1936 MG NB Magnette Tourer
The four-seat Tourer was among the least common configurations in an already scarce family. Of the roughly 745 N-type Magnettes produced between 1934 and 1936, approximately 128 were built as NB Tourers, sharing the same 96-inch wheelbase as the two-seater but arranged to carry four passengers in an open body with full weather equipment.
The NB updated the earlier NA in several visible ways: a lower scuttle line, front-hinged doors with distinctively long external hinges, a slatted vertical radiator grille, and a revised instrument layout with the speedometer and tachometer given separate dials.
The swept tail houses the fuel tank and integrates a semi-recessed spare wheel, and center-lock wire wheels were fitted as standard.
Power comes from a 1,271 cc overhead-camshaft inline-six producing 56 hp at 5,500 rpm through twin SU carburetors. That figure represented roughly a 25 percent gain over the earlier K-type Magnette unit it evolved from, achieved through revisions to the block and cylinder head.
A four-speed non-synchromesh gearbox sends drive to the rear wheels. The NB was the final production MG to carry this overhead-cam six, with the TA Midget arriving in 1936 fitted with a pushrod overhead-valve engine in its place.
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