January 2024

MG Enthusiast

MG Enthusiast, the world's best-selling MG magazine

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MG Enthusiast
Editor: Craig Cheetham mg.ed@kelsey.co.uk Design: Focused On Design Ltd. Regular contributors: David Knowles, Roger Parker, Jim Jupp, Andrew Ralston, Tom Barnard, Rob Hawkins, Mike Taylor, Monty Watkins, Malcolm Robertson, Gregory Owain, Kevin Jones
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Another Year Over…
As I alluded to last issue, this month I’ve been on a road trip in my new-to-me scruffy MG TF 135 – and what a journey it was. I managed to choose the wettest weekend of the year in which to explore Northumberland in an open-top sports car, as voted
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Guangzhou Motor Show
The annual Guangzhou Motor Show is an autumn fixture, following the alternating springtime Beijing & Shanghai’s spring shows –almost like China’s ‘Frankfurt’ to their ‘Geneva’. Unsurprisingly SAIC had a big presence last November, and the Cyberster,
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A Century’s Worth Of MGs Stuns Crowds At The NEC
Over a century’s worth of MGs from the earliest 18/80 to the last of the Z-Cars were among the thousands of classics on display for the traditional NEC season closer at Birmingham in November. Among the highlights this year were an amazing display of
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Chocks Away!
Over more than 40 years of ownership, John Prewer has built his MGB into something very special: a 1964 roadster in the style it may well have been modified into by an MG enthusiast when it was new, in the mid-1960s, with every add-on in keeping with
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Child’s Play
There’s only one person in the world who’s prouder of Steve Ward’s ultra-rare Monogram Lagoon MG ZS 180 than he is… and that’s his son, Jayden. The youngster is following in his dad’s footsteps as an out-and-out enthusiast of the MG Rover-era cars an
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A Roman Road Trip
Earlier this year, a trend on the social media platform TikTok revealed that, on average, men think about the Roman Empire several times a week. A statistic that was initially baffling until I gave it some thought and realised it’s actually entirely
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Holid-A Romance
Most of us like to bring a souvenir back with us when we’ve been away on holiday. Perhaps a bottle of the local liqueur, which will gather dust at the back of your drink’s cabinet, or maybe a fridge magnet. Rob Collins came back from his trip to Mexi
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Return To Sender
Last time, we left Project Magnette with what seemed like a fuelling issue. To recap, the fuel pump seemed to run for a long time on switching on, which is usually a sign of low fuel in the tank. The gauge also seemed to be almost on zero. However, t
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Have you got a technical problem with your MG? If so, the combined expertise of Roger Parker and the MGOC Workshop may be able to help. For details of how to access this free service, see p77. Q I run a 1978 MGB GT. Some months ago, I experienced a c
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