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1939 MG TA Tickford Midget
2010 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, Amelia Island, Florida

1933 MG J2 Roadster
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MG History

1922 - Cecil Kimber became General Manager of Morris Garages in Oxford, England. With his guidance the company started modifying standard Morris Cowleys.

1924 - The "MG Special Sports" was introduced.

1929 - Morris Garages moved to the famous Abingdon works.

1930's - MG became well known for its fine sports cars.

1935 - Morris sold MG to Morris Motors.

1953 - The TF was launched. It is now one of the most desired of all the post-war cars.

1955 - The MGA was introduced. Production ended in 1962 with over 100,000 cars sold.

1962 - The MGB was introduced. MGB is one of the most numerically successful sports cars ever built. The major difference between the MGB and its predecessor the MGA was in construction, the heavily built separate chassis was replaced with a lighter construction shell. The rare MGB GTV8 was fitted with the Rover 3.5 litre V8 engine, to give 125 mph and is now much sought after. Between 1962 and 1980 more than half a million MGB�s were sold, but only 2600 were fitted with the Rover V8.

1974 - Production ended for the MG Midget.

1980 - Car production ceased at Abington.

1992 - Rover reinvented a sports MG with the V-8.