Mg''s Abingdon Factory

This book is a pictorial study of the workers who built the legendary MG motor car. The workforce was a mixture of skilled people coming from depressed areas of the UK and MG car workers.

 

About the author

Brian Moylan started working for MG in 1950 as a mechanic in the service/repair shop. In 1955 he was drafted in to the Racing Department, which was the center for all BMC competition work. During his time there he was fortunate enough to work on several rally winning Minis including the 1967 Monte Carlo Rally winner. Just before the factory closed in 1980 Moylan was offered the position of manager of a small satellite Morris Garages outlet. He has always been involved in the MG Car Club, serving on the committee of the local Centre in various capacities. Since his retirement he has started giving slide shows on MG history and  writing articles for the leading Classic Car magazines, plus three books on MG and rally connected subjects. Moylan also works closely with the Abingdon Museum setting up MG Exhibitions.

Summary

Back in print! The MG workforce was a mixture of skilled people coming from depressed areas of the UK, together with the few MG car workers who moved from Oxford to Abingdon. With over 160 photos depicting factory life, car building and the war effort, this is a fascinating story.

Product details

• Authors: Brian Moylan, Moylan Brian
• Publisher: Veloce publishing plc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.03.2017
• EAN: 9781787111158
• ISBN: 978-1-78711-115-8
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: Those Were the Days
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > Car, motorcycle, moped; Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; TRANSPORTATION / Automotive / General, Oxfordshire, PHOTOGRAPHY / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Automobile Industry, Motor cars: general interest, Photographs: collections, Road vehicle manufacturing industry, Vehicle and transport manufacturing industries