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A number of 1600 De Luxe versions were produced with leftover special wheels and four-wheel disc brakes of the departed Twin-Cam, or using complete modified Twin-cam chassis left redundant by the discontinuance of that model. Seventy roadsters and 12 coupés were built. A 1600 open car was tested by The Motor in 1959. It had a top speed of 96.1 ...
MGA Twin-Cam mod. G. E. Mennie 882.242 2nd S2.0 Sports 4th 3 Fraser Jones / Fergusson Porsche 550 RS Spyder Team Porsche 877.897 3rd S2.0 Sports 5th 15 Wilson / Wilson Volvo Sport O. G. Wilson 875.322 1st T2.0 N.S.P.T.C. 6th 12 Pieterse / Lupini Alfa Romeo Giulietta Sprint Continental Cars 867.597 2nd T2.0 N.S.P.T.C. 7th 16 Boyden / Lupini
The 1.5 L (1,489 cc) version was first used in 1953 in the MG Magnette ZA in twin carburettor version and in 1954 in the Morris Oxford Series II and Austin Cambridge. [8] In 1957, it was used in the original MGA. Output in twin carburettor form was 68–72 bhp (51–54 kW) and 55 bhp (41 kW) with a single carburettor.
The MGA runs deep in my family, and that's why this 1959 MGA 1500, currently for sale on Bring a Trailer—which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos—caught my eye. Some of my earliest ...
The 1959 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 27th 24 Hours of Le Mans, Grand Prix of Endurance, ... MG A Twin Cam: BMC 1588cc S4 185 Gearbox (21hr) DNF S2.0 31 Porsche KG:
In 1952, Palmer was made chief engineer of the British Motor Corporation (BMC), [4] where he oversaw the design and launch of the Riley Pathfinder and Wolseley 6/90, also being involved in the design of the MGA Twin-cam engine.
The "Roaring Raindrop" [6] had a 91-cubic-inch (1.5 L) supercharged MGA twin cam engine, using 86% methanol with nitrobenzene, acetone, and diethyl ether, for an output of 290 HP. In 1959 Hill attained 257 mph in this car, breaking the previous record of Stirling Moss in the same car, 246 mph. [ citation needed ] Hill appeared as himself on the ...
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