2007 EVENTS

BROOKLANDS MG DAY

Sunday 1st April 2007

It was a splendid day down at Brooklands Museum in Surrey once we'd managed to negotiate somewhere to put our stall and two display cars. We ended up at the end of a row of ZT 260s  who's 260 group managed to find over twenty of their model to attend this year which was fantastic. We faced the first row of MGF/TFs until the cars invaded the MGA spaces and then took over the grass paddock area the other side of the garages , there must have been approaching seventy F/TFs at this year event which is something of a record for us and a pleasure to see.

On the stall we continued the TF 5th Anniversary with two cars on display in contrasting models - A TF 80th Anniversary model belonging to Paula Martin with all the Special trimmings and a standard TF135 just purchased by new TF owner Emily Morris (mind you she's been around MGs since she was a youngster , her dad is Tim Morris, so it wasn't too much of a surprise that she ended up with one !). We also had a photographic display that we just about managed to keep on the ground in the gusting wind.

The Essex Roadsters roared into the museum an hour before it actually opened and even before we'd managed to set up the F register stall  - they're certainly a keen bunch !

A little later they were joined by the South Mids Sportsters and the East Anglia MGF group who had driven down in convoy from the midlands - what a great sight it was as they all drove in together. There was also a sprinkling of the South Coast Group and some from Cotswolds area as well - great to see people travelling some distance for this event.

Elsewhere at the show there was a strong turn out of pre war cars and early post war T series but where were all the Bs ? There were some up on the finishing straight but the F/TFs certainly outnumbered them this year. It was good to see some 80's MG saloons out as well with a nice pair of Maestro Turbos and a brace of Metro Turbos in white. Also some MG 1300s as well as other modern Z types up near the members banking.

The Test Hill runs were well subscribed this year but only two TFs took part and both managed to get three runs up the hill with no problems. In fact most of the cars got up this year and there was only one that didn't make it and had to reverse down again  - they made it second time though without making the mistake of changing gear halfway up.

Several special cars were spotted at the event including some Trophy 160s, Sunstorm and Spark, Andy Phillips's Scarlet Fever managed to get an MOT and turned up, Deb Evans Wizard of Nos nitrous drag car was there as well as plenty of other fantastic cars all gleaming in the Surrey sunshine.

You may notice in a couple of the pictures a Concorde or two ? Several people took the Concorde Experience on the full size restored plane but we wonder if everyone noticed the scale model by the new entrance with it's wings dislocated. This aircraft had only been delivered on the Friday before MG Day having been dismantled and removed from it's location at the entrance to Heathrow airport where it had welcomed travellers for a couple of decades. It will now direct people to the museum and it's hoped to put it on a prominent site as you approach Weybridge from the M25.

I think the logo on Richard Stone's car seen in one of the pictures here sums up the MG ethos quite nicely "One Life, Live it" - we certainly intend to and we hope that you will as well with the help of your F/TF of course.