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Don Hayter's MGB Story
Don Hayter
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Description for Don Hayter's MGB Story
Paperback. The story of MG Design & Development department, by MG's Chief Engineer, Don Hayter, this book covers models and prototypes from 1956 to the close of the factory in 1980. Featuring behind the scenes anecdotes and personal accounts of Competitions Rally support, it includes many previously unpublished pictures from MG Design & Development. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: KNDR; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 208 x 9. Weight in Grams: 312.
This is the inside story of the workings of the MG Design and Development Office in Abingdon, from 1956 until MG's closure in 1980, as told by Chief Design & Development Engineer, Don Hayter. This book explains how the various models were conceived, drawn, planned and developed by a small team of engineers. It also shows how the constant evolution of BMC, including the Triumph-Austin merger, frequently changed input to, and control of, the department. Safety legislation, mainly imposed by the United States, could have killed MG, but detailed here ... Read more
This is the inside story of the workings of the MG Design and Development Office in Abingdon, from 1956 until MG's closure in 1980, as told by Chief Design & Development Engineer, Don Hayter. This book explains how the various models were conceived, drawn, planned and developed by a small team of engineers. It also shows how the constant evolution of BMC, including the Triumph-Austin merger, frequently changed input to, and control of, the department. Safety legislation, mainly imposed by the United States, could have killed MG, but detailed here ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Veloce Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
312g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845844608
SKU
V9781845844608
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Ref
99-15
About Don Hayter
Don Hayter was educated at Abingdon School, winning a Bennett Scholarship to Pembroke College. With the outbreak of WW2, he decided to take an apprenticeship in aircraft design at the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley, and attending Oxford Technical College, where he attained a Higher National Certificate in Metallurgy and Engineering. ... Read more
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