# MG P-type > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MG_P-type > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/MG_P-type.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_P-type > Source revision: 1344442790 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{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](/source/MG_Cars) | production = 1934–1936 | assembly = United Kingdom: [Abingdon, Oxfordshire](/source/Abingdon%2C_Oxfordshire), [England](/source/England) | length = {{convert|131|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}{{cite book |last=Culshaw |author2=Horrobin |title=Complete Catalogue of British Cars |year=1974 |publisher=Macmillan |location=London |isbn=0-333-16689-2}} | width = {{convert|52.5|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | wheelbase = {{convert|87.25|in|mm|0|abbr=on}} | predecessor = [J-type Midget](/source/MG_J-type) | successor = [TA](/source/MG_T-type) | class = [Sports car](/source/Sports_car) | body_style = 2-door [roadster](/source/Roadster_(automobile))
Airline [coupé](/source/coup%C3%A9) | engine = {{cvt|847|cc|abbr=on}} [I4](/source/Straight-4)
{{cvt|939|cc|abbr=on}} I4 }} The '''MG P-type''' is a [sports car](/source/sports_car) that was produced by [MG](/source/MG_(car)) from 1934 to 1936. This 2-door sports car used an updated version of the [Wolseley Motors](/source/Wolseley_Motors)-designed and made [overhead camshaft](/source/overhead_camshaft), [crossflow](/source/crossflow_cylinder_head) engine, used in the 1928 [Morris Minor](/source/Morris_Minor_(1928)) and previously fitted in the [J-type Midget](/source/MG_J-type) of 1932 to 1934, driving the rear wheels through a four-speed [non-synchromesh](/source/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](/source/Marles_steering_gear) and later a [Bishop Cam](/source/Bishop_Cam_steering_box) 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](/source/MG_K-type) and [L-type](/source/MG_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](/source/MG_N-type)), 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 [SU](/source/SU_Carburettor) [carburettor](/source/carburettor)s. 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.{{cite book |last1=Hough |first1=Richard |title=A History of the World's Sports Cars |date=1961 |page=127}} In 1935, a two-seater [roadster](/source/Roadster_(automobile)) cost £222.{{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}} 1,973 PAs were made, 27 of which were eventually converted to PBs.{{cite book |last1=Aspden |first1=Richard |title=The Classic MG |date=1983 |isbn=0861241096 |page=94}} 1934 MG PA Airline Coupé at Greenwich, front left.jpg|1934 PA Airline Coupé MG PA Airline Coupe sliding head.jpg|Sliding head {{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. 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 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [MG P-type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_P-type) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_P-type?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.