MG ZA Magnette - grille
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MG ZA Magnette. The MG ZA used the new BMC B-series engine and production was delayed awaiting this engine. The similar Wolseley 4/44 used the older MG TF engine.
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MG ZA Magnette. The ZA Magnette had to wait until October 1954 for the arrival of the 1489cc B-series engine, which was tuned to give 60bhp, whilst the launched earlier Wolseley 4/44 had to put up with an old 1250cc Y-type engine.
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MG ZA Magnette. Gerald Palmer had designed this body for the ZA but it was withdrawn in 1953 and remodelled and sold as the Wolseley 4/44. The ZA Magnette had to wait until October 1954 for the arrival of the BMC B-series engine. ZA and 4/44 shared few body parts as the different engine/gearbox configuration demanded different floorpans. The roof, bootlid and front doors were common to both cars.
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MG ZB Magnette. The Gerald Palmer designed ZA Magnette had been launched in 1953, and in 1956 the ZB was launched with a retuned engine and trim changes.
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MG ZB Magnette. The Gerald Palmer designed ZA Magnette had been launched in 1953, and in 1956 the ZB was launched with a retuned engine and trim changes.
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MG ZB Magnette Varitone. This is the optional 'Varitone' version of the ZB, but in this example it is finished in a single colour.
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MG ZB Magnette Varitone. This is the optional 'Varitone' version of the ZB, which had a larger wraparound rear window. Varitone cars were usually delivered in two-tone colours, but some were sold in a single colour.
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MG ZB Magnette. Gerald Palmer designed the body for the ZA Magnette and this was launched one year earlier as the Wolseley 4/44 in 1953. In fact the Wolseley and MG shared only the roof, bootlid and front doors, wings, rear doors, bonnet and even the floorpan differed mfrom 4/44 to ZA.
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MG ZB Magnette Varitone. This is the optional 'Varitone' version of the ZB, which had a larger wraparound rear window that was hand cut into the body after pressing.
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MG ZB Magnette. The ZB launched in 1956 had a retuned version of the 1489cc B-series engine, now giving 64bhp instead of 60. The rear window was also enlarged, but the optional Varitone cars had even larger rear screens.
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MG ZA Magnette - head lamp
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MG ZA Magnette. Palmer got free rein with the ZA/444 project and created this Italianate saloon. Perhaps the Y-type could have been more elegant if Palmer had been given his way.
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MG ZA Magnette.
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MG ZB Magnette. Only the Bootlid and roof of this ZA/ZB were shared with the Wolseley 4/44. ZA cars had single red rear lights.
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