Albert Sydney (Syd) Enever
Syd Enever was born in 1906 near Winchester, in Hampshire. At the
age of 15 (in 1921), with the assistance of his headmaster, he got a job as an
errand boy for the showroom of Morris Garages in Oxford. About a year
later he was promoted and moved to one of the firm's garages nearby.
In 1927 he was assigned to the experimental department at Abingdon. In
1938 he was appointed chief planning engineer where he remained until 1954
when he was promoted to Chief Engineer. He held that position until he
retired in 1971.
Anyone who loves their MGB owes much to Syd Enever who was responsible
for engineering both the MGA and the MGB.
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John Thornley was the General Manager of MG from
1952 until 1969. He started his working life with an accounting firm where
he was a trainee whilst studying for his Bachelor of Commerce degree.
During this period he helped establish, and became the initial secretary of, the
MG Car Club which received the blessing of the Company.
It was John Thornley's association with the Car Club that brought him
to the notice of Cecil Kimber (the founder of the MG marque) before
becoming a service manager for MG in 1933.
He became the general manager in 1948 and a director in 1956.
John Thornley was one of the "creators" of the MGB.