The Magic Midget - MG Racing History
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- MG was a British sports car manufacturer founded in the 1920s by Cecil Kimber. Best known for its two-seat open sports cars, MG also produced saloons and coupés. Like many manufacturers, MG went racing to generate publicity and to show off its performance abilities.
From its earliest days MGs have been used in competition and from the early 1930s a series of dedicated racing cars such as the 1931 C-Type and 1934 Q-type were made and sold to enthusiasts who received considerable company assistance. This stopped in 1935 when MG was formally merged with Morris Motors and the Competition Department closed down. A series of experimental cars had also been made allowing Captain George Eyston to take several world speed records. In spite of the formal racing ban, speed record attempts continued with Goldie Gardner exceeding 200 mph (320 km/h) in the 1100 cc EX135 in 1939.
After World War II record breaking attempts restarted with 500 cc and 750 cc records being taken in the late 1940s. A decision was also taken to return to racing and a team of MGAs was entered in the tragedy-laden 1955 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the best car achieving 12th place.
British Leyland now owned MG, and this film traces MG's racing history up to the time of the formation of British Leyland.
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My first love was a 1975 MG Midget Special. In 1979, I learned 1979 was going to be the last year B.L. was going to build them. I traded up to the '79. Zero difference between the two. ❤
Wow - amazing footage
Fascinating documentary. I've always liked these older MG's. Thanks for sharing.
oldiebutgoodie007 Thanks for watching and sharing your thoughts.
I'll never forget sitting in a TD I believe it was. It had the backwards opening door and I was probably 9 or 10 years old. The door hinge area in back shut on my upper arm and pinched it pretty good. I howled and it took dad a minute to figure out where the cable was to get it open. It scared me more then hurt. I guess the damn thing was close to new at the time.
love that history, my 54 TF I had for 20 years, still runs good.
Fabulous. More please
Great film!
Wonderful car .wonderful film....
Hello, I am currently doing a school project on MGs. Would it be possible for me to use this video as part of it? I will give credit to your channel. Thanks in anticipation!
That damn comedy music is an insult
I want my car to sound like this
My 1935 Morris 12 special does!
Forgive this child of the late 20th century but what was the purpose of the Riding Mechanic?
+Christopher Bloom Pretty much what it sounds like. Here's an answer from Wikipedia. A riding mechanic was a mechanic that rode along with a race car
during races, and who was tasked with maintaining, monitoring, and
repairing the car during the race. The various duties included manually
pumping oil and fuel, checking tire wear, observing gauges, and even
massaging the driver's hands.[1] They also communicated with the pits and spotted from inside the car.[2]
If the car ran out of fuel, or otherwise broke down, the riding
mechanic was usually responsible for running back to the pits to fetch
fuel or the necessary spare parts.
Riding mechanics were also referred to by the term mechanician. The position is largely associated with the early years of Championship car racing and the Indianapolis 500, however, they were also utilized in grand prix racing for a period of time.
Thank you.
British leyland logo, the flying ***hole lol
Music totally ruined this video
And the narration. Should have used Mr Cholmondely Warner !