10 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT... MG T-TYPES
What became the TA set the pattern for all subsequent T-Types when it was launched in 1936. It had a separate chassis of typical MG design, with an ash frame secured to the chassis and covered by steel body panels. The fuel tank was an exposed slab affair at the back, and the tiny car was fitted with what today would be considered unfeasibly large 19in wire wheels, but which were perfectly in keeping with the times.
Under the bonnet was a long-stroke 1292cc MPJG overhead-valve engine. This was developed from the Wolseley 10/40 engine, itself an OHV development of the Morris 10 motor. It was not a high revver, but pulled well from low down. In all, 3003 TAs were built between 1936 and 1939.
The TB that followed didn’t look very different to the TA, but the big news was under the bonnet where a brand engine called the XPAG resided. This was developed from the XPJM engine that had been introduced on the new Series Morris Ten of 1938. The XPAG had
