I was able to do a British Motor Heritage factory visit way back in 2010. This is actually the British Motor Heritage Ltd. factory located in Witney, Oxfordshire. My focus here is mostly of that as an MGB tourist. Getting A Tour You to can do a factory tour in […]
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My interest in originality begins with my 1977 MGB. At the time I bought it I knew nothing. But I followed the adage of buying the best car you can afford. After about a year of ownership, I decided to be brave and went to a meeting of the MG […]
Adding an MGF Stainless Steel Grille Kit. Even before I had actually collected and imported my MGF, I knew I wanted to do a few updates. I didn’t want too much bling, but subtle customizations are OK. One of the updates I had seen was the replacing of the side […]
MGF speaker improvements for the early MGF cars, such as my 1977, are not too difficult. It’s likely they are badly need, especially if the in door speakers are originals. It turns out mine were indeed bad, but no longer! Front Door Speakers I do like my music while I […]
Importing 1997 MGF to USA doesn’t have to be too complex. This is not all my own work. I received a lot of information from 2 friends who had done this successfully. Also I should add a disclaimer. This is just my own personal experience and any use of this […]
Today, 10th June, 2023 was the MG & Triumph 100 event at the Silverstone circuit. This event would otherwise be known as MG Live. This year is a joint event with both MG and Triumph celebrating 100 years of history. The MG brand/marque still exists for cars, not so for […]
Saturday 27th May, 2023 is the kick-off event for the celebration of the centenary of the MG brand. The British Motor Museum in Gaydon, United Kingdom is the location and quite the event it was. I have planned to be here for some time and today was the day to […]
Tail of the Dragon is a stretch of road that has 318 curves in 11 miles. This road is officially US129 and the Tail of the Dragon stretch is basically the last 11 miles of the road that is in Tennessee and then continues on into North Carolina. If you […]
MGB60 what a simply amazing event! Where do I even begin I am simply overwhelmed by the experience. Background MGB60 is jointly organized by the MGB Register of MG Car Club and the MG Owners Club in the United Kingdom. Sunday 25 September 2022 was the day to celebrate the […]
Heritage Certificates can be very useful. I have information on the originality of my 1977 MGB from print and TV commercials. I also have even more originality documents available. One of these is a British Motor Industry Heritage Certificate. Another is the original dealer delivery checklist that was prepared when […]