MG: 14/28
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MG: 14/28 (1924-27) - 491 built
1802 cc, 4 cylinder, side valve, 3 speed gear box. 13.9 HP (RAC), Top speed 65 mph. 12 inch drum brakes with hand brake on all four wheels. Original price £350.
There were 491 of the 14/28 models built and now there are only 21 remaining.
1924 The MG 14/28 Super Sports car was launched and it was the second line of cars produced by MG. The first line of cars were 1,548cc Morris Oxfords fitted with a two-seater body supplied by Charles Raworth and Sons of Oxford and were built at first in small premises in Alfred Lane, Oxford moving in 1925 to a larger site shared with Morris Radiators. The badge on the front of the car still read Morris Oxford, MG badges were not to appear on the car's nose until 1928 but they did appear below the Morris badge on the honeycomb of the last of the 14-28 cars which had flat nose radiators.
1924 Cecil Kimber had rebodied a few Morris cars with coachwork to his own design and he started to advertise "our popular M.G. Saloon" built on the Morris 14/28 Bullnose radiator, Oxford chassis. The basic chassis was collected from the nearby Cowley factory and slightly modified and the engine mildly tuned. They were then fitted with attractive aluminium panelled bodies painted in two colours with in 1924/5 bolt-on artillery wheels with Ace discs
1925/6 Used bolt-on wire spoke wheels.
From late 1924 front wheel brakes were fitted. Suspension was by half-elliptic leaf springs at the front and three-quarter elliptics at the rear. The top speed was approximately 65 mph (105 km/h).
1926 A fabric-bodied saloon model was added to the range.
1926 Late in the year the car was updated dropping the distinctive Bullnose radiator in favour of a flat one and widening the chassis thus requiring a re-design of the body. H. N. Charles was employed by Kimber to do this and at the same time the basic chassis received improvements by Morris Garages to braking and suspension taking the MG car further away from its Morris roots. The revised car was heavier and the top speed dropped to around 60 mph (95 km/h). Other changes were half-elliptic springs at the rear and a Solex carburettor replacing the SU on the earlier car. The brakes received assistance from a mechanical servo.
The 14/28 was replaced by the very similar 14/40 in 1927, after approximately 400 had been built
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