MG Midget M Type
Car : MG Midget M Type
Year : 1930
Engine : 4 cylinders in line
Bore and stroke : 57×83 mm
Cylinder capacity : 847 cc
Gears : 4 forward
Brake horse power : 20
Maximum speed : 64 mph
Wheelbase : 6 ft 6 ins (1.98 m)
Suspension : front and back: semi-elliptic leaf- springs
MG was the creation of William Richard Morris (the founder of the company of that name) and Cecil Kimber (the managing-director of the Oxford Morris Garages Ltd). The letters MG stand for Morris Garages. Kimber’s idea was to produce low-cost sports cars using, as far as possible, standard production components and publicized by racing.
Everything began simply at first; Kimber realized that it would be worthwhile making certain modifications to the bodywork of some models. To begin with these were more aesthetic than mechanical. The thought of starting a new company was far from Kimber’s mind, but things developed almost of their own accord. By 1927 the Morris Garage had become too small, and Kimber moved to the outskirts of Oxford, and later to Abingdon. At the London Motor Show of 1928 substantially new models were introduced–new in that, though they were Morris cars, they had been modified both aesthetically had mechanically. One of these, derived from the Minor, was the Midget M Type. It was the first of a lucky series. In a supercharged version, but with its reduced engine (750 cc) to qualify it for the class, the Midget was the first car of that cylinder capacity to top 100 mph.

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