14/28 | Gettin' A Li'l Psycho On Tyres

Built on January 8th 1925 today’s MG 14/28 Super Sports, seen here at the recent Brooklands Double 12 meeting is the oldest known survivor of the MG Marque.

The very first 14/28 Super Sports were built to enhance the image of the Morris Bullnose at Morris Garages, from which the marque would eventually take it’s initials in 1928, at Alfred Lane, Oxford.

When production started in 1924 Morris supplied Oxford “Bull Nose” chassis, the engines were mildly tuned at Morris Garages and fitted with aluminium bodies.

These aluminium bodies were finished with two tone paint schemes.

Many early MG’s featured these ventilation ducts which featured an octagonal inlet on later models.

Like wise the instruments would be set in octagonal recesses on many later models.

In 1926 the Super Sport would be offered with a fabric body option when the distinctive Morris Bullnose radiator was replaced by a flat one.

This particular car was converted into a hay mower during the Second World War and was discovered in a dilapidated condition in 1990 by the present owner.

The 14/28 which cost £395 when new and was capable of 65 mph was replaced by the MG 14/40 also built on a Morris chassis with a tuned Morris motor in 1928.

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The history of the foundation of MG cars as a manufacturer is closely linked to the development of a vehicle, by Cecil Kimber of Morris dealer Morris Garages in 1923, based on a 14/28 Morris Oxford chassis purchased directly from the Morris Factory. In 1927 Morris Garages started registering their cars for the road with the local council as MG’s advertising one such car as being based on the ‘Imshi chassis’. Imshi, Arabic for ‘get a move on’, refers to a news paper journalists six month expedition through Europe and North Africa in a 14/28 Morris Oxford.

MG badges did not appear on the cars with MG bodies and modifications to Morris chassis and motors until 1928 and the blue radiator badge on the 1927 14/28 seen here bears the ‘Morris Oxford’ name. The car, seen here at the Bristol Classic Car Show, belonging to an Early MG Society member, is one of just 10 of the later 290 flat radiator 14/28’s built, the original 14/28 maintained the bull nose radiator from the original 14/28 Morris Oxford chassis.

This car was found in 1989 and the current owner acquired it in 1996 and since proceeded with a restoration to bring the 65 mph car, which cost £350 new, to it’s current condition.

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