Don Hayter

Don Hayter's MGB Story (eBook, ePUB)

- The birth of the MGB in MG's Abingdon Design & Development Office

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Majoring on the MGB's concept, design and development, here is he story of many MG Design & Development Department projects told by MG's Chief Design & Develpment Engineer, Don Hayter.
This book covers models and prototypes from 1956 up to the close of the factory in 1980. Featuring behind-the-scenes anecdotes and personal accounts of MG in its heyday.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: NYU Press
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781845849658
• Artikelnr.: 45260133

Autorenporträt

Don Hayter was educated at Abingdon School, winning a Bennett Scholarship to Pembroke College.
With the outbreak of WWII, he decided to take an apprenticeship in aircraft design at the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley. Attending Oxford Technical College where he attained a Higher National Certificate in Metallurgy and Engineering.
Don then worked at various aircraft manufacturers, before moving into the car industry after the war.
Having already worked on many cars, including the MG Magnette, he moved to Aston Martin in 1954, working on the design for the DB2/4 and the Lagonda, before moving back to MG's Design & Development department.
Promoted to Chief Design & Development Engineer in 1973, Don was responsible for the design of the MGB body, and stayed with MG until the closure of its factory in 1980. Don remains passionately enthusiastic about this iconic car, and still runs one himself today.