Don Hayter was educated at Abingdon School, winning a Bennett
Scholarship to Pembroke College.
With the outbreak of WW2, he decided to take an apprenticeship in
aircraft design at the Pressed Steel Company, Cowley, and attending
Oxford Technical College, where he attained a Higher National
Certificate in Metallurgy and Engineering.
Don then worked at various aircraft manufacturers, before moving
into the car industry after the war.
Having already worked on many cars, including the MG Magnette, he
moved to Aston Martin in 1954, working on the design for the DB2/4
and the Lagonda, before moving back to MG’s Design & Development
department.
Promoted to Chief Design & Development Engineer in 1973, Don was
responsible for the design of the MGB body, and stayed with MG
until the closure of its factory in 1980. Don remains passionately
enthusiastic about this iconic car, and still runs one himself
today.
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