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British Invasion Stowe Vermont Car Show
I have been aware of the British Invasion Stowe Vermont car show for a long time. It is an event where its reputation proceeds it! Unfortunately, it usually clashes date-wise with my own St. Louis All British Car Show managed by the MG Club of St. Louis. In 2025 though, I made plans to road
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MGF30
MGF30 is a celebration of the MGF and MG TF cars. They were first launched in 1995. The MG Car Club’s MGF Register has organized the MGF30 celebration event which is taking place July 6th, 2025 at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon UK. There are also pre-events on July 5th. Table of Contents This
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Project Phoenix – The MGF
Project Phoenix – The MGF, confirms the idea of a sports car never died at British Leyland/BL Cars/Austin Rover. Beginning in 1982, the MG name had been used on several saloon models. But the problem with this plan was that the average customer knew that MG spelled sports car. MG EX-E In 1984 the decision
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Tail of the Dragon (Again)
So, I have indeed been to the Tail of the Dragon (Again)! A couple of times actually but these times have been with my 1997 Amaranth MGF. Previously I have taken other MGs and covered those trips in an earlier Tail of the Dragon article. In both 2024 and 2025 visits I have combined my
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British Motor Heritage Factory Visit
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 groups up to a maximum
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Very Original MGB GT’s
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 Club of St. Louis. We’ll
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MGF Stainless Steel Grille Kit
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 air intake grilles for the
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MGF Speaker Improvements
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 am driving, so I had
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Importing 1997 MGF to USA
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 information is at your own
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MG & Triumph 100 Silverstone
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 Triumph. As I didn’t have
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MG Centenary Gaydon
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 be at the event. MG
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Tail of the Dragon
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 search for Deal’s Gap on
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MGB60
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 60th anniversary of the introduction
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Oil Leak Adventures
Oil Leak Adventures, I am not sure how many parts of this story there will be! As I have mentioned before my GT is a V8 conversion and I didn’t do the conversion. So,when there are maintenance or issues needing work, this is the beginning of an adventure. There are 3 steps of (a) finding
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Heritage Certificates
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 the car was sold by
