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29 October 2008
Slater Reynolds has
updated both the text and the picture on
Ys on Parade for Y 0330.
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27 October 2008
When I was tidying up
I came across another old advert from the Coronation edition of Punch
magazine which has subtle differences between it and the similar advert from
June 1953. This has also been added to the 1953
section of the Reprinted Advertisements page.
Also, I came across
the magnificent programme produced by the MG Car Club for the Gold Coast,
Australia that they had produced for the 2007 Easter gathering, and the
magnificent miniaturised version of the Export brochure too. These have
been added to the Collectibles
page. Apologies for the late posting of these guys!
Finally, two reviews,
one of the MG Y, and the MG YT have been added to the
Links page from the MG Owners Club site.
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26 October 2008
Today, please welcome
Gareth Phillipson and Y 1040 to
Ys on Parade.
Also, a great new
advert - for Nuffield Cars, but only featuring a Y has been added to the 1948
section of the Reprinted Advertisements page.
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25 October 2008
Today, please welcome
William Spall and Y 3407 to
Ys on Parade.
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24 October 2008
The earlier
miscalculation of
Ys on Parade has been traced and I have
recalculated! Today, however, please welcome Paul Eastburn from Devon, UK
with Y 5330 to
Ys on Parade as our genuine 400th car on the
Parade!
Tony Slattery has
also sent in a report on the 60th Anniversary gathering to celebrate the launch
of the MG YT in Adelaide, South Austalia. This is now accessible from the
Events page or
here.
Forewarned is forearmed - so make a date for your calendar as the next gathering in Australia for Y-Typers will be at the M.G. Car Clubs of Australia
National Meeting to be held at Geelong in Victoria over Easter 2009. The Geelong meeting will see the presentation of
the “David Lawrence Trophy” for the best performance of a Y-Type at National
Meetings every year since 1970. More details on both the event and the
“David Lawrence Trophy” have been promised shortly ... so watch this space for
news!
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23 October 2008
Malcolm Hardy has
updated the photograph for his
Ys on Parade entry for
Y 6124.
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22 October 2008
Continuing the postal
theme, a sheet of commemorative stamps have
Collectibles
page.
Today, please welcome Neville Mann of New Zealand with
Y 1441 to
Ys on Parade.
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21 October 2008
Another post card
from Taunton featuring an MG Y Type has been added to the
Collectibles page!
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18 October 2008
With everything going
on on 15 October I completely forgot to publish the mid-month
Reprinted Article - our oldest so far going
back to May 1947. It is a reprint of an article from the Motor Trader
magazine and is titled "Bid for the Family Market".
 While we are on the
family theme, please welcome our first Y on Ys on
Parade from a communist country - China. We already have one from Cuba
on Ys at Weddings (which we hope to get on the Parade soon). Today, please
welcome Jean Lau and Y 3724!
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16 October 2008
Stevson Motors (UK) -
rebuilders of Shock absorbers now have a website. This has been added to
their entry on the Links page.
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15 October 2008
We are pleased
to add pictures from the wedding of Ben and Alannah Noffke to
Ys at Weddings.
The following notice
is from Tony Slattery and concerns Geelong 2009:
I am staying at the Comfort Inn
Parkside with some of the contingent from MGCC Queensland.
It would be great if all the Y-Typers
could stay together, but I don't think we are that well organised yet (or have
certainty of numbers attending to do that at Geelong). Maybe in Adelaide in
2010 ?.
At present the following persons (in no
particular order) have indicated to me that they will be taking their Y-Type to
Geelong :-
Slattery - YT
Ades - YT
Brewer - YT
Fry - YA
Hudson - YA
Dewley - YA
Loader - YA
We are as you can see still a little
short on the 6 YT's and 6 YA's required for the host club to provide a separate
class each for Saloons and Tourers.
I am flying to Adelaide this week-end
to attend their 60th YT Anniverasry Run on Sunday, and will encourage as many Y-Typers
as possible to make the trip to Geelong in 2009.
Now to other Y-Type Geelong
News :-
I have still to clear it with the MG
National Meeting Committee (my apologies in advance to Margaret and Fred),
however, the Australian Y-Type Register will be presenting a perpetual trophy at
Geelong to honour those Y-Types and owners that have participated at National
Meetings since 1970.
The "David Lawrence Trophy"
will be awarded to the participant with the highest aggregate score over all the
events at the National Meetings.
It is hoped that many of those persons
whose names are already inscribed on the trophy will be there to see it
presented to the winner for 2009.
The winners of the "David
Lawrence Trophy" have been established for the years 1977, 1979, 1985,
1990, 1991, 1993 - 2008, but we are still to find results for the missing years
since 1970.
If you know anyone who may have results
from the following National Meetings could you please send me a copy :- 1970 -
1976, 1978, 1980 - 1984, 1986 - 1989 & 1992.
So come all you fence-sitters, get your
Y-Type to Geelong for a chance to have your name on a Trophy with 38 years of
history of Y-Types at National Meetings !.
It is an outstanding and unique trophy
that will only be unveiled for the first time at Geelong - SO BE THERE !!!!.
The Australian Y-Type Register will
also be organising a dinner on the "free night" of the National Meeting at
Geelong, so we can all get together as a group of like minded MG Enthusiasts.
More details when we know how many will be attending.
So please one and all -
spread the word & see you, in a Y-Type, in Geelong, in 2009.
Yours in Y-Types
Tony Slattery
PS - for all the inside information on
the Geelong National Meeting, go to :-
www.mgcc.com.au
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14 October 2008
Today, please welcome
Peter Sharp and YB 1127 to
Ys on Parade.
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11 October 2008
It must be postcard
week this week as we have three new items added to the
Collectibles page, all postcards: one from
Willem van der Veer' son Thomas, one from Karel Vermeer and one that I found on eBay too!
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8 October 2008
Today, please welcome
Jim Price and Y 5232 to
Ys on Parade.
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7
October
2008
Richard Knight has
updated the text to go with the new photograph he posted last month of
YB 0655.
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2
October
2008
Some time ago we
posted a link to an on-line poll being run by BBC Radio Oxford for your
favourite car. The choices included, Morris Marina, Ford Cortina Mk I,
Ford Cortina 1600 Mk II, Austin Princess, Mini Cooper, Reliant Robin, Aston
Martin, Mazda Premacy, Rover SD1, MG P Type, Clan Crusader, VW Van, Austin
Allegro, Honda Jazz, VW Golf, Rover 60, Land Rover, Austin Ambassador and our
very own MG Y Type. Well, the winner of the poll, with 732 of the 1,829
votes cast, at a cool 40% was ... the MG Y Type! Second place went to the
VW Van with a mere 384 votes or 21%!! See the announcement
here and the full results
here.
Also, we have a new
addition to the Artist's Impression page from Dermot
Gallaher.
Well spotted David
Mullen, I had jumbled the pages in the Reprinted Article:
they have now been corrected. Apologies if this affected your enjoyment of
the article.
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1
October
2008
The
Picture of the Month this month comes from Sri
Lanka and features an MG Y outside the Mount Lavina Hotel.
This Y is currently unknown to the Register so if any of our Sri Lankan owners
can track it down via the Hotel management and let us know the details it would
be appreciated. It would also be great to be able to add the car and owner
to Ys on Parade.
The
Reprinted Article
comes from the January 9 1948 edition of Autocar and is entitled "Making the
Grades".
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