Making MG Cars At Abingdon: Silent Documentary (1931)

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  • @dunmail7744
    @dunmail7744 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I like the "no scrub" front wheel alignment. That's the correct way to do it.

  • @Leylandman1
    @Leylandman1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I'm still driving my 1978 MG Midget. That I bought brand new, from British Motors of Sacramento.

  • @cecilkimber1476
    @cecilkimber1476 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Many of the cars featured in this film are D-Types, the rarest MG road car. They used the same body as the F Magna the couple is picking up, but with a 4 cylinder overhead cam motor instead of the straight 6 OHC found in the Magna.

  • @tomdzamko
    @tomdzamko 10 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Fantastic film footage of a classic sports car being made!

  • @iaidagger8278
    @iaidagger8278 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    When my father was in the Argentine Embassy in Brazil he bought directamente from England a red colour MG TC 1947 this eas an AWESOME sports car!!😊😊😊❤❤ever sinceramente l love the MGs in special the MGA Model!!😊😊😊Greetings from Argentina!!,very nice video!!😊😊

  • @keithlevett9116
    @keithlevett9116 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    My first car was a 1932 M G f type magna i learnt all about cars from it happy times

  • @tarteampion8039
    @tarteampion8039 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bring me back to this old MGs time...

  • @robbell4339
    @robbell4339 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Fascinating to watch this - surprised that mating gearbox to the engine is essentially what I would be doing in the home garage! Labour must have been cheap back then…

  • @chonkershahn307
    @chonkershahn307 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Life was so cheap back then! Spray painting highly concentrated, lead based paint, with no protection what so ever. You could tell what colours were used, a day's end, by the guys coughing their guts up.

    • @benjurqunov
      @benjurqunov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lacquer paints are not lead base.

    • @JJZBULLITT109
      @JJZBULLITT109 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@benjurqunov He's probably the same know it all who will tell you of "lead fumes" from body solder. Funny how guys who have never restored a car with original materials know so much that isn't so.

  • @G1951-w1y
    @G1951-w1y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MG, not the most reliable vehicle but what fun to drive!

  • @donkerr7405
    @donkerr7405 10 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    They smoked even brand new.

  • @bobdanis9040
    @bobdanis9040 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Everybody's got a tie on!

  • @mandsthetic
    @mandsthetic 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Hi I'm Mandy, I am currently working on a project of MG's celebration of the 100 Anniversary, where did you get the source of this video? Is this video copyrighted? Is it possible that we use your video ?

  • @philhealey4443
    @philhealey4443 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The chassis welding fumes presumably meant the pension pot for welders was rarely touched..closely followed by the paint sprayers, who rarely needed Brylcreem and the speedometer calibration team who had regular haircuts, if they knew what was good for them. No wonder the Nuffield Foundation decided to support healthcare!😢

  • @gatehanger1385
    @gatehanger1385 9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Incredibly crude production methods - even for back then! Overalls filthy - not exactly lean production :-)

  • @shannonwittman950
    @shannonwittman950 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I was perfectly okay with everything going on in all areas of the factory -- no doubt these amounted to great jobs in that era -- until I got to the guys spraying paint, not even wearing masks ...

  • @johnbossuyt848
    @johnbossuyt848 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Super

  • @peterwillis4583
    @peterwillis4583 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    A wonderful film! ALL the workers are wearing shirt and tie and it doesn't seem that they have dressed up for the filming. One horror: Spray painting in clouds of paint with no protective gear whatever. Not even masks.