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Post by milly on May 1, 2018 14:00:08 GMT -5
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 1, 2018 18:40:23 GMT -5
Nice find and it certainly is a classic. I wasn't aware that MG went back tht far. The engineering looks like 1920s vintage. Perhaps even a bit earlier. I think I'm seeing leaf springs on all four wheels.
Picturing them in my memory, I think Ford's model A had coils at least on the rear. I think you have to go back to the model T to find four leafs. Though I don't know how long that lasted with other auto makers. But I think that was technology getting a bit old by, say, 1925 or so.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 1, 2018 18:43:43 GMT -5
Did I say 'at least on the rear'? Scratch that. 'At least on the front' is what I meant.
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Post by jmkjr72 on May 1, 2018 19:59:05 GMT -5
Nice find and it certainly is a classic. I wasn't aware that MG went back tht far. The engineering looks like 1920s vintage. Perhaps even a bit earlier. I think I'm seeing leaf springs on all four wheels.
Picturing them in my memory, I think Ford's model A had coils at least on the rear. I think you have to go back to the model T to find four leafs. Though I don't know how long that lasted with other auto makers. But I think that was technology getting a bit old by, say, 1925 or so. Actually model a had a transverse leaf spring front suspension |
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 1, 2018 21:49:08 GMT -5
Nice find and it certainly is a classic. I wasn't aware that MG went back tht far. The engineering looks like 1920s vintage. Perhaps even a bit earlier. I think I'm seeing leaf springs on all four wheels.
Picturing them in my memory, I think Ford's model A had coils at least on the rear. I think you have to go back to the model T to find four leafs. Though I don't know how long that lasted with other auto makers. But I think that was technology getting a bit old by, say, 1925 or so. Actually model a had a transverse leaf spring front suspension
I'm going by memory and don't feel too safe guaranteeing my accuracy. |
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Post by aeroxbud on May 5, 2018 20:39:59 GMT -5
Nice find and it certainly is a classic. I wasn't aware that MG went back tht far. The engineering looks like 1920s vintage. Perhaps even a bit earlier. I think I'm seeing leaf springs on all four wheels.
Picturing them in my memory, I think Ford's model A had coils at least on the rear. I think you have to go back to the model T to find four leafs. Though I don't know how long that lasted with other auto makers. But I think that was technology getting a bit old by, say, 1925 or so. Date first registered was 1931. Also just checked milly and the MOT expired 2 July 2012. Must be great having to not MOT your car every year. |
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 7, 2018 22:31:53 GMT -5
This gets me to thinking.....shouldn't we have seen MGs coming out of Shanghai by now?
I think it was a decade or so ago that I'd heard that some outfit from there had bought the MG trademarks and such. I'd even heard that they'd bought machinery and tools from MG. Though that wouldn't seem to make much sense unless they were planning on building new versions of, say, the MGB. But that just sounds doubtful.
All the same, we might see a reborn MG on the market one of these days.
It's certainly sad that it can't be a British car. But if they just make a good car, then I guess I could get over that.
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 7, 2018 22:39:40 GMT -5
And to carry on my rambling.......I've grieved for the loss of Oldsmobile. Ransom E Olds was on his way to being the equivalent of Henry Ford before Ford would have managed it. Mostly a factory fire in 1906 put a stop to that. But Oldsmobile still went on to have a pretty glorious history under GM ownership. And not they're gone.
Imagine if some Chinese outfit bought those trademarks. I wonder how I'd view such a resurrected Oldsmobile?
But I suppose I can guess. It sure wouldn't be the same to me. But if it were simply a good car at the right price, then I could grow fond of it.
But it sure would be strange. Like a Chinese MG.
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Post by aeroxbud on May 9, 2018 18:22:42 GMT -5
This gets me to thinking.....shouldn't we have seen MGs coming out of Shanghai by now?
I think it was a decade or so ago that I'd heard that some outfit from there had bought the MG trademarks and such. I'd even heard that they'd bought machinery and tools from MG. Though that wouldn't seem to make much sense unless they were planning on building new versions of, say, the MGB. But that just sounds doubtful.
All the same, we might see a reborn MG on the market one of these days.
It's certainly sad that it can't be a British car. But if they just make a good car, then I guess I could get over that. We have been getting MG cars here for a while now. mg.co.uk Don't really see that many on the road though. |
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Post by bluegoatwoods on May 16, 2018 21:38:45 GMT -5
This gets me to thinking.....shouldn't we have seen MGs coming out of Shanghai by now?
I think it was a decade or so........
We have been getting MG cars here for a while now. mg.co.uk Don't really see that many on the road though.
And the prices don't seem too bad at all. Isn't a British Pound about equal to $1.50 or so?
Now they don't look like what I think of as an MG. But I liked the one that looks something like the modern Fiat 500. |
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Post by milly on May 17, 2018 1:44:21 GMT -5
Wow they look like no MG I have seen before 😊
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Post by aeroxbud on May 18, 2018 2:50:14 GMT -5
We have been getting MG cars here for a while now. mg.co.uk Don't really see that many on the road though.
And the prices don't seem too bad at all. Isn't a British Pound about equal to $1.50 or so?
Now they don't look like what I think of as an MG. But I liked the one that looks something like the modern Fiat 500.They are quite cheap. Made in China really. The problem MG has, is when it was owned by British Layland, they overused the brand. It was put on most of their range of cars as the top spec model. This upset the old school, and did nothing to sell cars to the younger generation. |
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