Downloadables

Registrar's report - March 2008

 by Jack Murray.

Let there be Ys Screensaver

(11.16mb)

2008 wall Calendar
It is suggested that you print off ODD pages first, reload the paper to print the EVEN pages on the reverse.  You may need to rotate the paper 180 degrees in a horizontal plain so that when you flip the front cover, the second page is correctly orientated.A comb or spring binder can then be fitted.
(857 kb).  A single page version is also available 2008 Calendar single page version

Safety Fast Newsletters

A full back catalogue of Newsletters scanned from Safety Fast, from the first in 1992, to date.

MG YT Factory Production Records ~ recreated

 (318kb)  A PDF file by David Pelham (updated 3 January 2007).

The MG Y Type Buyer's Guide

A miscellany of resources and articles to help you decide

MG Y Type Screensaver

 (2.7 MB).

MG YT Screensaver

(3.12mb)

5 Speed YB Conversion

(241kb) A PDF by Tony Vernall.

MG Icon and instructions

for creating a desktop shortcut to the website.  You may need both files.

MG Engine History

 (330kb) A PDF file by Neil Cairns.

MG Y Ledgers

(310kb) A PDF file by Neil Cairns of guarantee plates, chassis numbers and engine numbers, where this information is known

Post War M.G. Saloon cars 1947 - 1999

(4.5mb including colour pictures) by Neil Cairns.

Miscellany

Luggage straps for the MG Y

Details on the luggage straps that were available as a period optional extra.

 Stories from the Rear view mirror

Historical research on individual cars by their owners.

Models of the MG Y Type

Details of models of the MG Y Type

Historical Timeline

of Y history events and contemporary world news

Sister Cars to the MG Y Type

by Neil Cairns

The MG Y Type Tool Kit

by Jeremy Havard

Terry Ciantar's original tool kit

Photographs by Terry Ciantar

Trivia and puzzles

Trivia Quiz 1.

Test your skill and knowledge of the Y Type.

Trivia Quiz 2

how well do you know your Y Type?

Picture Puzzle No 1

Picture Puzzle No 2

Picture Puzzle No 3

Older Items to catch up on

Registrar's report - March 2007

 by Jack Murray.

2007 wall Calendar
(897 kb).

Registrar's report - March 2006

 by Jack Murray.

2006 wall Calendar

(845 kb).

Registrar's report - March 2005

 by Jack Murray.

2005 wall Calendar

(1.29 MB).

Registrar's report - March 2004

 by Jack Murray.

2004 wall Calendar

(1.369 MB).

Registrar's report - March 2003

 by Jack Murray.

2003 wall Calendar

 (1.518 MB).

2 May 2008

Dave DuBois' SU Fuel Pump Repair Service has been added to the Links page (under Suppliers, and Fuel Systems including Fuel Tank Restoration).

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1 May 2008

This month sees the UK Spring Run weekend over 10-11 May - see the Events page for details.  If you have not already registered, Jerry may still be able to fit you in.  We have a special guest at this year’s Spring Run in that Dave Lawrence, author of “Let There Be Y’s” will be joining us from South Africa. It would be great to achieve that MaGic number of 50 Y types that has eluded us for so long.  The tour on Sunday will be ‘Flagged Off’ by Dave and he has also kindly offered to autograph any copies of his book that participants bring with them.

Please welcome Butch Taras with Y 6757 to Ys on Parade: Y 6757 makes another matched pair with its sibling Y 6756!

Tony Slattery of Australia has also advised me that:

Fantastic news - provided we get 6 Saloons and 6 Tourers they will split the Y-Type Class at the 2009 MG National Meeting at Geelong April 10 - 14.  A flyer and invitation can be downloaded here.

The MG Car Clubs of Australia have hosted a National Meeting each Easter since 1970 (38 years).  At every national meeting the Y's have been a single class - Saloons and Tourers judged and compete against each other in Concours and Speed Events.  In some years Y's were even combined with Magnettes!  After many years of lobbying the National Meeting organising committees that Saloons and Tourers are completely different cars, finally success!  I cannot stress how big a step this is for recognition of Y-Types within the MG Car Clubs fraternity in Australia: long overdue at last.

We now need to muster our troops and make sure we get those 12 cars.  To fail at the first invitation would cost our interests dearly.  Personally I am committed to take YT3861 from Brisbane to Geelong (1,800km) and have already done a lot of work on the car since Tamworth.  I will be driving it to Melbourne in 3 days about a month before Easter & then flying home before returning to clean/prepare the car a few days before Easter. Obviously it will be easier to count on Victorian cars to make up the other 11 cars, but I hope owners from NSW, Queensland, Western Australia and South Australia will see the significance in this event and bring the best Y-Types in Australia to Geelong.

The Reprinted Article for the beginning of May, is a road test from June 1949, and the Picture of the Month again comes from Australia, this time from Robert Ades and shows you something you cannot do in a midget!

The wedge shaped Bonnet Buffers are available from the Regalia page again after a short period of unavailability.  We apologise for any inconvenience.  We have also discontinued the fax facility for Regalia orders, however, all other methods such as on-line, mail etc. remain available to you.

Finally, now that Spring is upon the Northern Hemisphere, a word of caution. Like many, you may have been working on your Y over the the last few months, before you drive off, make sure everything is secured - especially the Spare Wheel Compartment lid, mine was not, but I was lucky and it sustained very minor paint damage.  It could have been a lot worse as it fell out when I was on the highway and it could easily have been squashed!

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