Cecil Kimber, then General Manager
for Morris, is credited by most as pioneer of
the MG brand after he instigated the manufacture
of the Morris Cowley. In 1924 the Morris Oxford
would prove valuable as a donor car, used to form
the basis of a small series of sporting four-seaters.
Sanctioned by William Morris (owner of both Morris
Motors and Morris Garages), Kimber's sporty new
car would be dubbed the MG Super Sports. Grew
out of its premises and moved to Edmund Road,
not far from the big Morris factory in Cowley,
and then again in 1929 to a disused leather factory
at Abingdon.
In 1928 introduced the 18/80 model,
this time only the Morris engine remained, the
chassis and coachwork entirely MG. Corporate changes
in 1935 saw Morris take direct control of both
Wolseley and MG, and the Abingdon design department
was closed. After World War 2 began the manufacture
of the wonderful TC sports-car, it being a very
lightly modified TB. Although the TC was produced
only in right-hand-drive, it introduced MG to
the important US market. Also see:
MG
Heritage and
The MG Story
