Last Sunday, MGF 30 was held at the British Motor Museum, Gaydon Warwickshire, this event was in celebration of the launch of the MGF in 1985. I was there in my Silver 1989 MGF and chatted to a few of the other MG F owners I have known over the years I have been with the club. Speaking to Andy Knott and Colin Grant from Kimber House, 530 tickets for the event were sold. It was a bit damp at the start of the day, but I would say that 90% of those with tickets attended. It was MG F and TF cars where ever you looked, including some from Belgium, Holland and Germany. There was also an impressive line up of MG F racing cars from Team CMC as well (Photo below).
Today was the lunchtime natter at the White Hart Iron Acton. 8 MGs were in attendance including 2 new (to their owners) MGs, Dave Mothersdill has a very nice MG B V8 Roadster and John Thomas, a modern Silver MGTF. The sun was shining, and food and conversation were good. Photos of the MGs attending below.
The Centre’s premier event, The Hillclimb at Wiscombe Park on 13th September, will be open for entries, tonight Tuesday 8th July. Supplementary Regulations are available now on the Wiscombe Event page
We have heard from the Army Flying Museum that the “Wallop, Wings and Wheels’ event on the 12th July, is now full and they are not accepting any more cars.
I have received an invitation from the Classic Car Hub at Bibury, where they are holding a Pre-War Evening on Friday 1st August starting at 18:00. If you have a pre-war MG they would be delighted to see you. The normal price is £10.00 but if 5 or more members go the price is halved to £5.00. Please see the event page on the website for more details Pre-War Evening
Entries are now open for MGs on grass 2, Autotest on Sunday 10th August. We have made this a ‘Taster Event’ to encourage first-time participation in motorsport All entrants and passengers must sign-on and take out a free RS Clubman licence as required for a non-Taster event. Full details, including the Supplementary regulations and an entry form are available on the website at this link MGOG2
Until next week
Jim Lott
Chairman, MGCC SW Centre
Email: jim.lott@hotmail.co.uk Mobile: 07773491953