The MG Car Club South East is part of the MG Car Club itself. It covers the counties of Kent, Surrey, Sussex and some of Greater London. The Centre organises activities for its members in the area and also hosts many local "natters" and "wanderers" groups who hold regular meetings for MG fans of all types. The Club welcomes all MGs from the vintage to the modern. You become a member by joining the main MG Car Club and if you live in one of the counties above you will automatically be enrolled in the South East Centre.
Very nice. Having my same red ‘61 mga1600 mk2 since 2003, I did much of same upgrades. 1-2-3 ignition, silicon leads, Irridium plugs, unleaded cyl head and tuned ports, alternator iso dynamo neg ground, silicon brake fluid, lifetime coolant, led lamps and ‘long’ diff pinion wheel to low rpm cruise. Me shorty at 178cm. So normal seating. Car summer used weekly.
Incredible cars !! I am in Pennsylvania and my MG engine is on a stand right now..I am working on my 1928 Morgan and am about to start a RU-vid channel.
When I used to go to the South Yorkshire MGOC meetings back in the 80s/90s, there was a chap who had a UM MGC that was this colour, though I don’t remember the registration after all this time, so it may or may not have been the same car.
Like their big farina counterparts... mg magnettes in both pre farina and farina saw service in the police force during the 1960s. Jersey, Oxford City, Wiltshire, to name a few. Very nice examples exhibited here.
Interesting MGCs - back in 2003 when I was living in UK I viewed an MGC GT in Bedforshire that had a triple SU spec engine with all the Downton mods. The MG had originally been Sandy Beige but had been repainted red in the past when I saw it. It had a period vinyl roof (a UM mod?) with a webasto and sat on wire wheels. The interior was red with white piping, it drove nicely and sounded glorious but was quite rusty unfortunately.
I can remember one of these in what I remember as "purple" in the University Motors showroom in Strood Kent. Might have been 2 tone purple and pink? I wonder what happened to that one? Showroom is long gone. The showroom floor was several feet above normal road level so you could see the cars on display easily as you went past. I think I might have had my first Volvo Amazon then. I note that this MGC has a J reg which I think would make it 1971 and not 1973 as mentioned?
Lovely Spinal Tap moment, this one goes up to 3, an impressive car all the same, served my apprenticeship fixing and tuning these at Voss Motors. Ah those were the days.
Excellent video chaps, picked up a fair bit of info here, wonder where that last one is, tucked away somewhere I reckon. Those door mirrors look more substantial than the Rover 100 (Metro) ones. The head gasket issue was the very last set back Rover needed and would never recover from. Good to see a few extras, fuel light, boot release etc. Now let's find that last one! 👍🇬🇧
During the Plandemic I found a 1933 MG engine, gearbox and differential. I started out purchasing an MG transmission from a guy who did not know if it worked and it would not shift. That is when I found the engine etc. I am trying to figure out what to build around it.
BHP: The Riley Farinas were badged 4/68 and later 4/72, being number of cylinders and bhp. As both Rileys and Magnettes had twin carbs, their outbuts should have been the same.
The sad irony is thst if it wasn't for the Chinese , ndian's and Germans our best British car brands would have disappeared long ago..the day's of the British empire are gone and we had better face that reality and get back in the European union fast!!!.❤️🇬🇧🇺🇦
Very very nicely preserved/restored car and excellent video. I knew of the Twin Cam but not very much about it and had never seen that very pretty engine before. I would like to know more about the design and development of that head. It must have been quite a task to develop this race version of the MGA and I see the old MG philosophy of "let's use what we've got" very much in play. I had no idea that it carried over it's predecessor's chassis which must have made it heavy and flexible for a racer. I used to have an MGF Trophy 160 which I modded to 190 along with many other hidden mods including Torsen diff and engine access was similarly difficult through removable panels above and on both sides which was that models demise really as it made maintenance time consuming and expensive so was neglected by "casual" owners and contributed to the engine's much discussed cooling problems, all fixable by competent home enthusiasts.
Igot lost a. Bit it when tom walkinsaw was mentioned I thought Austin rover&willams grand prix made the 6r4 with Austin rovers rally people when the Tr7 v8 finished it rally career
Remember seeing this car at rover's liquidation auction in 2006 at longbridge, just odd that mg kept it low key given the record it got and Time and money invested.
It is really too bad they didn't/couldn't allocate the resources to further develop this engine. It might have changed the whole trajectory of the company. It reminds me of the Chevy Corvair in that it could have had an amazing future had they continued to improve it.
If you own a Twin Cam in the US, you should already know by now Auto Vintagery (James Alcorn) in San Diego, California and Moss Motors in Santa Barbara, California (Stu).
Could do without that irritating, hokey music!...I would rather hear that raspy exhaust note!...These cars are sleek and very nice, but were underpowered, compared to a TR3, or a Healey. And I have never warmed up to the MGB look...just rather boxy, and still were underpowered!
My first car was a 1962 MGA. Bought it with a blown engine for $150.00 and rebuilt the engine myself. It had those Lemans knock off wheels I drove it for nine years sold it for only $900. I miss that car.
@@UnderWarranty No one is making you buy one FOOL.........But many will, the build quality of the new MG’s is as good as anything I have seen, anywhere, but they are affordable.
@@bobmitchell8012 I was referring to MG when it was British, they was terrible, that is what i mean MG/SAIC couldn't possibly make them any worse than they was. I was thinking of getting the cybster but the fact the steering wheel blocks the 2 side screens and it looks like a girls hair dressers car from the front killed it for me. Wish they never killed the E-Motion for this car
Nice story. Thank You! . . . My late father told the story that back in the early 60’s, he looked at a twin-cam sitting in a local Iowa used car lot. As much as he desired it, he had a family with three young childrem to support on a meager income. Then he owned a ‘62 Austin Healy 3000 for the final 40 years of his life.
