{"id":459227,"date":"2000-04-01T20:00:59","date_gmt":"2000-04-02T04:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=125101"},"modified":"2024-10-02T03:37:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:37:16","slug":"sixty-six-and-still-flying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/sixty-six-and-still-flying\/","title":{"rendered":"MG-N Monoposto – Sixty-Six and Still Flying!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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MG-N Monoposto<\/h1>\n

Back in late 1934, a rather proud and reasonably affluent father decided his son should have something special for his 21st birthday, and that something special was a six-month-old N-Type MG Magnette in stylish two-tone blue with blue upholstery. This car had had one lady owner in its short life and was sitting in a Shrewsbury, England, salesroom.<\/p>\n

So with his new birthday present, young John Dugdale, who was just about to launch his career as a motoring scribe by joining The Autocar, also started his participation in motorsport, using the 6-cylinder MG for reliability trials, as well as two- and four-car sprints on part of the Brooklands circuit \u2013 the true home of British motor racing. The Magnette was seen as a pretty classy little sports car in its day, with a flexible 1271cc overhead camshaft engine with large twin SU carburetors, a sophisticated remote control for the 4-speed gearbox, and knock-off wire wheels. It wasn\u2019t a lightweight machine by any standards, but featured good handling and was a very civilized road car, which had sporting applications.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n