Talk:MG J-type

There was a version of the MG J1 open four seater with a 6 cylinder 1087 cc cross flow twin su. My father owned one of these from the late 1940's until the early 1960's. The registration number was AG0335. Or was it an MG L1 ?? Comments/suggestions welcome. Tony Erwood.

I think it is safe to say that if he had a J-Type with a six cylinder engine is was not original. Contact the MG Car Club with the registration number and they should tell you more about it, even if it still exists. A link is on the main MG page. --Malcolma 19:14, 29 October 2006 (UTC)

MG J2

A couple of serious failings of a J2, was that it only had a two bearing crankshaft which, due to metal fatigue and stress, was almost certain to break at some stage and which could, if at speed, basically destroy the engine block. Its other problem was that it was not fitted with hydraulic brakes as used in cars of today, but had Bowden cables to each drum. Naturally this is well before luxuries such as power assisted brakes so in an emergency you literally had to stand on the brake pedal which then ran the risk of braking one or more cables which made driving and stopping something of an adventure. Fortunately the J2's top speed was rarely in excess of 70mph although being a few inches off made it seems extraordinarily fast