About the Z Magnette Group

In November of 1987, Jeff Powell started a Registry for Magnetttes and their owners. His goal was failrly simple, to connect Magnette owners together for mutual aid, assistance and entertainment. His methods were simple, too. Jeff sent out a semi-occiasional newsletter with notes, tidbits of information, cars for sale and wanted, and whatever else seemed of interest. If you want to see the early years of the Z Magnette Group - North America, click on the "Archive" link to the left.

About 10 years later, The Z Magnette Group began a transition to an online environment in paralell with the "snail-mail" communications. A listserver was established, and later a web page. Both are now hosted through the good graces of Mike Plumstead, who owns and operates DMR Limited, a web hosting company in the UK, and is similarly addicted to all things MG.

In recent years, most of the Group's activities and connections have been via an e-mail list, which, if you are not familiar with them, is a system that will "reflect" any e-mail sent to it out to a closed list of recipients. If you have a Magnette, or are interested in getting one, and would like to join the List, drop an introductory e-mail to Chris Kotting, or sign up via the Registry link to the left.

The various activities and events of the group are described behind the links to the left...

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Activities

  • The Registry Form provides a handy way to add, or update your information for the Group. IF you already own a Magnette, please include as much infomration about your car as you can.
  • We are also associated with NAMGAR (the North Americam MGA Register), so your registry with us applies there as well. While there are some differences between the cars (and we did come first), NAMGAR is a valuable resource for Mag-nuttes.
  • We also have an Archive of Jeff Powell's newsletters. These are a real treasure-trove of useful infomration for restoration and maintainance of a Magnette.
  • For those who wear their affiliations on their sleeves, or backs, or over their left shirt pocket, or... we have Regalia (that's "stuff you can wear").