February 03 News

26 February 2003
For those of you who checked out the Interesting Ys page for more details on Phil Stafford's car, the link is now active to his page, and is well worth a look. Also, we have discontinued our link to the third party guestbook and are now running our own in house one from the Welcome page. It is a bit "primitive" but will do for now as I am no geeky computer guy!

25 February 2003
Please welcome Phil Stafford and Y 4608 to Ys on Parade. Phil is rebuilding his Y chassis into an interesting racer with a special body. See Interesting Ys for more details.

23 February 2003
Please welcome three new owners and their cars to Ys on Parade: today we have Colin Prime with Y 7009, Ian Theobald with YT 3471 and Charles Arnott with YT 4170. We have another potential "string of 4" cars if we can find the owner of Y 7010 as we now have Y 7009, 7011 and 7012 (all of whom live within a few miles of each other now)! Thank you gentlemen, and welcome. Also, a change of ownership, please welcome Frank Chandler as the new owner of YT 4118.

22 February 2003
Another book featuring the Y Type has been added to the Book Review page, along with a rare booklet which is also shown on the Collectibles page.

The Register are pleased to announce that we have now been appointed "Approved Stockist" by Lansdowne for the LDM 28 MG Y Saloon model. This has now been added to the Sales List and can be seen by clicking on the item in Regalia, as well as in Collectibles. If you do not already have one, these are excellently detailed models - you can even make out the glove box lid on the dashboard! A definite "must have" and now easily available to you.

21 February 2003
Neil Cairns has sent in details of the UK MG Saloon Day at Coombe Park near Coventry. Details are available from our Events Page. Ken Jones has also informed us of a run he is organising for the 22 June 2003 from Bridgewater, Somerset to Dunster Castle.

Are you organising an Event at which you'd like to encourage Y owners to come? If so, please email the webmaster with details. We'd like to hear from countries other than just the UK!</span></p><p align="justify"> Webmaster

20 February 2003
We are pleased to provide an update to the YT factory records (see link). Since the first list was released on the 1st December 2002 we have been able to confirm a further 24 YTs as survivors; this now takes our total to 117 cars, representing over 13% of original production. In addition we have obtained additional information on many other cars. A further 46 cars are thought to be probable survivors but have yet to be traced. If all have survived this would represent almost 20% of original production. Please keep up the good work and notify us of additions/amendments to the list.

19 February 2003
If you have not previously submitted your Y to Ys On Parade - it has just got easier for you! We have added a form to the website - all you have to do to submit your Y is simply click on the link in the title bar for any of the Ys On Parade pages, fill in the boxes, and then click on the "Submit" button. No excuse now then!

18 February 2003
Ken Jones has sent in a new brochure from June 1949. Is this the smallest Y Brochure at 4inches wide and 6 inches high? It opens out into 8 pages and covers the YT as well as the TC. You got a lot for your money in those days! Check out the Brochures link on the Reprinted Articles page.

16 February 2003
Please note there is a hoax Virus warning being circulated concerning a file called "jdbgmgr.exe". Please be aware that this is a genuine Microsoft file. The following is an extract from Sophos's site http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/jdbgmgr.html.

"JDBGMGR.EXE is the Microsoft Debugger Registrar for Java. The program uses an icon of a grey teddybear. Some versions of the hoax misreport the name of this file as JDBMGR.EXE or JBDGMGR.EXE. Although it is possible for the file to be infected by a virus, it has also been the subject of a hoax. Some versions of the hoax mistakenly claim that deleting the file JDBGMGR.EXE is a solution to the W32/Bugbear-A worm. This misconception has almost certainly come about because JDBGMGR.EXE has an icon of a small grey teddybear. Note: The W32/Magistr-A virus is known to infect the file JDBGMGR.EXE (this is unconnected with the hoax) so Sophos recommends users delete the file if they ever receive it as an email attachment."

In summary, you need not delete the file if you already. If you are sent it by Email, purporting to be a clean version, do not use it. Morale behind the story - always have good, current anti-virus software and regularly download the updates.

On a happier note, the Rouges Gallery is filling up on Contact Us, (not that you really want to know what we look like!) and Jack Murray has sent in an interesting addition to the Collectibles - a University Motors key ring!

14 February 2003
Please welcome Ian Hopkins and YB 1499 to Ys on Parade. Ian is our Graphic Designer and, besides designing wonderful "Rally Plaques" for some of our events (such as the Riverside Picnic 2002 - a plagiarised version of which adorns our Search page), he also is responsible for our wonderful Y Register Logo!

There is a new collectible on the Collectibles page, this time an original NOL Lubrication and Maintenance Schedule log book for the MG Series "Y". At long last we have found a company that will re-sleeve YA/YT/YB Brake Master Cylinders, J & L Spares Export Ltd of Rochdale, Lancashire. J&L also recondition Fuel Pumps & Windscreen Wiper Motors. A new Supplier link has been added for them on the Links page under Brake/Friction Systems.

We have a new stock of Rear Jackall hoses available at Ł22.00. These have been out of stock for sometime now and we are pleased to announce their return. We are also able to now lift the "exchange only" basis for the supply of these hoses. A new photograph has been placed on the Jackall Hose page under Regalia. The Sales List has also been updated.

We are also launching this month our new mid-month feature of Reprinted Articles from past magazines. These have not been previously reprinted and we hope to bring you an increasing selection of interesting articles over the next few months. To start with there is a wonderful article in German, published on the 14 May 1947 in a Swiss magazine "Automobil Revue" and brought to our attention by Remo Peter. We are currently working on getting a translation into English of it for the majority of you, however, so you are not left out, there is an English article, also from 1947 (August) from an unknown publication. If any one can please cast any light on the source we would be most grateful to hear from you. To access this, please click on Reprints in the left hand menu and then on Reprinted Articles, or you can click here.

Finally, for your delight and amusement, we are starting to get photographs together of your Committee, the first few of which are on Contact Us, with more to follow, so you can see that we are "real people"!

10 February 2003
A link to the D G Models website has been placed on both the Collectibles and the Links pages for your convenience and interest. D G Models make a model Y Saloon and a YT (hood up). Examples can be seen on the Collectibles page.

9 February 2003
Please welcome Allan Flynn and Y 3718 to Ys on Parade. Allan has now brought the YAs to 1% of total build, so all models are now in whole digit territory. Also joining him today, is Pat Hand with YT 3623 raising the total to 133 Ys on Parade. Thank you to every one who has contributed so far to these fantastically interesting pages, and to those of you who have not (or if you know of someone who has not) yet sent in your car, please do so whatever the state - we want to see them all.

The Book Review page has been overhauled and some new books have been added. Also, the index of previous month's Picture of the Month has been revised to show a thumbnail of the picture. We hope you like the changes and find them useful. The 5 speed YB Conversion document has also been revisited - the original posting contained a few spelling errors - our apologies.

7 February 2003
Two recently rediscovered factory photographs have been added to the Collectibles page, along with two DG Models - a Y and a YT.

4 February 2003
Jack Murray has supplied details of Stafford Vehicle Components Limited to us and they have been added to the Links page. They provide a very comprehensive range of electrical switch gear and other supplies in addition to a "period" stalk control for flashing indicators (if your main clockwork switch is broken).

3 February 2003
The hoax message has now been purged. Apologies for any inconvenience caused by our "open access policy" but that is the nature of things these days, there will always be someone out there wanting to spoil things!

Manfred Schulz has been very busy and has sent in 4 Collectibles for the YB. We now have, another (different cover) Operations Manual for the YB, two different editions of the Service Parts List, and a Workshop Manual. Thank you. We hope you are finding the Collectibles page interesting - there are certainly some curios out there for collecting! Ken Jones has also sent in a letter he found in his original sales brochure and a Data Sheet too.

2 February 2003
WARNING: A classified advert has been posted for www.viagra4cars.com on the website. We do not believe this to be genuine and are looking into having it removed. Meanwhile, we would strongly recommend caution in responding to this, or any other such "unique and rewarding business opportunity", as these are more likely than not to be bogus and hoax. We operate an "open access" system on both the Classified Advertisements and the Bulletin Board services as we believe this to be in the best interests of the majority of you, our customers. Although we maintain a watching brief on these entries unfortunately, from time to time, the downside of this will be postings like this that "slip the net" due to the retrospective nature of our review. Our recommendation is always to ignore them and ask you to please report any such abuses you may spot to the webmaster and they will be looked into and removed.

On a happier note, Tony Vernall has supplied us with a copy of his notes on converting a YB to a 5 speed gearbox. While this is not something for the "purist" to contemplate, it may be of interest to others. The PDF can be downloaded from the Other Items column to the left of this news panel.

1 February 2003
Do not forget to send in your entry form to Jerry Birkbeck for the Spring Run, this year at Snowshill Manor. A downloadable Entry Form is now available. Please note that to avoid last minute confusion and running about (so that the organisers can enjoy the day as well as you) Jerry has said that full details / rally boards / route-books etc. will be sent out to entrants after 31 March 2003. This means that he must have completed all his side of the work as well as processed your entry form before then! Please don't leave it to the last minute - do it now, before you forget or get double booked for the day.

Jack Murray has sent in a picture of the YB Operations Manual for the Collectibles page. If you have something you would like to post, please send it in to the webmaster. The Collectibles page is building quite nicely and it is amazing just how much stuff there is out there. For new collectors, a good place to start is EBay or an autojumble, but remember - do not offer to pay more than you want to for an article - it is easy to get carried away with euphoria. Jack Murray has also sent in two new adverts which have been updated to the Advertisements page.

Finally, Tony Stock has sent in an update to his picture of Y 0485 in Ys on Parade.

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