MGA Sports Car

The MGA sports car was truly a great little
car.. It was made in England and was only in
production from 1955 through 1962, but still
left a legend. I had a 1960 MGA for a short
time and really loved it. The windows had to
be snapped into place and it was drafty as
well as a real danger on a rainy day....BUT
when the sun was out you were the one on
cloud nine..The MGA came out to replace the
MG TD series, which was a more square looking
car and was not as aerodynamic as the 'A' model.
Here is more on the MGA...

The design dates back to 1952 when MG designer Syd Enever created a streamlined body for George Philips' TD Le Mans car. The problem with this car was the high seating position of the driver because of the limitations of using the TD chassis. A new chassis was designed with the side members further apart and the floor attached to the bottom rather than the top of the frame sections. A prototype was built and shown to the BMC chairman Leonard Lord. Lord turned down the idea of producing the new car as he had just signed a deal with Donald Healey to produce Austin-Healey cars two weeks before. Falling sales of the traditional MG models caused a change of mind and the car, initially to be called the UA-series, was brought back. As it was so different from the older MG models it was called the MGA, the "first of a new line" to quote the contemporary advertising. There was also a new engine available so the car did not have the originally intended XPAG unit but was fitted with the BMC corporate B-Series type allowing a lower bonnet line.