Members only section
This paragraph contains content for members only. Here you are able to view content which is not placed else on my web page. It is my personal view about British motoring. Also you will find content related to British history or British stuff. I hope you will enjoy this members section.MG 8/33 Midget brochure 1933
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of MG
MG Magna L-type brochure 1933
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of MG
MG Magnette K-Series brochure 1933
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of MG
MG Continental Coupe 1934 brochure 1934
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of MG
MG two litre brochure 1936
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of MG
Jaguar SS & MK IV brochure 1938
Nice historic pre war car and brochure of Jaguar
MG Midget MK V brochure 1978.
For those who look for adventure and sporty life style.
MG Magnette brochure 1953
MG Magnette brochure 1955
MG Magnette brochure 1955
Austin Healey 100-SIX 1959
Austin Healey 100-SIX 1959
Austin Healey 3000 1960
Austin Healey 3000 MK II 1961
Austin Healey 3000 1961
Austin Healey 3000 MK III 1964
The brochures tell much about the life style at the time the cars were produced.
MG B brochure for the USA 1970
The woman seems to be as important as is the car
MG B GT brochure for the USA 1970
A young sporty couple in presenting the MG B
MG B brochure UK 1971
A young sporty couple presenting the MG B
The lady is also allowed to take the steering wheel now.
MG B brochure for the 1972
A young sporty couple presenting the MG B
MG Midget MK IV brochure 1969 USA.
A young sporty couple presenting the MG Midget
MG Midget MK IV brochure 1970.
A young sporty couple presenting the MG Midget.
MG Midget MK IV brochure 1972.
The lady is also allowed to take the steering wheel now.
MG Midget MK IV brochure 1974.
A young sporty couple presenting the MG Midget
MG Midget MK V brochure 1978. (8 pages USA)
A young sporty couple presenting the MG Midget
Triumph TR7 1978 (16 pages)
A young and nice looking lady presenting the Triumph TR7
MG ZR ZS Atomix brochure 2002 (8 pages)
Exiting ladies present an exiting car.
MG TF brochure 2002 (40 Pages)
Even in 2002 young and sporty people are the profile of the potential buyers.
Jaguar XK brochure 2007
Even in 2007 young and sporty couples are presenting the car to potential buyers.
Triumph engines reliable or not ?
a previous colleague of mine was watching my web site some time ago. He came with a comment which I have investigated further. He asked if the Triumph cars were so unreliable that the engine bonnet was open already in the Triumph brochures. This was something he noticed.
If you have a look at the following pictures taken from Triumph car sales brochures, you might indeed wonder why the engine bonnets are opened so often. Is it because of non-reliability of the cars, or are the bonnets open just to have a look at the fine art of British motoring.
Would the answer not differ if you ask a Triumph enthusiast or someone who has nothing with British cars. It is the combination with the people around the car watching the engine, which makes it doubtful.
What about the people looking at this Stag V8 engine? Even the French police is having a critical look at it. For what reason? Look at the man with gray hair, who has even a cigarette pointing to the Triumph engine. I hope this Triumph V8 has a vapour lock device.
Also the picture below will give two explanations. Is the police having a look at some nice Triumph engineering, or did the engine fail. The answer depends if you would ask a Triumph enthusiast or someone without interest in British motoring.
And then this picture. I wonder what this lady is looking for? May be she is looking for her clothes only?
The story of Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner
On my web page you will find some adverts
and brochures about Goldie Garder, an amazing MG racing car driver. I wanted to know more
about this men. This is what I found and I like to share it with you.
Alfred Thomas Goldie Gardner (31 May 1890 - 25 August 1958) was an English
racing car driver. He was holder of the O.B.E. and the M.C. He was also awarded
the BRDC Gold Star three times.
In 1924 he purchased a Gordon
England special Austin Seven and despite his disability began racing on the
British circuits. 1930 saw him team up with MG Cars and he raced various of
these marks with considerable success. He suffered a crash during the 1932 RAC
Tourist Trophy race at Ards in
After accompanying Sir Malcolm
Campbell's expedition to
During WWII 1939-1945 Gardner
offered his service and was accepted as a second Lieutenant in mechanical transport
training. He rapidly regained his old rank as Major and eventually in 1942 he was
promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
In the 11 peacetime years between
1936 and 1950 he set over 100 international and local speed records throughout
Brochure for the 1951 Speed Records
Part of MG brochure for the 1951 / 1952 Speed Records
MG cars of Jacques Coune.
Jacques Coune
Jacques Coune (Born in 1924) started his car
workshop in the mid '50s at the avenue de
One of the more known Coune creations was the Coune MGB Berlinette of which 56
were produced during 1963-1968 before British Leyland presented their own MGB
GT Coupe. Coune also built a BMW 700 Combi, a BMW 1800 Combi, a Mercedes 220 SE
Estate, a single Peugeot 404 Break, five Volvos Amazone Convertible and a
special one-off MGB Targa, called the Gemini Spyder. Jacques Coune had his own
booth (in 1963, 1964, 1965) at the autosalon in Brussels where he presented his
unique creations to the public.
Coune also was the first Abarth agent outside Italy and he had the Iso agency.
These Italian cars were distributed at the same building where Garage
Francorchamps was located. Coune was co-founder of the Belgian National Racing
Team, which ran with Abarths, Ferraris and F1 cars.
Coune's staff were mainly specialist coachbuilders from northern Italy. The
Abarth department employed two staff and the panel workshop 17 specialists. In
the sixties Coune lost many of his specialist Italian workers who one by one
returned to their homeland when the Italian economy improved. Jacques Coune,
now retired and in his 70s, lives a very private life.
With thanks to Nicolas Lecompte of the Coune registry.
Coune MGB Berlinette
In 1963 -
one year before the prototype and two years before the official launch of the
BGT, Jacques Coune built this "MGB Berlinette". This car was produced
over three years, with a total production of no more than 56 cars.
Jacques Coune met Sir Alec Issigonis to discuss the potentiality of
collaborating with The British Motor Corporation to explore the possibility of
using the design concept of his MGB Berlinette Coupe, for production at
Abingdon. The final decision was not to adopt the design in favor of MG's own
GT Coupe introduced in 1965. Issigonis's recorded comments to Coune when
advising him of his ruling was: "It looks too Italian!" A true
statement as most of the craftsmen were from Turin.
Without the backing of BMC, and their mass production
advantages, Coune's manufacturing methods, although skillfully hand built, were
not really a commercially viable proposition. The retail cost was GBP 1,300
against GBP 690 for the equivalent MGB. Ultimately therefore a total of only fifty
six Berlinettes were produced, all of which were left hand drive models for the
European Market.
Today, just about 12 MGB Berlinettes survived.
Jacques Coune Berlinette 1963
Jacques Coune Berlinette 1963
Jacques Coune Berlinette 1963
Jacques Coune Berlinette 1963
Jacques Coune Berlinette 1963
Coune MGB Hardtop
Coune MGB Gemini Spyder
This
MGB-based one-off with targa roof was presented at the 1966 Brussels Motor
Show. Unfortunately this unique car was destroyed in a traffic accident.
Coune MGB Gemini Spyder
Coune MGB Berlinette brochure
This is the brochure for the Coune MGB 1800 Berlinette. Unfortunately not in my collection. If you have a copy, please let me know at hermann@car-brochures.eu.
MG Police cars.
Recently I received some brochures from NANJING MG MOTOR COMPANY LTD. These brochures did contain MG police cars for the Chinese market. I have found some other Police MG's as well. See belowMG TD as comic character.
The MG TD
has become a well known car in
Jan Kruis,
the author of the comic strip, which is also a member of the MG T-type owners
club
Through the
years the comic characters changed a bit, except for the red MG TD, which was
the same all the time. This says even more that the MG TD is a timeless classic
and one of the best examples of a British classic from the 50's.
Below the 2nd comic album of Jan, Jans and the children of 1972.
War and post war car advertisements.
Jaguars, MG, Alvis, Bentley, etc, etc, for sale in 1955
History
of the Union Jack.
In 1603, the
year of Queen Elizabeth I's death,
The English
national flag at this period consisted of a simple red cross fully imposed upon
a plain white field, this being the emblem of St. George, England's patron
saint.
English National Flag
(with a
narrow white border to represent its normal white field) upon the Scottish
flag. This became known as the Union Flag, and it was the forerunner of the
present flag of
Scottish National Flag
Union flag 1606-1801
In the
decree of issuance of the new flag, James stipulated that all ships of both
English and Scottish registry were to fly this flag from atop their mainmasts.
The Cross of St. George was to be flown from the foremasts of the English
ships, while the Cross of St. Andrew was to be flown form the foremasts of the
Scottish ships. As the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery were of English
registry and did not embark upon their historic voyage until December of 1606,
it logically follows that on this voyage their flags conformed to the royal
decree of the preceding spring.
the
national flag of the newly created nation. In 1801, when
Irish
National Flag
Union Jack flag
I found this information
by coincidence and thought it would be nice to place on my web page. If you see now a Union Jack Flag, you know a bit of its history.