1946 MG TC
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In 1939 World War II was beginning. MG was introducing its latest vehicle, the TB Midget. Equipped with a 1250cc, engine, the four-cylinder over-head valve, XPAG power plant was borrowed from the new Morris 10. It produced 45 horsepower and was much more reliable than its predecessor. When the war began, production ceased. MG shifted its focus to creating equipment for military purposes.
At the end of the War, MG introduced the TC Midget. This was essentially a TB with very few modifications. The chassis was modified with rubber bush shackles in place of the sliding trunnion spring mountings. The transmission was the single-plate dry clutch and four-speed synchromesh unit. The engine was the XPAG 1250 cc pushrod engine. During its four year production run, lasting from 1945 through 1949, more than 10,000 TC's were created.
Our little two seat, blue jewel rockets (not really) down the motorway with a 1250 CC, four cylinder engine, backed by a left-hand-shifting manual, four-speed transmission. With doors opening from the front, once buckled into the cockpit and faced with an array of gauges and switches, the...
