MgâS Abingdon Factory

By: Brian Moylan

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Paperback | 1 February 2017 | Edition Number 2

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96 Pages

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Revised

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20.5 x 19 x 1

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This book is a pictorial study of the workers who built the legendary line of MG sports cars. With over 160 period photos depicting factory life, car building, and the war effort, this is a fascinating story.

The demand for these fiery little cars exploded, eventually pushing to a massive facility outside of Abingdon. The factory included everything needed to build the vehicles, as well as soccer and cricket fields, a pool hall, and a hockey rink. The facility even had its own volunteer fire department, it was so well developed.

MG Abingdon‘s famous racing reputation gained in the 1930s made it the obvious place to site BMC's Competition department with its maiden venture the 1955 Le Mans 24 hour race.

The many original pictures in this book chronicle every aspect of the factory, from its opening amidst great euphoria in 1930 to its closing amidst great recriminations in 1980.

Industry Reviews

Long-time competitions department employee Brian Moylan, author of Works Rally Mechanic' and Anatomy of the Works Minis', also published by Veloce, wrote the extensive to this book, which comprises an extraordinary collection of pictures of the MG factory throughout its life. Perhaps unsurprisingly, given the author's credentials, the competitions side of the company is given considerably more space, as are its wartime activities with military vehicles and the factory's development and new production methods. This book helps to paint a fine picture of the British motor industry as it once was. - Speedscene.

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