Dedication (Tribute to Dick Knudson) Preface Ch1 Early Life Ch2 Cars and Planes - Learning the Trade Ch3 The Man Behind the Name - William Morris Ch4 Making a Marque Ch5 Becoming Established Ch6 Building a Range - and Discovering Devon Ch7 The Move to Abingdon Ch8 Sailing, Racing and a New Six-cylinder Car Ch9 Technical Advances but a Marriage in Retreat Ch10 Success in the Mille Miglia Ch11 Cowley takes Charge Ch12 Goodbye to Motor Racing Ch13 Reconstruction and Disintegration Ch14 A Marriage Ends, a New Car Arrives Ch15 Record-breaking in Germany - and a Life Renewed Ch16 Sunshine Before the Storm Ch17 War on Two Fronts Ch18 Victim of the Snakepit Ch19 Starting out Again Ch20 Conversations with the Tractor King Ch21 The Death of Cecil Kimber In Closing Epilogue The Kimber Family after 1945 Appendix 1 M.G. Car Company Accounts, 1930-35 Appendix 2 'The Trend of Aesthetic Design in Motor Cars' Appendix 3 Cecil Kimber on Sports Cars Appendix 4 'Making Modest Production Pay in Motor-Car Manufacture' Appendix 5 Cecil Kimber on Motor Racing Appendix 6 M.G. after Kimber Postscript When should the M.G. Centenary be Celebrated? Acknowledgements Bibliography Index - and a Selection of Memorabilia.