cam register. URL accessed on January 8, 2006.
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