Stoneleigh

MG Show & Spares Day

 24th February 2008  
 

The F Reg stand in all its glory

Ralphs Japan Cup Car

Another view of the stand

Dave's Trophy 160

Customers jostling at the stall

Steve's Trophy 160

 

MG Car Club display

Mg Owners Club featuring an SV

T Types

Plenty of rusty old bits to browse

Not sure if the rest of this early F was spread about the hall

A couple of other intact Fs were on display elsewhere

Kieran buys some nice red Oxford Leather seats for his F makeover

This BGT LE needed some care and attention

There were many other shinier examples for sale
 

This very nice Trophy 160 was on sale as well

  
     
 

 

 

Stoneleigh is traditionally the season opener for Main F Register events and 2008 was no exception. However this year we did push the boat out a bit with a themed stand based on "Trophies" featuring lots of chequred flag bunting , flags, chain link fencing, display boards on Trophy 160's and MG Trophy race cars plus two Trophy 160 cars and Japan Cup racing car...oh and some inflatable trophies and real trophies dotted about as well as the stall selling our full range of regalia. That was not all as we also featured Andy Capy  demonstrating how his "Lo Larm" invention worked and holding a raffle with a Lo Larm system as the prize. Plenty of interest in that and well done to Brian Dingdale who was the eventual winner.

Not surprisingly we hardly had time to draw breath working on the stand itself as there always seemed to be a crowd around us which was great to see. Fantastic to catch up with some of the old faces and plenty of new faces as well to introduce to the club. We did get a little time to wander around the show though and spotted the Essex Roadsters admiring Kierans new red oxford leather seats he had just brought from Mike Satur. Good to see the MGF Centre back at the show as well and they seemed to be doing well, also Brown & Gammons and Rimmer Bros were amongst the stall holders so there was plenty of interest for the MGFan to browse. Lots of other stalls selling general bric a brac and rusty old bits for older MGs as well as tools, cleaning materials, toys, brochures , old radios and even fudge ! The cars for sale section also featured some nice cars including an immaculate solar red Trophy 160 but sadly our own Vice Chairman Andy Phillips didn't manage to sell his ZT 260 ...so if anyone is interested you can still contact the F register.

Spotted a rear bumper assembly for an N reg F amongst the MGB wings on one stall and there were one or two other Fs spotted about on other club stands looking very shiny. The MGOC stall featured a bright yellow SV and the MGCC a selection of racing MGs. Out in the cow sheds was the usual selection of MGs of all types parking under cover making a nice display to wander around and get inspiration for the next modification to your own F/TF.

A good start to the year.

 

Thanks to Steve Foster, Dave Alexander and Ralph Gadsby for the loan of the cars but we were sad to hear that Ralph was involved in an accident on the way back home from the show resulting in the Japan Car being damaged on it's trailer. Luckily neither Jim or Ralph were hurt  and the front of the F should be repairable.

 

 

 

 

Words and Pics Tim Morris