SOLVED: Djetset #621 - MGB 2+2 proposal (badged MGC) by Syd Enever/Peter Neal, MG Abingdon design office, 1958

mekubb · February 05, 2013, 12:59:16 PM

Pffff.... TVR ?

Djetset · February 05, 2013, 01:10:39 PM

We're really running out of options now! Not TVR, as sadly no longer with us as a car maker (but now good at building wind turbine blades! $:-\$ ).

mekubb · February 05, 2013, 02:08:38 PM

Morgan ?

Djetset · February 05, 2013, 02:10:06 PM

Not Morgan $:-\$

mekubb · February 05, 2013, 02:11:29 PM

I realise MG haven't been mentioned yet, so MG ?

Djetset · February 05, 2013, 02:15:43 PM

Ah ha, at last! Yes, it is MG! So, now to answer the original question in full, what is this a proposal for, when was it sketched, and so on. Locked to you mekubb for your perserverance until your next reply.

mekubb · February 06, 2013, 10:37:43 AM

I have absolutely no idea for which MG the proposal was meant for.... couldn't find any info.

WayneB · February 06, 2013, 06:25:32 PM

I found it was an MGB 2+2 proposal drawn at the end of 1956 by Pete Neal

He based his design sketch on an earlier one done by Syd Enever

Oddly the drawing has MGC on the Licence plate and on the side of the car, but apparently it was an MGB proposal.

Djetset · February 11, 2013, 02:29:27 PM

Very well done Wayne B, you got there in the end with a comprehensive answer.

This is the MGB 2+2 (badged MGC) proposal by Syd Enever and Peter Neal, drawn in the MG Abingdon design office in 1958 (not '56), according to my records. A well-deserved point to you.

WayneB · February 11, 2013, 08:05:06 PM

This is the article I got the info from.

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It was written by Pete Neal himself and indicates that the drawings were started in late 1956.

He comments on the MGC 58 license plate on the car in the drawing saying no credence is to be placed in it!

Otto Puzzell · February 12, 2013, 04:33:54 AM

WayneB:

Posting links in the puzzle threads is against the rules - please read:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20153.0

This is your first warning.

targhediferro · February 12, 2013, 02:02:07 PM

Sorry, I know nothing about this design, and neither I'm an expert of MG history, but I feel strange that in 1958 someone could have the idea of a 2+2 based on MG B, as this car has been produced only since 1962. Could you explain me how it has happened?

Hiawatha · February 12, 2013, 02:22:00 PM

I had the same feelings myself, but having found the original article I understand now that's a very early proposal for what would have been the future (and very different) MGB.

Carnut · February 12, 2013, 02:49:14 PM

Quote from: targhediferro on February 12, 2013, 02:02:07 PM
Sorry, I know nothing about this design, and neither I'm an expert of MG history, but I feel strange that in 1958 someone could have the idea of a 2+2 based on MG B, as this car has been produced only since 1962. Could you explain me how it has happened?

The gestation period for cars in those pre-computer days was an awful lot longer than it is today.
It could easily take 4 years from conception to production by the time they'd finished trying to get it right...

WayneB · February 12, 2013, 05:14:19 PM

Quote from: Otto Puzzell on February 12, 2013, 04:33:54 AM
WayneB:

Posting links in the puzzle threads is against the rules - please read:

http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=20153.0

This is your first warning.

I had no idea it was not allowed after the puzzle had been solved.

Very Sorry it wont happen again.

Otto Puzzell · February 13, 2013, 03:07:34 AM

News:

SOLVED: Djetset #621 - MGB 2+2 proposal (badged MGC) by Syd Enever/Peter Neal, MG Abingdon design office, 1958