{"id":42249,"date":"2020-08-26T00:33:15","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:33:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/?page_id=42249"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:57:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:57:28","slug":"history-of-the-mga-magnette","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/history-of-the-mga-magnette\/","title":{"rendered":"History of the MGA & Magnette"},"content":{"rendered":"

In addition to a brief history, this article gives information on identifying the different MGA models, and provides details of engine numbers for the four different engines.<\/p>\n

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\"60<\/a> 60 Years Young \u2013 The MGA Twin Cam<\/a> August 7, 2018<\/span> This year sees the 60th Anniversary of the launch announcement of the MGA Twin Cam<\/span><\/div>
\"MGA<\/a> MGA Owner\u2019s Heritage Pack<\/a> March 8, 2017<\/span> When they were new, every MGA came with a package of information and data about<\/span><\/div>
\"MGA<\/a> MGA Deluxe Survey – 2016<\/a> August 3, 2016<\/span> Longstanding NAMGAR members will remember the pioneer work dating from the very start of NAMGAR,<\/span><\/div>
\"Bob<\/a> Bob Olthoff and his MGA Twin Cam Revisited: Part 4<\/a> January 6, 2016<\/span> I have set out Bob Olthoff\u2019s story at some length in three articles in the<\/span><\/div>
\"Origin<\/a> Origin of a Species<\/a> November 9, 2015<\/span> Sitting in the sun on a fence rail, amongst the car concours line-up at our<\/span><\/div>
\"Bob<\/a> Bob Olthoff and his MGA Twin Cam Revisited: Part 3<\/a> September 24, 2015<\/span> The earlier parts of this article looked at Bob\u2019s story and the context against which<\/span><\/div>
\"Bob<\/a> Bob Olthoff and his MGA Twin Cam Revisited: Part 2<\/a> August 27, 2015<\/span> The first part of this article included a pr\u00e9cis of Bob\u2019s story, looked at some<\/span><\/div>
\"Bob<\/a> Bob Olthoff and his MGA Twin Cam Revisited: Part 1<\/a> August 5, 2015<\/span> Robert Jacob \u2018Bob\u2019 Olthoff (1937\u20132004) is a name that often features, if only briefly, in<\/span><\/div>
\"BMC<\/a> BMC Competitions Department Celebrates its 60 Years<\/a> July 6, 2015<\/span> The \u201cComps\u201d Department was born in 1955, and was based alongside the MG factory in<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon – Final Days<\/a> June 30, 2015<\/span> Encouraged by the then government, it was the intention that the merger in 1968 between<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 An Uncertain Future<\/a> April 21, 2015<\/span> A significant MG milestone was reached on October 10, 1975 when the company produced their<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 Changing Times Part 2<\/a> March 10, 2015<\/span> Throughout the 1960s, BMC had been content to let ltalian coachbuilder Pinin Farina take care<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 Changing Times Part 1<\/a> February 10, 2015<\/span> During the 1960s, the Abingdon engineering department worked on three new, but each quite unique,<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 New Horizons Part 2<\/a> January 7, 2015<\/span> The MGB, Abingdon\u2019s replacement for the MGA, was introduced at the Earls Court Motor Show<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon – New Horizons Part 1<\/a> November 9, 2014<\/span> Work was already well underway on a replacement for the MGA. Experimental number EX205 had<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon – A New Beginning Part 2<\/a> October 20, 2014<\/span> Well before the MGA was in production, John Thornley was exchanging correspondence with his Cowley<\/span><\/div>
\"The<\/a> The Closest Collier Cup Race in History<\/a> October 14, 2014<\/span> 2014 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Collier Cup, which from 1954 to 1959 was<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 A New Beginning Part 1<\/a> September 29, 2014<\/span> The Bonneville Salt Flats (originally lakes) have only a small window of opportunity when they<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon \u2013 A New Direction Part 2<\/a> August 18, 2014<\/span> Immediately after his incredible run on the newly completed stretch of German Autobahn at Dessau<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Abingdon – A New Direction Part 1<\/a> May 31, 2014<\/span> The news that everyone in Britain had been dreading finally came on September 3 1939.<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Comes to Abingdon Part 2<\/a> May 24, 2014<\/span> As the 1930s progressed the MG Car Company was slowly but surely moving away from<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG Comes to Abingdon Part 1<\/a> April 29, 2014<\/span> In the last article we left Cecil Kimber pondering the future of his MG Car<\/span><\/div>
\"Exploring<\/a> Exploring the Family Tree – The Elva Courier<\/a> March 30, 2014<\/span> Anyone interested in sports racing cars is likely to be aware of Lotus, Cooper and<\/span><\/div>
\"MG<\/a> MG – Early Days<\/a> March 12, 2014<\/span> Born at Dulwich, South London in 1888, Cecil Kimber moved to Lancashire with the family<\/span><\/div>
\"Do<\/a> Do You Have a \u201cHeritage\u201d Certificate for Your Car?<\/a> February 25, 2014<\/span> The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) has production records of all MGs built from<\/span><\/div>
\"MGA<\/a> MGA Dates – \u201cFirst of a New Line\u201d<\/a> January 27, 2014<\/span> There were seven models of MGA – 1500, 1500 Coupe, Twin Cam, 1600, 1600 Deluxe,<\/span><\/div>
\"MGA<\/a> MGA Chassis (VIN), Engine & Body Numbers<\/a> October 22, 2013<\/span> This updated column is a reprint of an article that first appeared in the March\/April<\/span><\/div>
\"A<\/a> A Brief Magnette History<\/a> March 26, 2013<\/span> This article, which originally appeared in “Safety Fast” magazine, provides an insight into the production<\/span><\/div>
\"Working<\/a> Working Inside the Octagon (Part 3)<\/a> February 1, 2013<\/span> It was mid-1958 before things began to really pick up again on the MGB project.<\/span><\/div>
\"Working<\/a> Working Inside the Octagon (Part 2)<\/a> January 8, 2013<\/span> The MGA was selling well but John Thornley didn’t want the grass growing under anyone’s<\/span><\/div>
\"Jim<\/a> Working Inside the Octagon (Part 1)<\/a> December 5, 2012<\/span> Pete Neal, Archivist at the MG Car Club, who worked in the Drawing Office at<\/span><\/div>
\"The<\/a> The MG Scene 50 Years Ago<\/a> June 30, 2010<\/span> In this article, kindly provided to us by the MG Owners’ Club, Malcolm Green looks<\/span><\/div>
Britain\u2019s Love for Open Top Driving, featuring the MGA<\/a> March 15, 2010<\/span> Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson goes out in search of british drivers who prefer to drive<\/span><\/div>
British Path\u00e9 – The Sports Car of the Year (1955)<\/a> March 13, 2010<\/span> During World War Two, the British public and their allies relied on news reel coverage<\/span><\/div>
\"Short<\/a> Short History of the MGA & Magnette<\/a> February 17, 2010<\/span> The MGA is a small, by North American standards, British sports car which was made<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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