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MG Magnette NA/NE - Time travel with six cylinders and supercharger

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Created on October 17, 2016

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Bruno von Rotz

Photos:

Daniel Reinhard

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Daniel Reinhard

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - klassische Rennwagenstatur mit langer Front und kurzem Heck

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - so standen sie am Start der Tourist Trophy des Jahres 1934, die sie siegreich beendeten

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - klassische Vorkriegs-Schönheit

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - den Kompressor sieht man von aussen nicht

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - über mangelnde Frischluft kann man sich nicht beklagen

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - wie einst Dobson an der TT

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - sportlicher kann man kaum fahren

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - der Tank sitzt hinten

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - fühlt sich bei 80 km/h besonders wohl

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - in rasanter Fahrt

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - die kleinen Dämpfer lassen erahnen, dass der Motor nicht leise klingt

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - die Auspuffanlage wird seitlich geführt

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - Federspeichenlenkrad und Drehzahl mit breitem roten Bereich

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - roter Bereich ab 5500 Umdrehungen

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - Vierganggetriebe, gegen versehentliches Einlegen des Rückwärtsgang gibt es eine Sicherung

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - das übliche H ist beim MG gedreht, der erste und dritte Gang sind hinten, der zweite und vierte vorne

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - der Kühler der Rennwagen entsprach den Serienfahrzeugen

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - der Kompressor wird über einen Riemen angetrieben

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - Sechszylinder mit Marshall-Kompressor

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - die Auslass-Seite des Reihensechszylinders

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - schöner Motorenbau

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - Kühlerverschluss

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - Tankverschluss

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MG Magnette NE (1934) - hier ertönt die Musik

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Brooklands 1934 - Wisdoms Standard K3 mit Nr 20 - daneben die Specials von Eyston und Horton

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MG K3 (1934) - Hervé K3 in voller Fahrt

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MG K3 (1934) - Hervé K3 beim Vue des Alpes von 1950

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MG K3 (1934) - 6 Zyl. K3 mit 1089ccm von 'Hervé'

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MG K3 (1935) - K3 in der Ausstellung

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MG Magnette N Type (1934) - das Fahrgestell der N-Serie

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MG Magnette N Type (1934) - als Zweisitzer

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MG Magnette N Type (1934) - als Zweisitzer

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MG Magnette N Type (1934) - zusammen mit MG PB - sportlich erfolgreich

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Summary

For the 1934 Tourist Trophy in Ards (Northern Ireland), MG built seven NE racing cars based on the Magnette NA. Because the regulations prohibited superchargers, the K3 models that had been successful the previous year could no longer be used. In just four months, a sports car with extremely high compression was created that was capable of winning. The experiment was a success and Dobson drove the MG NE to the finish line in first place. A test drive in the NE replica based on the NA gives us an idea of how he felt behind the wheel. This driving report tells the story of the MG NE and shows a NE replica based on the NA in many pictures and with sound samples.

This article contains the following chapters

Unbeatable MG
Ban on the supercharger for the TT in 1934
MG Magnette N-Series under the magnifying glass
From production car to racing car
Another victory
Almost like back then

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

They are small, delicate toggle switches, which we flip one after the other. First "Pump 1", the fuel pump starts ticking, then "Gen" and "Ign", which switches on the alternator and the ignition. And finally, the starter motor is set in motion with a small button. The six pistons in the engine in front of us begin to move, and music is played that Caruso could not have intoned better. We engage the first gear of the open splitter gearshift by pulling to the rear left. Then we release the clutch, which disengages very quickly, and seem to drive into a time tunnel. We have arrived in 1934, the year in which the MG NE was built seven times to win the Tourist Trophy.

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