Papers of the MG Car Company Ltd. 1930-1958

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Papers of the MG Car Company Ltd. 1930-1958

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Messrs Herbert and Gowers and Company

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MG Car Company Ltd.

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The MG Car Company Ltd. was established in 1930 as a privately owned company by W. R. Morris, to take over the business of making and selling MG cars from The Morris Garages Ltd. of Oxford. The managing director from 1930 to 1941 was Cecil Kimber. The new company was installed in a factory at Abingdon-on-Thames acquired for this purpose (previously, MG cars had been made at different locations in Oxford). In 1935, MG was sold by Morris to Morris Motors Limited, and at this time MG's...