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Downloadables
Safety Fast Newsletters
A full back catalogue of Newsletters scanned from Safety
Fast, from the first in 1992, to date.
MG YT Factory Production Records ~ recreated
(318kb) A PDF file by David Pelham (updated 3 January 2007).
The MG Y Type Buyer's Guide
A miscellany of resources
and articles to help you decide
MG Y Type Screensaver
(2.7 MB).
MG YT
Screensaver
(3.12mb)
5 Speed YB Conversion
(241kb) A PDF by Tony Vernall.
MG Icon and
instructions
for creating a desktop shortcut to the website. You may need both
files.
MG Engine History
(330kb) A PDF file by Neil Cairns.
MG Y Ledgers
(310kb) A PDF file by Neil Cairns of guarantee plates, chassis numbers
and engine numbers, where this information is known
Post War M.G. Saloon cars 1947 - 1999
(4.5mb including colour pictures) by Neil Cairns.
Miscellany
Luggage straps for the MG Y
Details on the luggage straps that were available as a period
optional extra.
Stories from the Rear view mirror
Historical research on individual cars by their owners.
Models of the MG Y Type
Details of models of the MG Y Type
Historical Timeline
of Y history events and contemporary world news
Sister Cars to the MG Y Type
by Neil Cairns
The MG Y Type Tool Kit
by Jeremy Havard
Terry Ciantar's original tool kit
Photographs by Terry Ciantar
Trivia and puzzles
Trivia Quiz 1.
Test your skill and knowledge of the Y Type.
Trivia Quiz 2
how well do you know your Y Type?
Picture Puzzle No 1
Picture Puzzle No 2
Picture Puzzle No 3
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29 May
2007
Graham Loader has
sent in a report from the MG Car Club South Australia' 60th Anniversary run for
the Y and these have been added to the special page of
photographs.
Webmaster
28 May
2007
Alf Luckman decided
that there were too few photographs of the Maitland Sixtieth Anniversary event
so these have been added to the special page of
photographs.
Webmaster
26 May
2007
Necessity being the
mother of invention, according to the old saying, a couple of new parts
have been added to the
Parts Drawings page. As before, if you have had to
dimensionally draw up a part to either make yourself, or to have fabricated,
please send it in so that others may benefit from your knowledge and we will add
it to this page. This page can also be accessed from the Technical
Centre option from the Parts Drawings option on the sub menu of the main
contents panel.
Webmaster
23 May
2007
Please welcome
Michael Lutz with YT 2913 to
Ys on Parade!
Robert Baker has
completed his restoration of Y 1090 and has sent
in an updated photograph for
Ys on Parade. Additionally Robert has also
sent a picture of Y 1090 doing the honours at his son's
wedding in April 2007.
Also, two video clips
have been added to the Sixtieth Anniversary special page of photographs
celebrations from the UK run.
Additionally some
more parts drawings and pictures have been consolidated on the
Parts Drawings page.
Webmaster
22 May
2007
As many of you will
know who receive Safety Fast on a regular basis, the MG Car Club Y
Type Register has a regular feature article. Now the entire back catalogue
of these has been scanned and can be downloaded individually from the
Downloadables section at the side margin of this news page at any time. It
has been interesting going back over the back issues and looking at the topics
raised. We hope you will find this page useful and interesting too.
See the item.
Webmaster
21 May
2007
Today, please welcome
Paul Gunner with Y 3955 to
Ys on Parade. Paul's car is the 360th car on
the website - that is SIX time SIXTY in our SIXTIETH anniversary Year!
Well Done Paul!
Webmaster
20 May
2007
Today, please welcome
Mark May with YB 0850 to
Ys on Parade.
An event report has also been
filed by Andrew Adamson for the UK Spring Run and been added to the Sixtieth
Anniversary special page of photographs and some
further photographs by Andrew have been added too.
Webmaster
19 May
2007
More photographs have
been added to the
Sixtieth Anniversary special page of photographs celebrations from the UK run.
Watch this space for more photographs and hopefully an event report be added in
the fullness of time too! - when the paper dries out maybe?
Webmaster
18 May
2007
Tow other book that has
previously been missed in the
Book Review
page are the book Tuning and Maintenance of MGs by Philip Smith, and W.E.
Blower's The MG Workshop Manual Complete Tuning and
Maintenance for all Models from "M" Type to "T.F.1500".
These have now been added.
Webmaster
17 May
2007
Roy Clapman (Y 5986)
has sent in some photographs from the UK Spring Run which have
been added to the
Sixtieth Anniversary special page of photographs.
Roy won the NTG Cup for the YA most folk would like to take home having just
completed the restoration of his car (ESV 518).
Webmaster
16 May
2007
More photographs have
been added to the
Sixtieth Anniversary special page of photographs celebrations from the Pacific North West
and the UK runs. No doubt more photographs and comments will be added in
due course.
Webmaster
15 May
2007
Please welcome
Henry & Marlies Hebels who are the
new owners of Y 7142 to
Ys on Parade. They have a workshop in Eindhoven dedicated to
the servicing of British Sportscars: MGs, Triumphs, Jensons etc. Details of
their garage facilities can be viewed at
www.britishsportscars.nl.
Photographs are
beginning to come in from the UK weekend and have been added to
the special page of photographs from this
special Diamond year. I am sure that additional photographs and comments will be added in
due course.
The mid-month
Reprinted Article is from
January 1948 publication of Australian Motor Manual and is titled "M.G. presents
a new 1 1/4 litre saloon ... a review of a quality small car". It is the
100th article to be released - plenty more to come for your enjoyment, do not
worry!
We are also pleased
to announce the release of stills from the films 'Evelyn' and 'Dance
with a Stranger' by kind permission of MGM Clip+Still. These have been
added to the Ys on film ... and other media page.
Webmaster
14 May
2007
A report of the
Sixtieth Anniversary celebrations from the Pacific North West has been added to
the special page of photographs from this
special Diamond year. No doubt more photographs and comments will be added in
due course.
Webmaster
10 May
2007
One book that got
overlooked in the
Book Review
page previously was the book MG 1945 - 1964 Photo Archive by David Knowles.
This has now been remedied.
Webmaster
5 May
2007
Today, please welcome
Tom Peitsch and Y 2371 to
Ys on Parade. Tom's car is the 60th YA in
Australia on the Parade - particularly poignant in this Diamond jubilee year!.
If you are into significant numbers (or merely coincidental ones), another two
cars on the Parade will take us to 6 times 60 cars at 360 cars.
Webmaster
3 May
2007
Although many
parts are available as 'New Old Stock' (NOS), second-hand, or remanufactured for
TCs and TDs, some parts are totally unavailable and will have to be made up
either by yourself, of a fabricater. To help eliminate some of the guess
work involved in this process, we hope to bring you measured drawings and
templates where previous restorers have had items made on a new
Parts Drawings page. If you have had to
dimensionally draw up a part to either make yourself, or to have fabricated,
please send it in so that others may benefit from your knowledge and we will add
it to this page. This page can also be accessed from the Technical
Centre option from the Parts Drawings option on the sub menu of the main
contents panel.
Webmaster
1 May
2007
A new
Collectible has been sent in by Karel and
Caroline Vermeer - a post card showing an MG Y!
The
monthly picture this month is of Peter Arnell's
YB leading a convoy to Le Mans.
The
Reprinted Article comes from
Classic Car Mart, September 2003 and is entitled "Thinking of buying ... MG YA
or YB Saloons?". This article has also been added to the
Buyer's Guide page.
As the UK Spring Run
draws near the
Picture of the Month harks back to the Spring
Run of 2002.
Webmaster
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