MG100 Not Out at Abingdon

The MG100 Not Out event was held on Sunday 10th September 2023.  It will probably be the last one, celebrating the centenary of the founding of the MG Car Company, to be held in the U.K. The venue, Abingdon Vale Cricket Club, could not have been more appropriate seeing as the historic town of Abingdon became home to the first MG production line and later on to the world-famous BMC Competitions Department. It was very fitting that there were also a good number of Austin Healeys on display, given that they also were built at MG’s Abingdon factory.

It seemed that the theme of the day was displays of MG models, across the ages, by various MG Owners Clubs, overseen by the MG Car Club.

If there had been a competition for the best ‘Club Display’, the CSI vote would have gone to the ‘MG Oxfordshire Owners Club‘. The way that the cars were displayed, through the ages, with excellent display cards for each car, was what you might expect to see at a top Motor Museum. Well done to all concerned.

So, we will start off with photographs of the cars from that display –

MG Oxfordshire Owners Club

MG Oxfordshire Owners Club display

1929 MG ‘M’

1934 MG PA

1947 MG TC

HMRG & Friends

1965 Austin Healey 3000 Mk III. “Works” Rally Car. Driven by Timo Makinen/Paul Easter to 2nd place in that year’s RAC Rally. A car from Paul Woolmer’s collection.

1966 “Worls” Spec. Austin Mini Cooper ‘S’

1932 MG J2 Boat Tail.

MG CAR CLUBS

OTHER MG’s THAT CAUGHT OUR EYE

MG Monoposto racer

MGC GTS (V8) Sebring ‘Tribute’ See – https://www.carsceneinternational.com/mgc-gts-sebring/

1940s MG ‘Y’ Type

AUSTIN HEALEYS

Mk. I Sebring Sprite

Midget & Sprite Challenge race car.

1961 Austin Healey Sprite Mk. II modified (from new, at DHMCo) with many “Sebring” items. You might be interested to read this from the Sebring Sprite website – http://www.sebringsprite.com/6699WD.html

In all, it was one of those days that I was pleased to say “I was there”.

Nick