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	Cecil Kimber
		Kimber started to refer to his cars as "MGs" (for Morris Garages) in 1924, but only in 1925 was all mention of Morris dropped and the term "MG Super Sports" emblazoned on his publicity material.
		Kimber was left simply to manage the plant, which is what he thought he was doing when he took on a contract to repair tanks there during the Second World War.
		Cecil Kimber's charisma had made him a tricky dismissal prospect, but it emerged after his sacking that Kimber's ballooning ego had irked Nuffield for years.
	www.zen51886.zen.co.uk /cecil.htm (820 words)

	MG Car Club - Online
		In 1921 Cecil Kimber joined The Morris Garages as their sales manager, he was to become general manager just one year later.
		Cecil Kimber pursued an active policy of supporting racing and record breaking which was to be cut short in 1935 when the Nuffield Group took over the MG Car Company.
		Cecil Kimber was to leave the company during this period.
	www.mgcc.co.uk /Pages/About/History.htm (616 words)

	MG 80th Anniversary - 4Car Feature - from Channel 4
		Kimber was a sports car enthusiast, and he wanted to produce a series of special-bodied lightweight cars on Morris chassis, suitable for motorsport and for keen drivers.
		Kimber took the initials of Morris Garages to form the name of his new subsidiary, and on 1st May 1924, the octagon badge was registered as a trademark.
		Kimber was keen to get into motorsport, however, and in 1925 he had a special car built for his own use.
	www.channel4.com /4car/ft/feature/retrospective/1704/1 (432 words)

	ENJOYING MG 1999 - OLD NUMBER ONE
		Kimber's life wasn't destined to settle down, however, as the General Manager committed suicide in 1922 and Kimber was appointed to run the business.
		Cecil Kimber now had a clear ambition to create a distinction between MG cars and their humble Morris base: the cheap and unsporting nature of Morris cars was not helpful to his attempts to sell high-class sporty cars at, often, twice the price of the basic Morris-bodied machine.
		Kimber's new Morris Oxford-based car for 1924 became the first to be advertised as just the MG Super Sports, rather than the MG Super Sports Morris, and its modifications included flattened springs, raked steering, better shock absorbers, higher final drive ratio and repositioned accelerator and handbrake.
	www.mgcars.org.uk /mgoc/emg/no1one.htm (2139 words)

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		Kimber and Smart signed the memorandum of understanding on February 17 that allows Kimber to redesign, produce and sell the former Smart Roadster and Roadster-Coupe models under a different brand name.
		Kimber hopes to export the larger sports car to the U.S. Senior Kimber officials say they have sufficient financial backing, including auto industry investors, venture capitalists on both sides of the Atlantic and one "extremely wealthy" private individual.
		Kimber won't discuss the actual sums involved until final negotiations with Smart and other parties are completed, but sources say the total investment could run to E70 million or more.
	www.jacksonville.com /autos/autonews/stories/032106/60320006.shtml (641 words)

	MGTD
		Cecil Kimber, the Founder and General Manager of MG, was replaced as Managing Director by Leonard Lord, and the focus of the company changed from performance to profits.
		However, Kimber's hand in engineering and development, and his belief in racing as the method to fire both engineering and sales was not to be suppressed.
		Kimber who was killed in a railway accident in 1945 never had the opportunity to design and build another sports car.
	www.mymg.com /mgtd.htm (2920 words)

	M.G.history
		Cecil Kimber was born on 12 April 1888 in south London during a time when the world had just discovered the combustion engine and realised its possibilities.
		Cecil's assignment at Wrigleys was as supervisor and Jean remembers that Frank once mentioned that "it was so clean in the machinery hall that you could have dinner underneath the machines".
		Cecil may be dead but his spirit still hover over the M.G. One of his sayings was “a sports car should look fast, even when it is standing still” and that is still correct.
	www.mgcc.se /ck-eng.htm (1140 words)

	Cecil Kimber Centenary Book
		This special book came out in 1988, the 100th anniversary of Cecil Kimber's birth and is a big 8 1/2" x 11" with 208 pages including 16 full color.
		Cecil Kimber's daughter Jean Cook, has provided new and exciting material which gives an excellent insight on M.G.'s founder.
		There are previously unpublished articles by Cecil Kimber as well as some art work by him that has never before been seen.
	www.britbooks.com /cekicebo.html (94 words)

	Chicagoland MG Club:MG History
		Built by Kimber for hillclimb trials, the MG is a joy to throw around, its anorexic Dunlop Cord tires able to cope with the (lack of) power in the dry, but sliding delightfully on wet and muddy roads.
		Kimber produced this car specially for the event: although Morris Garages built several cars before 1925, FC 7900 or Old Number One is regarded by Rover and the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust as the first MG sports car.
		In that it proved Kimber's genius for taking unlikely components from the parts bin and then assembling them into lively, good looking sports cars, it is the beginning of the MG legend.
	www.chicagolandmgclub.com /history/general2.html (871 words)

	Old Number One... FC7900 The First M.G. Celebrates 75 Years
		Kimber may have been influenced by the 1922 FIAT 804 Grand Prix cars which featured a wind scuttle fairing in front of the passenger compartment as well as the staggered seating.
		Kimber's respect for the author was without question and it seems a logical assumption that Kimber would have checked Lyndon's content for accuracy.
		Cecil Kimber could not be any clearer about the issue than what he wrote in the gift book to Matthews.
	www.nemgt.org /oldno1.htm (1899 words)

	Co-Brand: Driving Today (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		The man responsible for all this was Cecil Kimber, like Jaguar's Sir William Lyons, a motorcycle enthusiast who found himself in the car business.
		As one might expect from a former motorcyclist, Kimber was a racing enthusiast, and he took his MGs racing.
		Kimber's influence on the company whose reputation he built almost single-handedly was waning rapidly, and when Morris brought in yet another executive to eyeball MG's operations, Kimber walked out, never to return.
	www.drivingtoday.com /cobrand/greatest_cars/mgtc (1136 words)

	MG Heritage
		Kimber was a car enthusiast who had already worked for several companies in the motor industry.
		Kimber had a great interest in body styling and coach building and was also an enthusiastic sports car driver.
		Kimber entered the car in the 1925 Land's End Trial and won a gold medal.
	www.metrolinamgcarclub.com /mg_heritage.htm (2659 words)

	Cecil Taylor -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		Cecil Percival Taylor was born on March 15, 1933, in New York City.
		British statesman Robert Cecil was a longtime member of Parliament and one of the principal draftsmen of the Covenant of the League of Nations.
		Cecil received the first Woodrow Wilson peace prize in 1924 and was awarded the 1937 Nobel...
	www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9338086?tocId=9338086 (699 words)

	This Day in History
		Cecil Kimber, the founder of MG, was born in Dulwich, Engalnd.
		Cecil Kimber died in 1945 in a train crash.
		Indeed, it wasn't until after Kimber's death that the MG caught on as a small sports car in the U.S. MG did, however, suffer after it was purchased by British Leyland, and the 1970s saw the company fall to pieces.
	www.historychannel.com /tdih/tdih.jsp?month=10272956&day=10272977&cat=10272940 (603 words)

	Promotex Online - Larry's and the Midget
		Cecil Kimber was born in London in 1888.
		While, like Morris, Kimber was interested in bicycles, he was more interested in racing them and only learned to work on them to keep his 1906 Rex in running order.
		Cecil Kimber had a falling-out with MG's management over war contracts and was dismissed in November 1941.
	www.promotex.ca /articles/cawthon/2003/06-01-2003_article.html (1985 words)

	HISTORY
		Realists would point out that even after Kimber's death in 1945, fine, affordable sports cars such as the TC, MGA, Midget and MGB continued to be built, and it was only British Leyland's appalling management that sullied a great name in the 1970s.
		Built by Kimber for hillclimb trials, the MG is a joy to throw around, its anorexic Dunlop Cord tyres able to cope with the (lack of) power in the dry, but sliding delightfully on wet and muddy roads.
		Kimber produced this car specially for the event: although Morris Garages built several cars before 1925, FC 7900 or Old Number One is regarded by Rover and the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust as the first MG sports car.
	www.mmgg.org /history.htm (1156 words)

	MotorPride.com
		The MG B could be coming back: the Project Kimber team bidding to save MG Rover has outlined its plans to relaunch MG, which include reviving some familiar model names from the past.
		The B roadster and GT coupe would be pitched further upmarket - Kimber cites the BMW Z4 and Honda S2000 as rivals - and be produced in volumes of around 28,000 a year combined.
		Kimber calls its designs a "21st century interpretation of classic MG design cues", and says its mission is "to rebuild MG as the world's favourite 'near-premium' sports car brand." It wants its cars to have "stunning performance", but to also be affordable and economical to run.
	www.motorpride.com /Articles/ViewArticle.asp?SiteID=1&ID=221 (781 words)

	Timeless Classics - Vintage Rolls Royce and Classic Daimler and MG Wedding Car Hire in the Scottish Highlands
		Cecil Kimber was appointed as general manager of Morris Garages in 1922 and, being somewhat of a sports car enthusiast, he devised several 2-seater and 4-seater sports cars based on Morris Cowley chassis.
		Cecil Kimber's cars rapidly became popular and in 1927 a new purpose-built factory was opened in Cowley and the MG Car Company was formally set up in 1928.
		At this point a limited company was formed with Lord Nuffield as main shareholder and governing director and Cecil Kimber as managing director.
	www.kktimelessclassics.co.uk /MG_YA.htm (445 words)

	MG-Rover.Org -\|\|- The ultimate site for MG-Rover enthusiasts!
		In 1922, Cecil Kimber (1888-1945) was appointed to the post of General Manager for Morris Garages, the sales division of Morris cars.
		It was Kimber’s idea to begin to produce a line of special bodied cars on Morris chassis.
		The MG name was, as Kimber later pointed out, given as a compliment to Lord Nuffield, taking the initials of his first business — Morris Garages - to form the inspiration for this great automotive brand.
	www.mg-rover.org /articles/showart.php?ArtID=476 (1111 words)

	MG -- The First Eighty Years (Page 1/4) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Kimber had already worked for several companies in the motor industry and was particularly keen on sports cars.
		The MG name was, as Kimber later pointed out, given as a compliment to Lord Nuffield, taking the initials of his first business — Morris Garages — to form the inspiration for this great automotive brand.
		With the J type, Kimber established what became the typical MG look: the double humped scuttle and the fold-flat windscreen, the deep elbow cut-outs in the doors, and the petrol tank and spare wheel strapped to the back of the car.
	www.motorbar.co.uk /mg80_1.htm (986 words)

	MG Nuts dot com - Classic MG Cars (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Cook's (Jean Kimber Cook, daughter of Cecil Kimber, founder of the M.G. Car Company) comments - she is absolutely correct in stating that 'M.G. does not stand for Morris Garages.' As regards the dots, however, they are there for a particular reason which I will come to later.
		Kimber, in pursuit of a name for his inspired cars, chose the M from Morris and the G from Garages as a tribute to his employer - Billy Morris, they were not abbreviations.
		Kimber's memory a favour: remember that the mists of time have a habit of obscuring the facts, so shun the self-proclaimed experts, become a purist and stand out from the crowd and proudly state - 'M.G. stands for itself - not Morris Garages, and the dots are there as a matter of design only.'
	www.mgnuts.com /mg/mgname (1010 words)

	MG History - Classic Car History
		The first MG was built because of a need, a need that was sensed intuitively by Cecil Kimber, general manager of Morris Garages.
		He felt that the public wanted a small, but high-performance sporting machine that could be driven sedately on the roads during the week and raced on Sundays.
		Cecil Kimber's intuition was well founded: the desire of the public for a small high performance car did exist, and the car he designed went far beyond his expectations.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles01/article834.shtml (1881 words)

	MG
		Nobody can state with certainty when the first MGs were produced, though the honour should probably fall to the six Raworth-bodied, two-seater sports cars the founder, Cecil Kimber, commissioned to be built on Morris-Cowley chassis in 1923.
		This was while Kimber was still Manager of Morris Garages - from where the MG name originated.
		The Hotchkiss-engined car so often and erroneously referred to as Number One did not, in fact, appear for another two years, and was more accurately Kimber's first attempt at building a car solely for competition.
	www.vea.qc.ca /vea/marques1/mg.htm (247 words)

	Project Kimber to build Smart Roadster in Wales - 4Car News from Channel 4
		Project Kimber, the industry group which has bought the rights to manufacture the recently discontinued Smart Roadster, has announced that it is to restart production of this model in Wales.
		The Project Kimber team has been supported by the Welsh Assembly and is to receive government aid.
		The Kimber team - named after the founder of the MG brand, Cecil Kimber of Morris Garages - had hoped to secure a partnership with Nanjing Automotive and sell the car as a new-age MG Midget, but it now appears that it is going it alone.
	www.channel4.com /4car/news/news-story.jsp?news_id=14920 (233 words)

	Cecil Kimber Beschreibung in Library - Definition und Buch-Tipp.
		Hier finden Sie detailierte Informationen zum Wissensgebiet Cecil Kimber.
		Kimber trat nach motorsportbegeisterter Jugend und ersten Gehversuchen als Betriebswirt und Automobildesigner 1921 in die Dienste von William Morris (späterer Lord Nuffield; dieser kontrollierte über Austin Morris in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren einen gro
		Kimber fiel es immer schwerer, seinen technischen Anspruch durchzusetzen.
	cecil_kimber.know-library.net (768 words)

	MG
		Cecil Kimber, then General Manager for Morris, is credited by most as pioneer of the MG brand after he instigated the manufacture of the Morris Cowley.
		Sanctioned by William Morris (owner of both Morris Motors and Morris Garages), Kimber's sporty new car would be dubbed the MG Super Sports.
		Grew out of its premises and moved to Edmund Road, not far from the big Morris factory in Cowley, and then again in 1929 to a disused leather factory at Abingdon.
	www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au /car_info_mg.htm (247 words)

	History of the 1968 MGB
		After Kimber had finished with the "MG Special four-seater Sports", he sold it to a friend in Lancashire.
		Making this car proved Kimber's genius for taking unlikely parts from the parts bin and turning them into good looking sports cars, it is the beginning of the MG legend.
		Even after Kimber's death in 1945 affordable sports cars such as the TC, MGA, Midget and MGB were still to being built.
	members.aol.com /Aseenontv1/history.htm (665 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| MG: Reviving the brand
		MG was considered the poor man's Jaguar, a sporty model that was in the reach of the ordinary man.
		Later, MGs were redesigned Morris Oxfords, modified by an engineer called Cecil Kimber who tinkered with the mass-market design.
		Cecil Kimber redefined the sports car into a smaller and racier package - a prominent nose and large round headlights, leather straps, wire wheels, a nifty gear change and perfect weight distribution.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/business/679890.stm (423 words)

	Abingdon's One and a Half VA
		Kimber was to give the public a rare insight into the VA's styling when he presented a lecture to the Design and Industry Association.
		It should also be noted, Kimber said, that 'the radiator is not pushed forward, the bonnet louvres are not accentuated by over'ornamentation...
		Kimber had a particular liking for the VA. His estranged wife, Rende, also ran one, ARX 710, for a time.
	www.btinternet.com /~aff/TickfordOwnersClub/articles/article11.htm (2859 words)

	British Motor Manufacturers 1894-1960, MG
		Cecil Kimber (1888 to 1945) of Morris Garages built his first cars based on the Morris Cowley "Bullnose" in 1923 and later in 1928 built the M-Type Midget.
		By 1929 the Oxford factory was too small and a move was made to Abingdon.
		Only Kimber and one other passenger who were sitting at the rear of the train were killed.
	www.britishmm.co.uk /history.asp?id=621 (236 words)

	Move the 'S' - MINI2
		Cecil Kimber, of course, was the spiritual father of MG.
		Kimber sought to separate MG from Morris, to make it a carmaker in it's own right, not just a modifier of Morris cars (it has been speculated that the removal of the "dots", from M.G. to MG, was indicative of the desire within MG to distance itself from Morris.
		For the record, Kimber himself viewed the creation of "Old Number One" in 1925 as the true beginning of MG (even though it was far from the first car).
	www.mini2.com /forum/showthread.php?t=10459 (1828 words)

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