Calendar-year reference
MG TC 1949: EXU Export Features and Identification
1949 is a useful separate TC reference because the New England MG T Register identifies the North American EXU version with that year. It also dates the end of TC production to December 1949.
By Jon Cosson · Sources checked
The EXU was equipped for North America
The New England MG T Register describes the TC EXU as a special North American export model produced in 1949. Its listed differences include additional lighting, turn signals, bumpers, safety glass, concealed horns, a rear-view mirror and a rearranged instrument panel. These are the club guide's EXU features, not a specification asserted for every 1949 TC.
Export did not make the EXU left-hand drive
The same guide explicitly says that the EXU remained right-hand drive. North American equipment and steering position are separate questions. An EXU description should be checked against the car's factory record, rather than inferred from its present country or a single added accessory.
New England MG T Register: Car Spotter GuideMG Car Club T Register: factory production records
Final-year identity and the factory record
The club guide gives December 1949 as the end of TC production. The MG Car Club T Register says the chassis stamping should match the identification plate and makes the factory-recorded production date and engine number searchable. Published model-run TC endpoints differ between these two club guides, so no 1949 chassis band or annual production count is derived from them here.
New England MG T Register: Car Spotter GuideMG Car Club T Register: chassis and engine identificationMG Car Club T Register: factory production records
Production figures and dating limits
No annual production total or annual chassis range has been confirmed from the cited sources, so neither is given here. A running-change milestone is not an annual chassis range. The factory-record search reproduces the original paper records, including any inconsistencies. Confirm the record for the individual car.
Questions about this year
- Was the 1949 MG TC EXU left-hand drive?
- No. The New England MG T Register describes the North American EXU as remaining right-hand drive despite its market-specific equipment. Export specification does not imply a change of steering side.New England MG T Register: Car Spotter Guide
Sources and provenance
- MG Car Club T Register: factory production records
- New England MG T Register: Car Spotter Guide
- MG Car Club T Register: chassis and engine identification
The year headings organise the evidence by calendar year, not by an asserted US model-year specification. Secondary timeline dates are attributed and qualified rather than treated as universal factory cut-offs.