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MG TF - the last of the Mohicans from Abingdon

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Created on December 1, 2011

Reading time 7min

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Bruno von Rotz

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MG TF (1954) - lange Motorhaube, tief geschnittene Türen, typische Vorkriegs-Roadster-Form

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MG TF (1954) - das Gepäck musste weitgehend auf dem Heckgepäckträger transportiert werden, im Innern hat es nur Platz für Verdeck und Seitenscheiben

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MG TF (1954) - ausnehmend hübscher Nachkriegs-Roadster mit nostalgischen Zügen

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MG TF (1954) - hübsches Gesicht, er scheint zu lächeln

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MG TF (1954) - die Scheinwerfer sind im Gegensatz zum Vorgänger TD in die Kotflügel integriert

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MG TF (1954) - für die Fahrgäste steht nur ein kurzer Bereich der an sich schon knappen Karosserie zur Verfügung

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MG TF (1954) - wirkt etwas gestrecker als seine Vorgänger

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MG TF (1954) - das MG-Zeichen stolz auf dem Kühler tragend

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MG TF (1954) - Entlüftungsschlitze auf den Motorhauben-Deckeln

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MG TF (1954) - die Türen öffnen nach hinten, Einzelsitze im TF

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MG TF (1954) - der Blick über die eindrucksvolle Motorhaube

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MG TF (1954) - betörend offen

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MG TF (1954) - Armaturen im Zentrum, auch der Beifahrer darf mitschauen

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MG TF (1954) - Vollständige Instrumentierung, die Wirkung der Knöpfe muss ein Uneingeweihter teilweise erraten

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MG TF (1954) - Handschuhfach und Handgriff auf der Beifahrerseite

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MG TF (1954) - die Brooklands-Scheiben wurden nachgerüstet

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MG TF (1954) - kleine Rückleuchten

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MG TF (1954) - der XPAG-Motor mit 1'250 cm3

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MG TF (1954) - Tank und Reserverad aussenliegend montiert, Gepäckbrücke war ein Zubehörteil

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MG TF (1964) - Peter Kraus vor einigen Jahren der Besitzer dieses hübschen Engländers

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MG TF (1954) - Illustration in einem Verkaufsprospekt

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MG TF (1954) - Ausschnitt aus einem Verkaufsprospekt von 1954

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MG TF (1954) - Farbpalette 1954

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MG TF (1954) - ein Linkslenker mit Scheibenrädern, Speichenräder kosteten Aufpreis

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MG TF (1954) - Der Vorgänger des MG A für 'harte' Männer

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MG TF (1953) - Innenraum und Armaturenbrett

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MG TF (1953) - Geöffnete Beifahrertüre bei einem Rechtslenker

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MG TF (1953) - der Blick auf den XPAG-Motor mit zwei SU-Vergasern

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

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Ansicht von schräg hinten, Dach montiert, Seitenscheiben nicht aufgesetzt

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Vorderansicht

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Heckansicht, Frontscheibe heruntergeklappt

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - geschlossenes Dach und Fenster, von schräg hinten gesehen

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Interieur

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Heckansicht

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Einblick in den Motorraum von rechts

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MG Midget Series TF (1954) - Einblick in den Motorraum von links

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MG TF am 3. Dolder Classics 2011

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Impressionen von der Auktion der Oldtimer Galerie Toffen vom 26. November 2011 - Der Kühler eines MG TF

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Summary

The MG TF is the last evolutionary stage of the famous T-series, which began before the world war and ended with the TF in 1955. The TF was not only more powerful than its predecessors, it is also rarer than its two post-war colleagues, the TC and TD. This report goes back to its history and describes driving impressions. It is supplemented by many pictures, original brochures and technical data.

This article contains the following chapters

The last of a long tradition
Technically proven features slightly refreshed
A pleasure to drive
Favorable educational influence on the driver
More displacement and power in 1954
Pre-war nostalgia at the steering wheel
Pretty and very, very open
With photo by Peter Kraus
The rarest post-war MG-T model
Further information

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In the film "The Avenger", based on a novel by Edgar Wallace, Heinz Drache, alias detective Michael Brixan, drives an MG TF to give the English crime thriller a credible automotive identity. It was probably no coincidence that the small sports car from Abingdon was chosen. With its free-standing fenders, which signaled pre-war nostalgia, and its beguiling openness, it was well suited to the filming of an exciting English crime story. If you trace back the MG TF (also known as the MG Midget TF), you quickly end up in the 1930s and the MG TA, the beginning of the T-series. But even the TA was already descended from a similar predecessor called the MG PB. In contrast to the newly introduced TA of 1936, the PB still had an elaborate engine with an overhead camshaft, which had to make way for a simpler OHV design in the TA for reasons of rationalization and cost. Although many MG customers did not like this, 3003 TAs were built between 1936 and 1939, only to be replaced by the TB just before the war, although only 379 were built. This had a modified 1,250 cm3 engine, called the XPAG, which could be boosted to over 100 hp using superchargers and other tuning methods. The church was back in the village.

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