The 1947 MG Y-Type built its own jack into the chassis: a hydraulic 'Jackall System' with four rams could lift any corner, or the whole car, for a roadside wheel change.
Lead trim: YA 1250 XPAG four, single SU (46 bhp at 4,800 rpm)
MG Y-Type YAYA · 1947–1951
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FactThe 1947 MG Y-Type built its own jack into the chassis: a hydraulic 'Jackall System' with four rams could lift any corner, or the whole car, for a roadside wheel change.
The MG Y-type is an automobile built by MG in England from 1947 to 1953, designed by Gerald Palmer, as a four-door saloon and a limited-production open four-seat tourer, 8,336 in all (the original production records were lost when the Abingdon works closed in 1981). MG had added three saloons (the S, V and W models: SA, VA, WA) to its Midget sports cars before the war; the Y-type came from Morris's Ten-Four Series M and the smaller Series E Eight, its prototype built in 1939 (EX.166) but launch delayed eight years by the war. Palmer took a Morris Eight Series E four-door pressed-steel bodyshell, added a swept tail and rear wings and the upright MG grille, kept separate headlights and a separate chassis (with the Jackall system of four hydraulic rams), and fitted an independent front suspension he designed with Jack Daniels, making it the first Nuffield product and one of the first British production cars with independent front suspension. The YA (1947–1951) had a single-carburettor version of the 1,250 cc XPAG engine of the TB (later in the TC and TD), developing 46 bhp at 4,800 rpm and 58.5 lb ft at 2,400 rpm, more than any similar-size British saloon bar the Rover Ten; the interior had leather seats and burr-walnut window frames and a bookmatched veneer instrument panel behind octagonal chrome frames. It cost £525 plus purchase tax of £146 11s 8d. The Motor's 1951 test recorded 69.6 mph and 0–60 mph in 29.9 seconds (29.5 mpg), the 7.2:1 compression ratio being problematic on 72-octane "Pool petrol". Wheelbase 99 in, length 164 in, width 59 in, height 57 in.
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Trims & Figures
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| Trim | Years | Engine | Power | Torque | 0–60 | Drive | Gearbox | MSRP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YA 1250 XPAG four, single SU (46 bhp at 4,800 rpm) | 1947–1951 | 1.3 L Inline-4 | 46 hp | 58.5 lb-ft | 29.9 s | — | — | — |
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The YB's brakes and rear axle were genuinely modern for 1952 — new twin-leading-shoe Lockheed brakes and a hypoid back axle, bolted to a body that already looked old-fashioned.
Before the real YT Tourer existed, nine stray YA chassis were shipped to Switzerland and bodied as cabriolets by coachbuilders like Reinbolt & Christé — prototypes for a car not yet built.
The 1947 MG Y-Type built its own jack into the chassis: a hydraulic 'Jackall System' with four rams could lift any corner, or the whole car, for a roadside wheel change.
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