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what each book contains
along with number of pages, dimensions, and author info and chapter contents.
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Book Part Number: |
B-83 |
Title: |
MG by McComb | ||||
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Author: |
F. Wilson McComb, Revised Edition Edited by Jonathan Wood | ||||||
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Book Dimensions: |
8"x 10" |
# Pages: |
376 |
Cover: |
Hard/Soft |
Text/Pictures: |
B/W, Color |
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| Intro/Foreword |
Foreword to 1998 edition by Jonathan Wood, Foreword to 1978 edition by Jean Cook (ne้ Kimber) - (p6-15) |
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Chapter 1: |
Cecil Kimber (1888-1945) - (p16-32) | ||||||
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Chapter 2: |
Bullnose days (1922-1926) - (p33-52) | ||||||
| Chapter 3: | Adolescence (1927-1929) - (p53-71) | ||||||
| Chapter 4: | Road and track (1930-1935) - (p72-123) | ||||||
| Chapter 5: | Business is business (1935-1945) - (p124-150) | ||||||
| Chapter 6: | Post-war expansion (1945-1954) - (p151-173) | ||||||
| Chapter 7: | Modern idiom (1955-1962) - (p174-194) | ||||||
| Chapter 8: | Half-a-million M.G.'s (1962-1972) - (p195-227) | ||||||
| Chapter 9: | The valley of the shadow (1972-1980) - (p228-258) | ||||||
| Chapter 10: | Rebirth (1982-1984) - (p259-278) | ||||||
| Chapter 11: | Back to the future: MG RV8 (1985-1995) - (p279-298) | ||||||
| Chapter 12: | Safety Faster: MGF (1982 to date) - (p299-333) | ||||||
| Appendix 1: | Specifications of all M.G. models - (p352-364) | ||||||
| Appendix 2: | Competition successes, 1925-1968 - (p365-368) | ||||||
| Appendix 3: | International Class Records, 1930-1959 - (p369-370) | ||||||
| Appendix 4: | Production
and export figures - (p371-373) (1923-1939), (1945-1980) |
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| Author details: | F. Wilson McComb had unrivalled qualifications to write the MG story. He described himself as a "full-time sports car enthusiast", and for more than thirty years he was at the forefront of automotive journalism. He worked for over a decade at the MG Car Company Limited and knew the "Abingdon atmosphere" as an insider at the Oxfordshire factory where the cars were build and dispatched worldwide. At MG, he started and edited the company's magazine 'Safety Fast'. He was also General Secretary of the international MG Car Club and the founder of the MGCC Vintage Register. F. Wilson McComb died in 1989. | ||||||
| Publisher details: | Osprey Publishings Limited, 3rd Edition 1998 | ||||||