MG 14/28

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MG 14/28 Sport (1924)
MG 14/28 Sport (1924)
14/28
Production period: 1924-1927
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , coupe
Engines: Petrol engines :
1.8 liters (20.6 kW)
Length: 3810 mm
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2692 mm
Empty weight :
successor MG 14/40

The MG 14/28 Super Sports was the first passenger car that MG brought out in 1924. In 1927 it was replaced by the almost identical MG 14/40 . Initially, the cars were made in small numbers on Alfred Lane in Oxford . In 1925 production was relocated to Bainton Road, a production facility that was shared with Morris' radiator production . The cars still bore a " Morris Oxford " emblem, MG emblems did not appear until 1928. About 400 vehicles were built.

Cecil Kimber had built his own bodywork on a number of Morris vehicles, but in 1924 he began to label the Morris 14/28 Bullnose radiators with “our popular MG Saloon”. He got the actual chassis from the nearby factory in Cowley, changed them slightly and tweaked the engine. Then these chassis were provided with attractive aluminum bodies and painted in two colors. From the end of 1924 they were fitted with front brakes. There were wooden or wire-spoke wheels that were suspended from semi-elliptic leaf springs on the front axle and three-quarter elliptic leaf springs on the rear axle. The maximum speed was about 104 km / h. A Weymann limousine was introduced in 1926.

At the end of 1926, Morris redesigned the Oxford and replaced the well-known “Bullnose” radiator with a flat one, widened the chassis and therefore required redesigned bodies. HN Charles was hired by Kimber for this purpose. At the same time, the chassis received improvements to the brakes and suspensions from Morris Garages, with which MG moved further away from its Morris roots. The revised car was heavier and so the top speed fell to 96 km / h. Other changes concerned the semi-elliptic leaf springs on the rear axle and the Solex carburetor, which replaced the earlier one from SU. The brake systems received mechanical brake boosters.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Malcolm Green: MG Sports Cars. CLB Godalming (UK) 1997, ISBN 1-85833-606-6 .
  2. ^ N. Baldwin: AZ of Cars of the 1920s. Bay View Books, Evon (UK) 1994, ISBN 1-870979-53-2 .
  3. ↑ Malcolm Green: MG Sports Cars. CLB Godalming (UK) 1997, ISBN 1-85833-606-6 .