{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox automobile | name = MG P-type | image = File:MG PA, Bj. 1934 (2007-06-17).jpg | caption = PA open two-seater, 1934 | manufacturer = MG | production = 1934–1936 | assembly = United Kingdom: Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England | length = {{convert|131|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=BritishCars>{{cite book |last=Culshaw |author2=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-16689-2}}</ref> | width = {{convert|52.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=BritishCars/> | wheelbase = {{convert|87.25|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}<ref name=BritishCars/> | predecessor = J-type Midget | successor = TA | class = Sports car | body_style = 2-door roadster<br>Airline coupé | engine = {{cvt|847|cc|abbr=on}} I4<br>{{cvt|939|cc|abbr=on}} I4 }}
The '''MG P-type''' is a sports car that was produced by MG from 1934 to 1936. This 2-door sports car used an updated version of the Wolseley Motors-designed and made overhead camshaft, crossflow engine, used in the 1928 Morris Minor and previously fitted in the J-type Midget of 1932 to 1934, driving the rear wheels through a four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox. The chassis was a strengthened and slightly longer version of that used in the J-type with suspension by half-elliptic springs all round with rigid front and rear axles. Steering was initially by a Marles Weller and later a Bishop Cam system. The two-seat car had a wheelbase of 87 inches (2210 mm) and a track of {{cvt|42|in|mm|abbr=on}}. Most cars were open two-seaters, but streamlined Airline coupé bodies were also made. The P-type was also available as a four-seater, a car that suffered from a lack of power and poor rear ground clearance. Whereas J, K and L-type MGs differentiated between versions with the use of numbers, with 1 indicating a four-seater (i.e., J1) and 2 a two-seater (i.e., J2), this was not the case with the P-type (or its six-cylinder sister, the N-type Magnette), and there is no clue to the type in the name.
==MG PA== The first PA used an {{convert|847|cc|abbr=on}} engine similar to the J-Type's, now with a 3-bearing crankshaft, improved camshaft, and twin OM-model<!--bore size?--> SU carburettors. It produced {{convert|36|bhp|abbr=on}} at 5,500 rpm, allowing a top speed of approximately {{convert|74|mph|abbr=on}}, and a 0–{{convert|50|mph|abbr=on}} time of 20 seconds.<ref name="Hough">{{cite book |last1=Hough |first1=Richard |title=A History of the World's Sports Cars |date=1961 |page=127}}</ref> In 1935, a two-seater roadster cost £222.<ref name=AZ1930>{{cite book |last=Sedgwick |first=M. |title=A-Z of Cars of the 1930s|year=1989 |publisher=Bay View Books |location=Devon, UK |isbn=1-870979-38-9}}</ref> 1,973 PAs were made, 27 of which were eventually converted to PBs.<ref name="Aspden">{{cite book |last1=Aspden |first1=Richard |title=The Classic MG |date=1983 |isbn=0861241096 |page=94}}</ref>
<gallery widths=200 heights=150> 1934 MG PA Airline Coupé at Greenwich, front left.jpg|1934 PA Airline Coupé MG PA Airline Coupe sliding head.jpg|Sliding head </gallery> {{clear}}
==MG PB== thumb|left|1936 MG PB The PB was produced from 1935 to 1936. It had a bigger {{cvt|939|cc|abbr=on}} engine, made by enlarging the bore from 57 to 60 mm, which increased output to {{convert|43|bhp|abbr=on}}. Externally very similar to the PA, the main differences in the PB are a vertically slatted radiator grille in place of a honeycomb, and the design and material of the standard dashboard.
526 examples of the PB were produced.<ref name=AZ1930/>
In 1936 a supercharged MG PB driven by Andrew Hutchinson won the Limerick Grand Prix. {{clear}}
==References== * MG Sportscars. Malcolm Green. CLB International. 1997 {{ISBN|1-85833-606-6}} * A-Z of Cars of the 1930s. Michael Sedgwick and Mark Gillies. Bay View Books. 1989. {{ISBN|1-870979-38-9}} {{reflist}}
== External links == {{commons category|MG P-Type}} * [http://www.triple-mregister.org MG Car Club Triple-M Register] *[http://www.britishpathe.com/video/international-grand-prix-2 Video (1936 International Grand Prix)]
P Category:Cars introduced in 1934 Category:1930s cars Category:24 Hours of Le Mans race cars Category:Coupés Category:Roadsters Category:Rear-wheel-drive vehicles Category:Sports cars