MG TC Midget Roadster (1947) was the first post-war auto from Morgan's Garage. On the eve of the war, MG had offered the TB model auto which, with a few modifications was to become the first post-war MG, the TC Midget. The chassis of the new car was essentially the same as before, but the sliding trunnion spring mountings had been dispensed with in favor of more conventional rubber bush shackles. This had been forced on MG, as it was unable to obtain the raw materials necessary for the original mounts, this helped to simplify the maintenance procedure, but made little difference to the handling of the car.
MG engine is the now familiar twin-carburetor, 1250cc, pushrod, and OHV XPAG unit. The transmission was also the single-plate dry clutch and four-speed synchromesh unit as had been seen in the TB. The brakes were 9-inch hydraulic units and the wheels were the usual center-locking wires. The MG TC was offered in one body style only which was an open two-seater auto that was very similar in appearance to the MG TB model. All the old features were there including the humped scuttle with folding windshield, cutaway doors, swept front and rear wings, a slab-type fuel tank, and rear-mounted spare wheel. It was almost as if the intervening 5 years had never happened! Despite the fact that the car was so obviously dated, in terms of both mechanical specification and appearance, the MG TC Midget found a ready market. There were a number of reasons suggested for this a lack of other post-war cars, or the familiar design reminding people of the pre-war days, whatever the reason the Midgets success took MG somewhat by surprise.
Aware that the more cars they could export, the greater would be their allocation of raw materials, MG sought sales around the world and succeeded in generating a substantial demand for the car. So successful were they that, in the cars four-year production run (until 1949), some 10,000 TC's were built, a substantial number of which were shipped to the USA where they were to generate new enthusiasm for sports cars and motor sport. It is quite remarkable how a car that was basically a "stop-gap" should have enjoyed so much success, generating sales figures far beyond those experienced before the war.
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