The MG J-type was a two-door sports car built from 1932 to 1934, in the Midget tradition, with an updated overhead-camshaft crossflow engine from the Morris Minor family driving the rear wheels through a four-speed gearbox. The line ran from the J1 four-seater and the commonest J2 two-seater to the supercharged J3 of 746 cc built for 750 cc class racing and the pure racing J4. Open cars can be told from the M-type by cut-away door tops, and full-length wings arrived in 1933. Weaknesses included a two-bearing crankshaft that could break if over-revved and cable brakes with small drums.
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The MG J-type is a sports car that was produced by MG from 1932 to 1934.
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Most cars were open two-seaters, but a closed salonette version of the J1 was also made, and some chassis were supplied to external coachbuilders.
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This 2-door sports car used an updated version of the overhead camshaft, crossflow engine, used in the 1928 Morris Minor and Wolseley 10 and previously fitted in the MG M-type Midget of 1929 to 1932, driving the rear wheels through a four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox.
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MG is a British automotive marque founded by Cecil Kimber in the 1920s, owned by Chinese automobile manufacturer SAIC Motor since 2007.
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