1st December 2008
Have you seen the new picture on the homepage? Urs Müller from Switzerland
sent this, showing his Magnette in truly snowy conditions and carrying
contemporary skir on the roof!
I also made another picture of this car to the picture on the
month, as it's fitting perfect into the season (at least here in Europe.
It's snowing outside, while I type this...)
Also some news on the galley:
We start with # 6956 purchased by
John Cunneen from Australia , who now can share his time with a restorition
project.
Followed by Colin Blke's #16722
Next is # 26699 belonging to Edwin
Sweeney from the USA and the we switch to Australa again.
Ian Willder's #32214 is finally another
sequent number. We don't have many cars listed, that must have been standing
aside on the production line.
All a warm welcome!
Will we reach the 600 mark on the gallery this year? I still have a few in my
mailbox, but will that be enough? Let's see...
23rd November 2008
MG Enthusiast had a nice article in their November issue, which we are allowed to reproduce here....
18th November 2008
Most of you will know that the nice clock is one of the things that never
work. I got mine repaired three times during the last 10 years as I like the
tick-tack. Without that it's not a clock!
Despite that Malcolm Robertson made a report about his experience
converting the Magnette clock to quartz.
So, his clock makes no noice but shows the right time. I should overthink my
opinion...
16th November 2008
Today we have some information on parts:
Andy Brock spooted these reproduction bumpers made of stainless steel
at ebay. The manufacturerer is located in Vietnam.
As former Register historian and "Nile-Trial" rally driver Warren Marsh sold his
car earlier this year and also sold all his second hands parts I had to delete
Zedparts from the suppliers list.
10th November 2008
Dan Docwra's Magnette has been added to the
wedding gallery....
...and to the Magnette gallery, marking the 200th entry for Great Britain. Well done
Scotsman!
And the next car on the gallery comes from Wales: David Williams registered #
31797.
5th November 2008
Let's start this month with a bad news.
Former rally driver Pat Moss died after a long illness on October 14, 2008, aged
73. During her career she drove a Magnette on her first continental rally in
1955. Unfortunalety she crashed the Magnette on the journey to the start, when
she stopped to read a road sign and then drove off on the wrong side of the road
to meet another car head on. The Magnette suffered front end dmage. Here's an
obituary...
But we also have good news: here's a report about the
M.G. Saloon Day
and
a new picture of the month...
28th October 2008
Jose de Sousa ("our" Peking-Paris rally-man) loaned his Magnette to a friend
for the "Classic Safari Challenge" across Namibia, South Africa and
Swaziland.
Here's a short report:
The Magnette lost a rear wheel, complete with halfshaft, in the middle of
nowhere in Namibia. I only read the BBS thread "Hub nut on rear axel for ZA
magnette" now ! I have not yet seen the parts but apparently the rear hub nut
unscrewed itself ... I had a spare halfshaft but it was not possible to
repair/remachine the thread (damaged/split from hitting the ground) where it
happened, so Maggie and Roger opted to send the car back to Cape Town and rent a
4x4.
The suspension seem to have performed well. I am now considering further
improvements for the 2010 Peking-Paris: a sanction 2 MGB engine with more power,
perhaps a stronger rear axle (Morris Marina Van ?), limited slip diff, a ZB
steering column, traction tyres, plus ???. Any ideas?
More pictures
here...
26th October 2008
More Magnettes for the gallery:
# 10450 of Randall Wharton, Ireland
# 23244 of Rodger Shaver, ID, USA
17th October 2008
Last week I received a letter (with a nice stamp) from Australia. Chris Gray
sent some information about four Magnettes (out of ten) he owned. Here they are:
# 9432, #
11207, #
23633, #
29300
Thanks Chris!
9th October 2008
Grant Howlett sentsome nice pictures of the Festival of Speed at Goodwood with racing Magnettes...
3rd October 2008
Some more entries to the gallerie:
# 12864,
# 24134 and #
33322. All seen on ebay.
1st October 2008
The season in Europe and the rest of the northern hemisphere is going to an end, which means that the Magnettes and their owners in the southern part of the world start into the new season:
Loz Scott sent a report of
"Wagga Wagga" in Australia.
And Alberto Cruz in Portugal finished his restoration on
# 35929 and brought a nice example back
on the road.
And yes, there is a new picture of the month...
28th September 2008
Well no updates for nearly two weeks. But I had to check my MGA for the MOT and the last reports for our German MG Club magazine had to be written. So unfortunalety this website stood at the end of the list. But here we go again. We start with another wedding picture sent by Robert Schmitz....
16th September 2008
Please welcome # 35983 of Rikke
Nissen, Denmark on the gallery.
And back to another part of Europe: Portugal. You all remember the Peking-Paris
report of Jose de Sousa. After his return home he started to change his
supension, as this was the weakest part during the trial.
Read on...
14th September 2008
New on the gallery is
Richard Sherman's # 28607 and
# 2980 of Valentine Venimore from New
Zealand and
# 26668 of Mark Michalak, USA
7th September 2008
Last weekend the last formal event of the Register was held in Norwich.
See report and pictures by Brian
Pollard and Peter Martin...
4th September 2008
Jeroen van den Akker and Karel vermeer sent more photos...
2nd September 2008
Jeroen van den Akker sent report and pictures of the
Continental Old Z Meeting in the
Netherlands.
1st September 2008
Stephen Tickell sent a report of the
Athelhampton House
event at the beginning of August. Somehow the report got lost in my email
account but luckily Stephen reminded me. Thanks! So here we are....
Also a new picture of the month.
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