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Car of the Day : June 1, 2014; Matchbox '66 MG 1100
Topic Started: May 31 2014, 11:29 PM (836 Views)
craftymore
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The 1966 MG 1100 from Matchbox is the car for today.

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The BMC ADO16 (Amalgamated Drawing Office project number 16)[3] is a family of economical small family cars built by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) and, later, British Leyland. It was launched in 1962 and for most of the next decade the ADO16 was consistently the UK's best-selling car.

Models included:

Austin 1100 and 1300
Austin America, Glider and Victoria
Innocenti IM3
MG 1100 and 1300
Morris 1100 and 1300
Riley 1300 and Kestrel
Vanden Plas Princess 1100 / 1275 / 1300
Wolseley 1100, 1275 and 1300


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The original Mark I models were distinctive for their use of a Hydrolastic suspension. Marketing material highlighted the spacious cabin when compared to competitor models which in the UK by 1964 included the more conservatively configured Ford Anglia, Vauxhall Viva HA and BMC's own still popular Morris Minor.

The Mark I Austin / Morris 1100 was available, initially, only as a four-door saloon. In March 1966 a three-door station wagon became available, badged as the Morris 1100 Traveller or the Austin 1100 Countryman.[5] Domestic market customers looking for a two-door saloon would have to await the arrival in 1967 of the Mark II version, although the two-door 1100 saloon had by now been introduced to certain oversea markets, including the USA where a 2-door MG 1100 was offered.

An Automotive Products (AP) four-speed automatic transmission was added as an option in November 1965. In order to avoid the serious levels of power loss then typical in small-engine cars with automatic transmission the manufacturers incorporated a new carburetor and a higher compression ratio in the new 1965 automatic transmission cars: indeed a press report of the time found very little power loss in the automatic 1100, though the same report expressed the suspicion that this might in part reflect the unusually high level of power loss resulting from the way in which the installation of the transversely mounted "normal" manual gear box had been engineered.


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Visit Wikipedia.com to learn more on the '66 M.G.

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juantoo3
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Always a fun casting, I love the little dog in the back seat!
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pjedsel
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:toy: I have always liked this little MG from MB - not sure why but it has always been among the "favorites" from the regular wheels days - besides who could go wrong with a car that came with a driver, a dog and a tow hitch. :) And in those days MB always had something to go on the tow hitch.
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Dean-o-mite
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Based on the fact that so few cars have drivers, I thought it was odd for Matchbox to include one here. But it makes for good conversation, right?

Here are my 4-door MGs.

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Superfast in green
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Superfast in blue (Car Of The Day factoid: a blue Superfast version from another member's collection was featured as COTD on June 22, 2010!)
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
A great older casting!! Stands up well. Too bad MBX didn't think of having older tools like this saved for reissue, like HW does.
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nice cars and beautiful pictures,please build the 1800 type !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
many thanks and hope to received one day,also the volvo amazon !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and borgwart !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mikey 1/64
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Thanks Crafty for showing these great pics of what's my all-time favorite diecast! I know for a fact that one of these was the very first toy car I ever held in my hands! My mother bought one for me when I was VERY young (no "not suitable for children under 36 months" health & safety nonsense back then!) because she thought it looked similar to the car that she drove, which was actually an Austin A40 Farina. I still have that beaten up old MG in my collection. I guess it was the starting point of a life long hobby for me. Happy memories!
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