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MG Midget TF - small sports two-seater of the old English school (ZQ)

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Created on August 4, 1954

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AR-Tester

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - this picture was reworked in 1954, it shows the car from diagonally in front with closed roof and side windows

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - with windshield down - vehicle cropped for newspaper printing

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - silhouette of the test car equipped with wire wheels

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - photo retouched in 1954, showing the car from the diagonal rear with side windows fitted but without roof

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Engine compartment

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - rear view

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interior

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - front view

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - View of the pleasing car from the front

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - view from diagonally behind, roof mounted, side windows not fitted

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - view from diagonally behind, side windows fitted

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - view from diagonally behind

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - ready for a downpour, everything closed

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - roof closed, side windows fitted

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Roof closed, windows not fitted

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - the fully opened car

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - View of the engine compartment from the left

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - hood open on the right - two SU carburettors

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - View of the engine compartment from the right

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Left hood open

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - windshield top, otherwise open

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Doors open to the rear

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Pedestrian perspective - View into the car

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - closed roof and windows, seen from diagonally behind

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - rear view with closed side windows

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - rear view, windshield folded down

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interior of the right-hand drive Wagnes

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interior with glove compartment left and right

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - steering wheel and dashboard - clocks are centrally located

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Steering wheel and dashboard

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - with closed roof without side windows

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - seen from the right with the windshield down

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - with windshield down

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - side view with closed roof and side windows

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - photo of the car from the front, reworked for newspaper printing

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - photo reworked in 1954 with side windows fitted, but without roof

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Radiator grille and headlights

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Silhouette des mit Speichenrädern ausgerüsteteten Testwagens

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - im Jahre 1954 nachbearbeitetes Foto, das den Wagen von schräg hinten mit montierten Seitenscheiben aber ohne Dach zeigt

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Motorraum

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Heckansicht

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interieur

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Vorderansicht

Summary

In 1954, the AR team tested the MG TF, the successor to the TD. This test is interesting not only because of the fact-based comparisons with the MG TD tested 3.5 years earlier, but also because of the 34 photos taken during the test drives. This test is therefore probably the best documented in photographic terms of the 1950s. Incidentally, the AR testers were positively impressed by the gnarled Englishman and even attributed educational potential to it.

This article contains the following chapters

New version of an old body shape
Sports engine and drill gearbox
Spirited handling
Test results
Data for maintenance

Estimated reading time: 13min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The MG TF is a small sports two-seater of the old English school in its latest form. It is more spirited, faster and again has a stiffer suspension than its predecessor. The MG Midget "TF", which appeared last autumn as the latest offspring of MG Car Co. Ltd., part of the large English Nuffield Group, is, like all its predecessors, a typical product of this factory, which for almost 30 years has sought with perseverance and enthusiasm to realize the dreams of young car sports enthusiasts not yet blessed with great possessions, The MG, with its two-seater roadster body with sharp-edged contours, cut-out doors and typical radiator shape, the basic features of which have remained almost unchanged for many years, has become the epitome of the popular sports car for young and old alike thanks to its widespread distribution throughout the world.

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Silhouette des mit Speichenrädern ausgerüsteteten Testwagens

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - im Jahre 1954 nachbearbeitetes Foto, das den Wagen von schräg hinten mit montierten Seitenscheiben aber ohne Dach zeigt

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Motorraum

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Heckansicht

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interieur

MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Vorderansicht

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