Magnette articles |
| Below you find some articles about our beloved Magnettes
from various magazines. All articles are reproduced by kind permission of
the publishers. You need the freeware Acrobat Reader to read the pdf-files,
which can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. Click on images to open the pdf-files in a new window |
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Automobil Engineer |
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Autocar 16th Oktober 1953 "Aristocrats" The very first article |
Road & Track (USA) December 1954 Profile |
Automobil Engineer May 1954 Very detailed technical article |
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Trials HOBBIES for young man, USA Photo Road Test July 1954 |
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Modern Motor (Australia) September 1954 "New MG Saloon" Profile |
Motoring
Illustrated London Earls Court 20 - 30 October 1954 This was the Nuffield handout at the Motor Show |
Mechanix
Illustrated, USA Oct. 1954 Road test |
Motor
Trrader Service Data No. 223 12. Jan. 1955 |
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Autocar 15.04.1955 |
.Motor (Australia) 21 August 1957 Road Test |
Autocar 22.11.57 High speed, low revolutions ( Lacock-de Normaville overdrive).. |
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Practical Motorist May 1962 The H.R.G. - Derrington cross-flow head |
T. &
Classic Cars September 1977 "Palmer" Story about G.Palmer |
Classic &
Sports Car January 1983 Z Cars Buyers Guide |
MG Enthusiast Dec.83/Jan.84 "Majestic Magnettes" Profile |
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Practical Classics April 1984 "Bying a Z series Magnette" Buyers Guide |
Enjoying MG |
Labour of Love For John Monkman |
Enjoying MG 09/1986 |
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Restored Cars Australian magazine No. 68, 1986 |
Enjoying MG November 1987 "Blue Peter MG Magnette" |
Enjoying MG March 1988 "Thirty years on" |
Classic Cars March 1989 "Magnette recovery" Restoration report |
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From the MGOC yearbook late 80's |
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OLDTIMER MARKT October 1989 "Wahlverwandtschaft" M.G. Maqnette & Wolseley 4/44 & 15/50 |
Unknown Author "The last MG saloon built at Abingdon works" |
Enjoying
MG 1980 |
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Popular Classics March 1990 "Style Counsellor" about Gerald Palmer |
Practical Classics Jan. 1991 "Fifties Fun" Buying, owing & running Jowett Javelin and Magnette |
Classic &
Sports Car Feb.1991 "Under the weather" Small article about a restoration |
Popular Classics Februar 1991 "MG Magnette" Profile by D. Anders Clausager incl. Buyers Guide |
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Popular Classics June 1991 "Blood brothers" Buyers Guide Magnette & Wolseley |
Popular Classics November 1992 "Preservation order" Story about a Magnette that was rallied during the 70's |
Practical Classics August 1993 Magnettic Attraction" Report about a 4 years restoration |
Classic &
Sports Car April.1995 "In at the deep end" Historiv rallying in a Magnette |
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Popular Classics Nov. 1994 "Myth or Magic?" Story of 15 years ownership |
Practical Classics May 1995 "MG Z-type magnettes" Buyers Guide, Profile |
Popular Classics September 1995 "Magnetic Attraction" Reestoration article |
MG magazine (US) 1995 |
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Restored Cars Australia 05/1996 |
Practical Classics Sept. 1997 "Magnettic Attractions" Modifying using 1800s engine, bake servo... |
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Klassik (Germany) Juni 1999 "Breitensport" Buyers Guide, Road Test |
English translation of the Geman article |
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MG Enthusiast from ?? "ZA Magnette" Profile |
Newspaper article date unknown |
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MG World June/July 2000 "Magnettic attraction" Buyers Guide |
The Automobile September 2000 "Magnettic Attraction" Profile |
Classic & Sports
car Otober 2000 "Grace but no heirs" Visit to varios owners & dealers |
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British Car (Netherlands) Oktober 2001 "Bommelmobil" Wolseley 4/44 and Magnette (in Dutch) |
Practical Classics November 2001 "Grand day out" MG ZB - ZT Road test of five generationsof MG saloons |
Collectible Automobile (USA) October 2002 "Adding Attraction" Profile |
Dutch magazine "British Car" September 2002 Contains small article about Z-Magnette-Day |
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Practical Classics Spring 2003 "MG Magnette" Buyers Guide |
MG World March 2003 "Powerful Magnette" Report of a supercharged Z |
Australian Classic Car Mai 2003 "MGs Golden Glory" Profile |
Classic & Motorsports May 2005 |
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Australian Classic Car 03/2006 |
MG Enthusiast 09/2006 Survival Guide |
Ibiza NOW March 2007 nice Restoration article |
Classic Cars for sale November 2007 Buyers Guide |
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North America |
MG Enthusiast 11/2008
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North American Classic MG
Magazine www.classicmgmagazine. Report Paris-Peking Rally 36/2009 |
Safety Fast! 04/2009 Magnetic Attraction A ride around Clifton Hampden |
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Classic & Exotic Cars 04/2009 |
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