Z & FARINA
Clive Webb
cdwebb@waitrose.com www.magnette.org
Welcome this month to James Hamilton
with a September 1958 ZB. It has had
several modifications by former owner
Graham Springthorpe and although
originally green, it has been resprayed in
BMW black, apparently!
Continental Old Z Meeting 2008
– The Netherlands
Jeroen van den Akker has kindly sent me a
report of this year’s Continental Old Z who was not able to join the meeting, but where we met a Dutch MG Magnette Farina
Meeting. I also received an email from Eddy enjoyed seeing the convoy of 28 driver who showed great interest in our cars
Lepez alerting me to the website which Magnetteers from the Netherlands, Belgium, and us.
includes movies of this year’s and last year’s Germany and the UK. With cars taking part, We hope to see you all at another MG of
events. The footage of Magnettes is we drove over the Dutch dikes to a small Magnette event in the next season!
accompanied by a rousing West Side Story company where tin memorabilia are made Look on the website for new information:
soundtrack which seems appropriate as for a guided tour of the factory. Next we had
www.continentaloldzmeeting.com
Bernstein’s memorable music was first lunch in an apple and pear orchard with the With thanks to all the participants of the
heard just as the Z-Magnettes were sun high in the sky. Later we played some COZM 2008: John, Ingrid, Ieke and Jitske
enjoying their best-selling but, sadly, final games and tasted the local fruit jams. Then Kusters, and Jeroen van den Akker.
year of production. Eddy has also asked me we took a route over the hills and through I also received a message from
to mention that next year’s event will be in the woods for the next stop – the glider Barry Monk asking if I or anyone else had
and around Brussels, Belgium on August airport where we enjoyed drinks and ice noticed a black Magnette (58 TMU) in an
21–23 2009. creams. Eddy Lepez took a beautiful group episode of Eastenders over the summer!
What a stunning weekend it was! A full picture. Back to the hotel for a complete I wonder whether any Register members
programme of events had been planned in barbeque with French fries and several have ever loaned their Magnettes to a film
the ÒLand van Maas en WaalÓ area, starting salads. Time for a cold beer after a company for use in a period drama? I once
on Friday evening with a dinner in the hotel memorable day. got paid £50 for an appearance by a
with view over the river: meeting old friends Finally on Sunday we drove to another Ford Capri which I owned at the time
and making new friends. part of the county to the last stop of the (I know… I’m sorry!) in an episode
On Saturday we met a Magnette driver event. We had lunch at a nice yacht harbour of Teachers.
MIDGET
Adrian Langford Tel: 07971 001216
adrian@rivermore.com www.midgetregister.com
November, and so far this autumn I've been making every excuse (www.abingdonmg.org.uk) featured a lovely Frogeye Sprite, owned
known to get the Midget out of the garage. I've been dropping off by Keith Smith, as its Car of the Month in October, and Dave
and picking up the kids at theatre club, football training and Strong's very nice '73 Midget as their August Car of the Month. The
sleepovers at every opportunity. Some evenings I've been planting Caledonian Centre (www.mgcaledonian.org) has a great picture
in peoples minds the fact that they really do want a hot chocolate gallery and has a very interesting item in its News section entitled You
even though we don't have any in the house, but it's ok because I'll Can do Motorsport in Your MG which is well worth a read. The
drive down to the garage and get some. I'm prepared to sacrifice Lincolnshire Centre website (www.mgcclincolnshire.co.uk) has
part of my evening to go and get it, if that's what you really want. details of plenty Midget-welcoming Natter venues as well as an
Oh, and I may as well go in the Midget, it needs a run. Twenty extensive photo gallery featuring lots of Midgets, including Nigel
minutes later and I've completed the two-minute drive to the Pack's Autotest winning car. So, lots of Centres featuring Midgets
garage and after arriving back home after nearly an hour I explain and Sprites but if I've missed any, please let me know for inclusion
that I met up with an old friend and that we had a bit of catching up in a future issue of Safety Fast!
to do. I find that it's best to tell the truth in these circumstances.
Midgets Centre Stage Racing Clips
Midget and Sprites are currently featured on many of the Centres’ Watch clips of Midgets racing at Silverstone at
www.youtube.com
websites either in photo galleries, car of the month features, cars (or
www.vimeo.com/1932441 for an HD version) where you'll
for sale or event reports. The Abingdon Works Centre also find clips of other races in the series featuring extensive in-car
86 Safety Fast! NOVEMBER 2008
www.mgcc.co.uk
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