Making MG Cars At Abingdon: Silent Documentary (1931)

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  • Опубликовано: 25 ноя 2024

Комментарии • 21

  • @dunmail7744
    @dunmail7744 Год назад +1

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

  • @tomdzamko
    @tomdzamko 10 лет назад +18

    Fantastic film footage of a classic sports car being made!

  • @Leylandman1
    @Leylandman1 9 лет назад +28

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

  • @cecilkimber1476
    @cecilkimber1476 7 месяцев назад +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.

  • @keithlevett9116
    @keithlevett9116 2 года назад +4

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

  • @iaidagger8278
    @iaidagger8278 10 месяцев назад +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!!😊😊

  • @tarteampion8039
    @tarteampion8039 2 года назад +1

    Bring me back to this old MGs time...

  • @robbell4339
    @robbell4339 10 месяцев назад +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…

  • @G1951-w1y
    @G1951-w1y 2 года назад +1

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

  • @bobdanis9040
    @bobdanis9040 2 года назад +2

    Everybody's got a tie on!

  • @donkerr7405
    @donkerr7405 10 лет назад +25

    They smoked even brand new.

  • @chonkershahn307
    @chonkershahn307 9 лет назад +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 года назад +3

      Lacquer paints are not lead base.

    • @JJZBULLITT109
      @JJZBULLITT109 Год назад +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.

  • @johnbossuyt848
    @johnbossuyt848 2 года назад +1

    Super

  • @mandsthetic
    @mandsthetic 7 месяцев назад +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 ?

  • @shannonwittman950
    @shannonwittman950 2 года назад +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 ...

  • @philhealey4443
    @philhealey4443 8 месяцев назад +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!😢

  • @peterwillis4583
    @peterwillis4583 7 месяцев назад +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.

  • @gatehanger1385
    @gatehanger1385 9 лет назад +12

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