First published in Moss Motoring 1983
From its launch date in September 1955 until its demise in July of 1962, 101,081 MGA’s of all types were built. Of these, U.S. exports accounted for 81,153 in the following versions: 48,431 “1500’s” (production dates August 1955 – May 1959); 1,035 “Twin Cams” (September 1958 – June 1960); 25,219 “1600’s (May 1959 – April 1961); and 6,468 “MK II’s” (April 1961 –
From Moss Motoring 1984 Submitted by Judy Rohlfing Tulsa, OK A few months after I’d received my driver’s license, in 1965, my parents surprised me with a ’57 MGA. To a sixteen-year-old girl, this was perfect car in every way, from its wire wheels up to its convertible top. I wanted it painted canary yellow…
From Moss Motoring 1984 Submitted by David E. Harris Pasadena, CA You’ve been putting it off, but now you’re going to have to do it- rebuild your MGA Roadster’s transmission. You run to your Factory Workshop Manual and scream in horror as it tells you that you must pull both the engine and the transmission…
Ruth and Len Renkenberger recently resigned their positions with the North American MGA Register. Along with Mac Spears and John Wright, Ruth and Len established the Register in July of 1975. At that time, Len took over editing the newsletter and Ruth was secretary/treasurer. The first issues of the NAMGAR newsletter were printed in Len’s…
From Moss Motoring Fall 1998 Maggie Mae is on the road again. After nine years of storage, Maggie, a 1957 MGA, is back where she belongs. Rousing her from her slumber and putting her back on the road proved to be almost effortless, thanks in part to a little care and forethought taken when I…
In the last issue of “Moss Motoring News” (Vol.5 No.4) an article titled “The English Connection” caught my eye and caused me to reconsider a possible MGA restoration project. The sentence that did it was the simple statement “The line of products they already carry is complete enough to construct a brand new MGA body…
Moss Motoring Fall 1988 One of the advantages of being “in the business” is the occasional bit of information which floats my way. While I was in England, our manager at Moss Spares commented that he knew the whereabouts of SRX 210 and asked if I would be interested in taking a look. I’m not…
Perhaps the most annoying source of oil leaks in older British sports car engines is the mechanical oil slinger/seal arrangement designed as the primary rear crankshaft seal. The theory of this archimedes-principle seal, is that the spiral grooves at the back of the crank fit with only a slight clearance to the stationary upper and lower…
With one car up for sale in the U.S.—an MG—I was scanning the ads in Hong Kong to find a replacement. A 1950 MG TD in running condition was advertised, with holes in fenders, rusted running boards, ripped top and a transmission that acted as if it were a machine gun in the not so…
“Pull Cable” Makes Life Easier Bob Muenchausen Boise, ID (“Why didn’t I think of that?”…might be your reaction to this common sense idea! —Ed) When replacing the choke cable or any loose hose or wire that is threaded through some maze of mechanical/electrical clutter, an easy way to rethread the new piece through is to…
