Bouncing along a country lane, upright wheel close to your chest, hair assaulted by the wind and with a couple of curvaceous wing-tops to aim at every apex. This could only be a traditional British sports car.
But wait, what’s that distinctive chatter coming from under the bonnet, the lively rasp from the exhaust that has replaced the familiar pushrod drone? And just check out the rev counter: it’s the familiar white-on-black Jaeger job, but keep accelerating and the needle will pass 7000rpm before it hits the redline. It’s a British roadster, Jim, but not as we know it.
The ’50s and ’60s were a time of dramatic change for MG. With the A it abandoned the upright grille and embraced the new fashion of curvaceous, all-enveloping bodywork. With the Twin Cam came an exotic engine and the B brought monocoque construction to Abingdon.