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Miscellany
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
Downloadables
The MG Y Type Buyer's Guide
A miscellany of resources
and articles to help you decide
MG YT Factory
Production Records ~ recreated
(175kb)
A PDF file by David Pelham (updated 8 October 2005).
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.
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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24 October
2006
Today,
please welcome John Wallace with YT 4621 to
Ys on Parade, and another of Tony Bushell's
collection of Ys YA 0696. This has now put
New Zealand into 6th place overall for
Ys on Parade!
Webmaster
20 October
2006
Matt Saunders
recently sent in some interesting pictures of the special bodied
YB 1551 - the last Y chassis ever. This
was sold to race driver Dick Jacobs and raced very successfully. Last we
heard (2002) this was being restored - it would great to catch up with the owner
and project again! Meanwhile, we have added the pictures to
Interesting Ys. Thanks Matt.
Webmaster
16 October
2006
Eagle eyed Michael
Nicholson noticed that part of the text was missing from the latest
Reprinted Article.
My apologies for this, I have moved the pictures around on the last page and if
you download again you will get the full text.
Webmaster
15 October
2006
This month, with the
approaching Diamond Jubilee of the Y Type, we jump back to 1997 and celebrate
another Reprinted Article from that amazing
year. This is one of three articles from the July 1997 edition of MG
Enthusiast and is called "Ugly duckling blossoms in middle age".
For those Y owners in
the Pacific North West USA and Canada BC, we are hoping to organise a Y Birthday
weekend over the same weekend as the UK guys (11 - 13 May 2007) and possibly
close to Bellingham.
If you are interested in this event please email
the webmaster
as we are wanting to assess interest at this time.
Webmaster
7 October
2006
In case you have not
yet looked up MG Y Type at
wikipedia.org it is there, so we have added it as a link on the
Links page ... after significantly enhancing the content
of course!
Webmaster
5 October
2006
Andrew and Arlene
Coulson have notified confirmed dates for the 2007 Ripon Old Car Show ...
"with a bar!!!". See the Events page for
details.
Tony Slattery has
also sent in pictures of his dash pot stand to remember which way to refit the
dash pots after a removal for carburettor servicing etc. See
Hints and Tips page
for the details.
Webmaster
3 October
2006
Today, please welcome
Tony Slattery with Y 2413 to
Ys on Parade.
We now have 1/5th of all known surviving Ys in the world on this site!
That is truly amazing, and thank you all for sharing them. Please
remember, if you know of a Y that is not on the site yet, because the owner does
not have internet access, or a digital photograph, please obtain their
permission and then gather the details and send them on in to us for them.
Be sure to show them when it is added - we try to do this as soon as possible
after reciept.
Webmaster
1 October
2006
September was a
hectic month, and October gets off to a flying start with a welcome to David
Harper with Y 7250 to
Ys on Parade.
Some of us know a
bit about our car's history, some of us want to find out, and some of us are not
bothered one way or the other. For those who fall into the former
category, we have added yet another page
Stories from the Rear view mirror.
This page gives owners slightly more space to share some of the details of their
car's history. The page can be accessed through the link in the panel to
the left of the News page (October 2006 onwards).
Other regular stuff,
this month's
Reprinted Article is of currently unknown
origins and date, but believed to be from The Light Car Magazine, possibly from
1947 and a new
Picture of the Month - this time from the
artistic talents of Steve Simmons with a Halloween theme.
Have you had chance
to enjoy the Video Clips yet from Ys on Film?
Although they may take a while to download on a dial up modem (20 minutes each)
they are well worth it, and if you only do one, a must see one is the
"Enjoyment is the key"
(3.8mb) one from the Miss Marple Video.
I purchased all of these videos through
Amazon.com and am highly delighted with the films in their own right as
entertainment too, so do not only enjoy the specific Y clips, buy the video/DVDs
too - they are great.
Webmaster
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