516 MG MG 1600 MkII Roadster (1961)
MG A 1600 Mk.1 (1960-62) Engine 1622cc S4 OHV Production 8719
Registration Number 233 BYP
MG SET
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The MGA design dates back to 1951, when MG designer Syd Enever created a streamlined body for George Philips' TD Le Mans car. The problem with this car was the high seating position of the driver because of the limitations of using the TD chassis. A new chassis was designed with the side members further apart and the floor attached to the bottom rather than the top of the frame sections. A prototype was built and shown to the BMC chairman Leonard Lord. He turned down the idea of producing the new car as he had just signed a deal with Donald Healey to produce Austin-Healey cars two weeks before. Falling sales of the traditional MG models caused a change of heart, and the design was reappraised.As it was so different from the older MG models it was called the MGA, the "first of a new line" to quote the contemporary advertising. There was also a new engine available, therefore the car did not have the originally intended XPAG unit but was fitted with the BMC corporate B-Series type of 1489cc allowing a lower bonnet line. The 1489 cc engine fitted with twin H4 type SU Carburettors produced 68 hp at first, but was soon uprated to 72 hp Lockheed hydraulic drum brakes were used on all wheels. This car was launched in 1955 to great acclaim with production running in this configuration as the MGA 1500 until 1959.
In May 1959 the standard cars also received an updated engine, now at 1588 cc producing 79.5 bhp. At the front disc brakes were fitted, but drums remained in the rear. Externally the car is very similar to the 1500 with differences including: amber or white (depending on market) front turn indicators shared with white parking lamps, separate stop/tail and turn lamps in the rear, and 1600 badging on the boot and the cowl.. The Roadsters have sliding type side screens.
The MGA 1600 Deluxe is a rare variant with a Twin Cam and discs all round.
The engine size was increased again to 1622 for the 1961 Mark II MGA. The cylinder head was also revised with larger valves and re-engineered combustion chambers. Horsepower increased to 90 bhp. It also had a higher ratio rear axle An inset grille and Morris Mini tail lamps appearing horizontally below the deck lid were the most obvious visual changes
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Shot 09:06:2014 ar The Luton Classic Car Show, Stockwell Park, Luton REF 102-516
516 MG MG 1600 MkII Roadster (1961)
MG A 1600 Mk.1 (1960-62) Engine 1622cc S4 OHV Production 8719
Registration Number 233 BYP
MG SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623797586658...
The MGA design dates back to 1951, when MG designer Syd Enever created a streamlined body for George Philips' TD Le Mans car. The problem with this car was the high seating position of the driver because of the limitations of using the TD chassis. A new chassis was designed with the side members further apart and the floor attached to the bottom rather than the top of the frame sections. A prototype was built and shown to the BMC chairman Leonard Lord. He turned down the idea of producing the new car as he had just signed a deal with Donald Healey to produce Austin-Healey cars two weeks before. Falling sales of the traditional MG models caused a change of heart, and the design was reappraised.As it was so different from the older MG models it was called the MGA, the "first of a new line" to quote the contemporary advertising. There was also a new engine available, therefore the car did not have the originally intended XPAG unit but was fitted with the BMC corporate B-Series type of 1489cc allowing a lower bonnet line. The 1489 cc engine fitted with twin H4 type SU Carburettors produced 68 hp at first, but was soon uprated to 72 hp Lockheed hydraulic drum brakes were used on all wheels. This car was launched in 1955 to great acclaim with production running in this configuration as the MGA 1500 until 1959.
In May 1959 the standard cars also received an updated engine, now at 1588 cc producing 79.5 bhp. At the front disc brakes were fitted, but drums remained in the rear. Externally the car is very similar to the 1500 with differences including: amber or white (depending on market) front turn indicators shared with white parking lamps, separate stop/tail and turn lamps in the rear, and 1600 badging on the boot and the cowl.. The Roadsters have sliding type side screens.
The MGA 1600 Deluxe is a rare variant with a Twin Cam and discs all round.
The engine size was increased again to 1622 for the 1961 Mark II MGA. The cylinder head was also revised with larger valves and re-engineered combustion chambers. Horsepower increased to 90 bhp. It also had a higher ratio rear axle An inset grille and Morris Mini tail lamps appearing horizontally below the deck lid were the most obvious visual changes
Many Thanks for a fan'dabi'dozi 25,774,500 views
Shot 09:06:2014 ar The Luton Classic Car Show, Stockwell Park, Luton REF 102-516