MGB - The Illustrated History 4th Edition: Updated and Enlarged
by: Jonathan Wood (Author),Lionel Burrell(Author)
Publisher:Veloce Publishing Ltd.
Publication Date: 12 Oct. 2018
Language:English
Print Length:248 pages
ISBN-10:1787113620
ISBN-13:9781787113626
Book Description
The MGB was Britain's most successful ever sports car, with sales of over half a million. And the truth is, that more than three decades after production ceased, the MGB's classic lines, affordability, fun factor and certain 'rightness' mean that its enthusiastic following remains undiminished. In 'MGB: The Illustrated History' the authors, self-confessed 'B' enthusiasts both, recall the remarkable history of this remarkable car. Originated with full co-operation and contributions from key members of the original design team, including John Thornley, Syd Enever, Don Hayter and Roy Brocklehurst, this book takes the reader behind the scenes at the world-famous MG factory at Abingdon, which closed its doors in 1980 with the demise of the MGB after 18 years in production. The background to the MGB roadster's development is first recalled in the context of its immediate predecessor, the MGA, the various famous EX experimental models, and the heritage of MG as a whole. Separate chapters then follow the development, introduction and production of the GT, MGC and V8. Further chapters on the MGB's competition successes and the RV8 complete the story. Along with a feast of colour photographs and contemporary brochure material - enough to satisfy even the most ardent MGB lover - the book also features full-colour cutaway illustrations of the three main 'B' variants. Copiously illustrated with contemporary colour photographs and brochure material, and featuring colour cutaway illustrations of the MGB roadster, MGC, MGB GT V8 and MG RV8, this book not only charts the production life of Britain's best-loved sports car, but also takes the reader behind the scenes at the world-famous Abingdon factory. This long-awaited 4th edition now includes brand new illustrations of model variants and an original road test report.
About the Author
Review The book is what we have come to expect from Veloce: packed full of high-quality and unusual photographs and including details from a wide range of people involved in the production of this iconic classic including contributions from the original design team. Even as a non-MG enthusiast, I found the chapter on the design and development of the MG to be fascinating. The book is a very comprehensive and visually-pleasing record of one of Britain's best-loved classic roadsters, the MGB. --Hagerty Classic Cars NewsletterNow in its fourth edition, this is a real heavyweight book. The rich period and contemporary photography alone would merit the asking price, but they are accompanied by detailed and authoritative text that tells the whole story of the MGB in great detail, from the very first thoughts of designing the model to its swan song incarnation as the RV8. Including contributions from many of the key members of the original design team and also finding space to cover both the MGC and the BGT V8, this latest edition also contains 16 pages of wonderful new illustrations and an original 1962 Autocar road test report. Whether for reference, for entertainment or information, no MGB enthusiast will want to be without it. --MG EnthusiastThe MGB was Britain s most successful ever sports car, with sales of over half a million. And the truth is, that more than three decades after production ceased, the MGB s classic lines, affordability, fun factor and certain rightness mean that its enthusiastic following remains undiminished. In MGB: The Illustrated History the authors, self-confessed B enthusiasts both, recall the remarkable history of this remarkable car. Originated with full co-operation and contributions from key members of the original design team, including John Thornley, Syd Enever, Don Hayter and Roy Brocklehurst, this book takes the reader behind the scene at the world-famous MG factory at Abingdon, which closed its doors in 1980 with the demise of the MGB after 18 years in production. The background of the MGB roadster s development is first recalled in the context of its immediate predecessor, the MGA, the various famous EX experimental models, and the heritage of MG as a whole. Separate chapters then follow the development, introduction and production of the GT, MGC and V8. Further chapters on the MGB s competition successes and the RV8 complete the story. Along with a feast of colour photographs and contemporary brochure material enough to satisfy even the most ardent MGB lover the book also features full-colour cutaway illustrations of the three main B variants. --Safety Fast
About the Author Jonathan Wood has been writing and researching the history of the British motor industry all his working life. He has some 35 books to his credit, has twice won the Guild of Motoring Writers' Montagu Trophy, and is a two-time recipient of the US-based Society of Automotive Historians' Cugnot Award. A founder member of the staff of Classic Car magazine, he ran an MGA as his company car. Over the past 30 years he has given illustrated talks on motoring history to old car clubs and branches of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. In 2005 he presented the Institution's Sir Henry Royce Memorial Lecture to mark the publication of his biography of Alec Issigonis, creator of the Morris Minor and Mini. Now living in Ludlow, Shropshire, he combines his automotive enthusiasms with writing and lecturing on local history. -- After a spell as art editor of Autocar, Lionel Burrell was the originator, in 1973, of Classic Car, which went on to become the world's best-selling classic car magazine under the title Thoroughbred & Classic Cars. Later he became managing editor of the The Automobile magazine, and now he works freelance. He was instrumental, together with Roy Berry, in starting the first full-time diploma course in classic car restoration in the UK, at the Colchester Institute. His first car was an Austin Seven, which he bought in 1955. Since then he has owned and restored Jaguars, Aston Martins, Triumphs and MGs, including an MGB that was his first restoration project at the Colchester Institute. Currently, he still has his 3-litre Bentley, which he has owned for nearly 50 years, and he has just finished a two-and-a-half-year rebuild of a 1926 Talbot 10/23.
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