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Downloadables
The MG Y Type Buyer's Guide
A miscellany of resources
and articles to help you decide
fMG 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)
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
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.
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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25 September
2006
Tony
Slattery has added to our Technical Data information by providing a list of
Nuts and Bolts found on Y Types. In his
own words "It was compiled by myself during the strip down of three cars - so
there are obviously some listings that vary from car to car. Therefore it should
not be regarded as a factual document - just a guide as to what bolt goes
where." Engine bolts are covered in the other documents so Tony has not
listed those here. The PDF will be permanently available from the
Technical Data page in the Technical Centre.
Webmaster
23 September
2006
Today,
please welcome Paul Thompson with YB 1230 to
Ys on Parade.
Also,
Aldemir Humberto has sent in some more pictures of his lovely
Hot Rod for
InterestingYs. Even if you don't like Hot Rods, in Aldemir's own words
you will want to hug this one!
Webmaster
22 September
2006
A while ago
we brought you a new page Ys on Film with the
anticipation of bringing you video clips and still photographs from the films as
well as plot précis. Well, after a series of negotiations, we have
obtained permission from the BBC to show stills and video from the Murder at
the Vicarage drama, and from TalkbackTHAMES.TV to show the clip and some
stills from the film Sweeney 2.
While we
were tracking down with the BBC we also obtained consent from Norma West who
played Mrs. LeStrange. Norma said "It is with great pleasure that I give
my permission for video clips from Murder at the Vicarage to be used on the MG Y
website. It was such an immensely happy experience, particularly working with
the 'definitive' Miss Marple, Joan Hickson, that to give the film exposure in
any way, is a good thing. I look forward to looking at the site. Lots of
luck, Norma." Thank you Norma. Sadly, Michael Browning who played
Doctor Haydock, has passed away.
Webmaster
21 September
2006
2007 is
approaching - and with it the 60th anniversary of the Birth of the Y!
As promised
the UK folk are organising a weekend long event to celebrate this. More
details are now available, and I believe rooms are disappearing fast! So,
if you want to get in the local hostelry you had better book now! Some
fairly extensive details can be found on the Events page
... so rush there now, grab the details and book in for what will be the
premiere event of a great Year!
Also today
- two new Collectibles have been added - an
original handbook envelope for the handbook, and a fantastic high quality
photograph of Geoff Holt and Stan Astbury in their YB on the 1953 Rally of Great
Britain.
Webmaster
20 September
2006
Apologies -
I have been advised of a minor error on the sales price lists.
The price has been updated and list may now be downloaded
in either A4 or
Letter size. Click on the page size of
your choice.
We have
also added another layer of anti-SPAM protection to our committee members.
Should you experience any problems let us know through the BBS that you need
someone to contact you and we will. A note like this will also appear
there. It is a fact of 21st century life I am afraid!
Webmaster
18 September
2006
Today
please welcome another car to the stable of Tony Slattery - this time
Y 3936,
pairing up with Sybill Mackaness's Y 3935 to make yet another matched pair!
Webmaster
15 September
2006
Two new
articles for your delight and delectation in this month's mid-month release of
Reprinted Articles - one from an unknown
source and unknown date on a Blown Y, and the other by kind permission of the
North American MG Magazine from Fall 2006 (so hot off the press) on S J
Perelman's YT trip from Paris to Peking!
Webmaster
13 September
2006
David
Pelham has sent in a new Hint & Tip.
Webmaster
12 September
2006
Today,
please welcome John Thornley (no, not that one ... the other one) with
YB 0711 to Ys on Parade.
John is the 80th YB on the site, congratulations John! This one comes to
us via Malcolm Hardy, who met John at a recent MG event ... and they got
talking, as Y owners are want to do!!!
This got me
wondering, now that we have 329 Ys on the website, what sort of % of the cars
known to the Register (as opposed to 'Live' cars) so I have added another row of
math to the Ys on Parade table. As of 1 April
2006, Jack Murray, Registrar, had details of 1,624 Ys of which 957 were YAs, 295
were YTs and 372 were YBs. This means that of the total known cars we have
1 in every 5 cars in the Register on the website, or just over 20%: that is a
huge achievement! If you want the model breakdown YAs are 16.7%, YTs 30.2%
and YBs 21.5%! Well done and keep sending them in (with the owner's
consent if they do not have internet access).
Webmaster
11 September
2006
While doing
some research today I came across a new (well new to me) page from Willem van
der Veer on the MG T Type and Prewar Owners Club, Holland. A link has been
added to the Links page for
this
site.
Also, copies of an original picture of Geoff Holt and Stan Astbury in HMO 910 (Sergeant) can be obtained from Stilltime - see
their link on the Links
page.
Finally, in
terms of Links added for today, John Rowe's YB 1146
is shown on the
Flikr website photographed by Robert Silverwood.
A link has been added for this too.
Webmaster
10 September
2006
A new
section has been added to the Interesting Ys
page featuring
Unique Features in production Ys. If
your Y has special features fitted from new (as opposed to 'after market') we'd
like to hear from you with pictures of your unique feature please for inclusion
in this section, so email the
webmaster.
Webmaster
9 September
2006
David
Robley too has a webpage for the restoration of his
YT 3432 and this too has
been added on the Links page under
Other Websites and
Personal Homepages for David Robley's personal
photograph album.
Webmaster
8 September
2006
A link has
been added on the Links page under
Other Websites and
Personal Homepages for Richard Knight's personal
photograph album of the bare metal respray of one of his (many) YBs -
Richard has a bunch of them!
Webmaster
7 September
2006
Floyd Inman is hoping
to organise a strong Y presence at the Gathering of the Faithful - West in The
Canyons, Park City,Utah in July 2007. Please see the
Events page for full
details and a contact email link to Floyd.
Brian Calder has sent
in updated text and a new photograph for Y 3095
for us too.
Webmaster
1 September
2006
We are very pleased
to welcome three new entries to Ys on Parade at the
start of this new month - please welcome Don Martine with
Y 2675, Mel Castleberry with
YT 1926, and Norbert Kapfer with
YB 1216, - amazingly one of each kind! All
three of these break new ground in some way for the website:
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Don's car is the
160th
YA on the site,
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Norbert's car is our first Y from
Austria and
it joins its sister YB 1215 in making yet another pair of Ys reunited at last;
and
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Mel's car make it a
total of 10.01% of the total YTs ever know to have been made on this
site!
As usual we have a new
Picture of the Month, possibly a unique piece
of history! There are two
Reprinted Article for you to enjoy at the
start of this month: the first is a short article from
January 1997 from Practical Classics, and the other is a slightly longer article
from North American Classic MG Magazine (Fall 2005) on Don Matine's amazing
hotel, complete with MGs on display, including his Y - my kind of hotel and
there is no doubt where I will be staying if we get down your way Don!.
Webmaster
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