September 2018
is described and compared with its
predecessor the P-Type. He elaborates
on the slow fuse between Lord Nuffield
and Leonard Lord, the War activities, as
well as the demise of MG’s founder,
Cecil Kimber.
Chapter 4 is a “Matter of Survival”.
While the UK may have been victors
after the War in many ways they were
“worse off than the nations that she had
defeated.” The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer issued a mandate of “export or
die”. The first TCs to hit US soil oc-
curred in late 1947 and 2001 of them
made an impression on their American
owners and it was one that would last
for many decades.
the USA and other influential markets
such as South Africa and Australia.
There are a couple of wonderful photos
of a young Phil Hill behind the wheel of
a TC and Al Moss admiring a TC in
1948 who went on to establish Moss
Motors.
Sadly, he doesn’t progress to our be-
loved MGC which is not surprising if I
read the title again. It’s a wonderfully
informative book that looks at T-Types
through US eyes.
Remember ladies and gentlemen keep
‘em tuned,
Rich
“Raising the Stakes” in
chapter 5, is about mod-
ernising the anachronistic
TC. “It was clear that the
TD had been created
with Americans in mind.”
In a single stroke the de-
valuation of the Pound
Sterling reduced the cost
of the TD in the US to
$1,850, compared to
$2,395 for the TC.
In the next chapter
“Holding the Line” tells
how MG continued the T-
Types with the TF while
other
manufacturers
modernise.
“... at the
1953 London Motor
Show ... one journalist
calling it ‘a TD that’s
been kicked in the face’.”
And of course the TF
1500 was all about
“buying time” until the
release of the MGA.
The last chapter, the
“Epilogue”, sums up the
impact of the T-Types in
9