The VSCC’s Brooklands Driving Tests event is a firm New Year fixture in the club’s calendar. This year the day was blessed with glorious winter sunshine and as a result a much larger than usual crowd attended. They were treated to some spirited driving, particularly from David Rolfe in his Riley engined MG M Type special (VU 7908). Here he is seen at the end of a test sharing a joke with a marshall.
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The 2020 'Marches' Rally - Titley, Herefordshire
Be part of a great weekend!
The Network’s 11th annual rally is to be held in the spectacular border country known as the Welsh Marches – For more information and entry details visit the rally webpage here.
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1934 season Minor 5 cwt van advertisement – Fish Trades Gazette
The Network’s archive contains very few advertisements, or promotional material of any stype, for the Minor 5 cwt van, something of a failing, as the 5 cwt van was the second only to the Minor Saloon in the sales stakes. This recently sourced advertisement for a 1934 season model (with eddy free front!) goes a little way towards correcting that anomoly. It’s interesting to see that Morris Motors trawled the business journals (an awful pun – apologies) to find suitable periodicals in which to advertise their Light Vans.
The Triple M series of MG’s (Midget, Magna & Magnette) all belong to a family of models that commenced with the 1929 MG Midget and continued through to the mid-thirties via a long string of four and six cylinder OHC engined cars that forged the marques identity.
The Varsity Speed Trials took place each spring between teams representing Oxford and Cambridge Universities. In 1930 the event took place on closed estate roads near Newmarket, Suffolk. Here an unnamed undergraduate heads towards the photographer as he pilots a stripped-down MG Midget, devoid of headlamps, wings, valances and windscreen, yet carrying a passenger? (LATplate B3184 courtesy of Motorsport Images)
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Network merchandise…
Club badges:
A further batch of high quality enameled club badges are now available. Priced at £24.00 U.K. and £25.00 European Union (p&p included)
Rest of world p&p prices available upon request. Order via email to info@prewarminor.com
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Sunday 1st September: ‘Two Breweries Run’ Meet at Star Wing Brewery, Redgrave, Suffolk IP22 1RJ (opposite Redgrave Church) at 9:30 AM for run to St. Peters Brewery, St. Peters Hall, Nr. Bungay NR35 1NQ All pre-war cars welcome.
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Sunday 6th October: Far Eastern Autumn Pub Meet – The Manor House, Wortham IP22 1PX K.O. from Noon. All pre-war cars welcome
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June 5th-7th June 2020: PWMN ‘Marches’ Rally, Titley, Herefordshire. More information and booking forms available here.