27th December
2005
Here we are with the last update 2005. hope
you enjoyed the advent calendar over the last 24 days and the website over
the last 365 days! Let's end with another batch for the gallery. Only for
the second time we have with 11831 a following number! But therefore the
150th ZA (out of 392 total). So we nearly managed the 400
mark. I'm sure we'll do next year! So here we are:
# 10873 AUS from ebay
# 11831 AUS from ebay
# 20354 GB unknown source
# 24511 GB from ebay and
# 36374 USA, belonging to Jim
Arps, Texas.
21th December
2005
Hello Magneteers all over the world. Another year
is nearly finished and we are looking forward to another airsmoothed
year. I would like to thanks all those who helped to keep this website up
to date and of course all visitors who make it worth to do all the work!
Thanks!
The
Z & Farina Magnette Register
wishs you all a peaceful
Merry Christmas
and a Happy
New
Year!
Don't think that's all. I still have some articles to come. Let's start
with this:
Wray Lemke, USA wrote: "I serviced the wiper motor on my MGA but since
it is the same as the Magnette, I thought I'd share the little article."
Read on...
18th December 2005
# 18158 is a new enty on the gallery. It's one of those rare "hybrids". These were ZA's that had some or all ZB features. Some enthusiast say that these are the best Magnettes at all: they have the original Palmer-design and the better ZB performance! This surely is a point to discuss:
14th December 2005
Just 10 days until christmas and you still need a present for yourself?
Here are two tips to solve the problem:
1. Buy one (or more) of our Register t-shirts
or sweat-shirts. The price is sensational. Not only have you something new
to wear but you also support the register. Remember that this is the only
way we can make some money (to be honest we don't do with these prices
now!)...
If that's nothing at all for you we have tip 2: A few months ago we
announced that K & R modes will produce a ZA before christmas. This is
available now! Have a look and read
an interesting article behind the (normally closed) doors...
8th December 2005
Mike Hearn made an interesting conversion using MGB disc brakes. As MGA
hubs become rarer and rarer this is an interesting but not easy task.
Read the article...
2nd December
2005
Here's the Picture of the Month
More interesting stuff to come the next days...
1st December 2005
Sorry, the update only contains the advent-calendar so far. The pic of the month will follow.
24th November 2005
Some interesting tech tips arrived in my mailbox recently:
Today we publish John Russell's tip. This mod to the ZB type Air Filter
converts the unit from oil bath to a full flow filter element. Choice of a
suitable element is up to the owner. I have used a K&N element after
researching suppliers for the exact size to fit the existing unit
with the minimum of work. Read the article...
And some more cars for the gallery:
# 16328 found on ebay Switzerland
# 26346 of Neal Sellars, USA
# 30409 of Ken Kittleson, USA
# 35069 ebay UK
And I'm still looking for snow-related or just funny pictures for the
Magnette-Advent-calendar. If you have something you think that might fit,
please send to me. It's does not absolutely be MG nor Magnette!
20th November 2005
For a long time I didn't update the gallery. The reason is that this is a lot of
work as I'm also the registrar of the register and have to recheck details
and keep the database up to date. But nevertheless now here's a batch of
new cars on the gallery:
# 2948 of George Hunt, UK
# 7652 of John Russell, Australia
# 9582 of Richard Best, Australia
# 16416 from ebay
# 23317 of Brian Emeney, UK
# 25257 found on the net
# 25330 found somewhere
# 33483 of Clive Seamark, UK
A warm welcome for the new owners!
And have you already ordered your register regalia! The prices are
stunning!!!
15th November 2005
The wedding gallery
has been updated and the proposed Silverstone date is on the
events calendar.
Attention: I'm looking for snow-related or just funny pictures for the
Magnette-Advent-calendar. If you have something you think that might fit,
please send to me.
9th November 2005
Mike Hearn sent this picture headlined "These M.G. are so reliable that the dealership closed down..."
It shows his
1958 Magnette ZB which he took picture
outside the closed dealership at Ixworth Norfolk. (click to enlarge).
1st November 2005
Although we have a very lovely (unusual) warm autumn (Indian Summer you
say on the other side) the date says the season has ended. Some cars will
stay in the garage now and perhaps undergoing some modifications or just
getting the service that had to be done long time ago. I myself hope to find some
time to do the disc brake conversion and find the reason for the oil
consumption...
But now let's start with the news:
Well a new month means a new Picture of the Month.
Then we had a nice report from Malcolm Robertson, who took his freshly
restored car out to the Sydney
Concours...
The season 2005 just ended and we alread have the
dates for 2006! Make your diary now. There's no excuse next year not
to come!
And the Magnette Register starts it's christmas specials sales right now.
Perhaps a bit early you might think but surface mail is cheaper but
slower. This year we try to clear our stock on sweat-shirts and t-shirts.
Prices have dropped even more! If you think you don't need one -
think again how you can relieve the Register... We don't make any profit
anymore but need to clear our stock. So perhaps you like a sweater for
colder days, or your small grandchildren wear the t-shirt as pyjama (or
pajama as my online dictionary says for the U.S:). The prices are really
unbeatable and the quality is also. Have a look...
24th October 2005
I didn't expect so many comments for the short competition. Sorry some
missed it only by some numbers. The winners are:
Matthew French from Brisbane, Australia who hit the 100,000 and John
Barringer from England with the 100,001. Congratulations to both of you, a
small present will be despatched this week!
22nd October 2005
Have you seen the counter on the bottom of the enty page? We are close to
the 100,000. Therefore I make a small competition:
Send a screenhot showing the counter with 99,999 or 100,000 or 100,001 and
you'll get a small prize!
To make a screenshot simply hit button "print" and "paste" it into a
word.doc and send this to me. Let's see...
18th October 2005
HOT NEWS:
Magnette Man takes top job at MGCC!
Malcolm Eades was elected vice-chairman of the Club at the AGM on
Saturday. Malcolm was treasurer of the Magnette register for over 25
years. His Magnette 'Yasmin' is currently on the entry page.
The AGM followed a Council meeting (which lasted 6 hours!) at which the
redevelopment proposals for Kimber House were thrown out. Now we might get
back to some sense!
16th October 2005
K&R
now have the MG ZA Magnette ready. Photos, prices ordering info etc are
all on
their web site.
Talking about models (no, not these, I mean car models). I found one on
ebay I haven't heard about before. It's called minimarque and is added to the
collectables page.
Last time I was reporting about sad looking Magnettes. This time I have
better news: Another place has been magnetticed. It's the
Dominican Republic. Please welcome Francisco Then Tobal from Sto.
Domingo and his ZB # 23644..
13th October 2005
More and more cars appear on ebay. Unfortunalety many of them are in a
very bad shape and need a lovely hand or will be scrapped forever. Here
are two examples:
# 20737 from the USA and #
27021 from Australia.
9th October 2005
While our season is coming to an end people on the southern hemisphere
start into the new season.
Loz Scott, our correspondent from Australia, reports about the
car display in
Queenscliff nr. Melbourne.
And of course some new cars on the gallery:
#37061 belongs to Frank Burry, who
found that the Magnette is a good everyday car beside the MGA.
# 19479 belongs to Chris Adams and
# 2680 is a very early car seen on
ebay.
1st October 2005
At Silverstone K&R Replicas announced a new Z Magnette model. These will
be available in about 2 weeks time. If club members visit
their website they will get a 5% discount on the shown prices for
being MGCC members. They will be
starting on the artwork to produce a number of the rally ZA's in the
very near future and hope to have them available for Xmas. I hope to show
an article on the progress of developing a new model here on the website!
The Farins-styled Magnette MkIII and MkIV are already available.
What else? Well a new month means a new picture of the
month.
And Malcolm Robertson made progress on his
restoration of Alison...
28th September 2005
At the moment it's very hard to keep up with cars appearing elsewhere.
Here are two new entries:
And this time the
new owner wears the correct clothing: See #8595
. Also new
#27128
22nd September 2005
Ebay and no end: This time #862 a very early car from spring 1954 when production finally started.
20th September 2005
Another day, another Magnette: #12974 from ebay again.
19th September 2005
Quite a few Magnettes are for sale on ebay during the last weeks. #8008 is another example that wasn't known o the register before.
18th September 2005
#8530 from ebay
15th September 2005
A new entry on the gallery from ebay: #22026.
I also wonder whether the Car Club members have no own opinion on
the proposals of the new Kimber House. Please
let us know what you think of the proposals and how you feel the Club
should proceed (see NEWS of 7th September).
11th September 2005
Recently Rutger Booy sent an old Magnette picture but
had no information about the chassis no and it's whereabouts. A good
chance to test the Dutch registrar Henk Kroese! Well, he stood the test.
Seems we where right to present him the Ray Cain Trophy for his good work
recently. And the result is the 350th (!)
Magnette on the gallery...
7th September 2005
Members of the MGCC should have heard about the plans for
a new club office. On 15 October the MGCC’s Council will vote on the
proposals to redevelop its existing headquarters building in Abingdon,
Kimber House, and replace it with a new building on the site.
The decision will be made by a vote of the Council, which is made up of
representatives from its centres, registers and branches (‘CRBs’). Each
CRB has one vote, and at the meeting the Z & Farina Register’s vote will
be cast by David Johnson, the chairman, and Paul Batho, the secretary.
We would like the Register’s vote to represent the views of its members
and we have therefore set up a thread on the
MAGNETTE bulletin board as a place where you can express them. Please
let us know what you think of the proposals and how you feel the Club
should proceed. You may also send an
email direct to me.
Go to the board...
4th September 2005
My system seems to running fine again and all the old
stuff has been transfered on the new system. Everybody who did it before
knows what I'm talking about. All others: beware!
But back to MG matters. Time to bring back some more life here. Let's
start with another
wedding picture...
1st September 2005
Again I can only offer a small update. One reason is that it's still a bit quite out there in Magnette world, the other (main) reason is that I have big trouble with my new computer and system and have to sort that out asap. So here we go with a new picture of the month and a link to the Z Magnette Group of North America. I enjoyed the old magazines there even if many of the stories have been printed here, too. But worth a look.
21st August 2005
It's still a bit quite out there in Magnette world so I
can't update more at the moment. In fact that's not too bad as I#m
currently working on a new website for another register...
Anyway. There's always some stuff left like the report of Wayne Hardy on anti-roll
bars (sway bars).
And #10310 is new to the gallery.
12th August 2005
Two new Magnettes on the gallery. Both from 1954:
#2725 seen on ebay and
#2956 the pride of Michael Devenish,UK
9th
August 2005
Trevor Jones has seen the car mentioned below. It is
actually very sound. The work done is not bad needs a small amount of
fettling to make really good.
I also added a few more information and an entry form of the Norwich
gathering in September.
7th August 2005
+++ STOP PRESS +++
Trevor Jones has been offered a ZBV restored shell + bonnet + boot
in primer (no doors). Anyone who may be interested ? At £75 it is a
bargain anyone who has a rusty shell. I understand it is rolling has a V5C but is missing a few odd items.
It will be scrapped soon if
no one wants it! That would be a pity. Time is short. Trevor's number is
01458 252940
+++++++++++++++++
After
a long time I have to update the gallery:
# 4776 belongs to Philipp Willcock
# 14566 and # 25006
are Swedish cars on ebay
# 34535 is of Derek Pickering, Secretary, The Durham MG Club
# 35934 now belonging to Mike
Hearn
A warm welcome to you all!
26th
July & 1st August 2005
I just returned from the Silverstone weekend and still try
to get my camping gear dry. Was a bit too wet on Sunday and even the way
home on monday wasn't a pleasure to drive. Sometimes horendeous rain with
a lot of traffic around. But the Magnette did all the way without trouble
even if my rebuilt engine uses a bit too much oil. At the exit to
the F1 circuit Spa in belgium Ishe also had some misfiring. But this cured
shortly afterwards. Did she like racecourses and wanted to leave the
motorway? I'll never now.
Here is a Silverstone
report...
Another Silverstone report on MGA matters is here...
As I'm heading off again I already upload the July's Picture
of the Month.
19th July 2005
Malcolm Robertson has updated his series about his
Varitone restoration. read part IV....
Next week I#ll be visiting Silverstone. Hope to see many of you. Say hello
at the Register sand and attend our AGM! This is the place where you can
tell us what you expect from the register!
13th
July 2005
Some updates on the gallery:
# 11469 of Brian Woolmer in
Australia is back on the road after 25 years!
# 17223 and # 25265
were on ebay recently
6th July 2005
This month the biggest M.G. event worldwide takes place in Silverstone. Please park your car at the register parking. It's always nice to see some Magnettes together, isn't it? The register will also held it's AGM at Silverstone. To get your attention we'll meet on Sunday at 1.30 pm on the first floor of race Control, from which one has a panoramic view of the start/finish line. Will anyone pay attention to the meeting? We look forward to seeing as many members there as possible.
1st July 2005
It was a quiet June here on the website. But only because
I was organising the Z-Magnette-Day and because your input was low as
well. On the other side the MGA-register kept me busy with their tour to
LeMans. Those intersted in MGAs may visit their website.
Well but I hope we can go on as you are used to it. First we start with
more than 100 pictures
and a report of the Magnette Day and a new Picture
of the Month
