After a weekends rallying, a hose down and leather off is a must if vintage cars are to be maintained in a good cosmetic condition. Janie Maeers and Geof Wilson went one better with Janie’s 1929 Minor Tourer (VJ 1756), when they opted for a shampoo at their local car wash facility, having wisely decided not to take it through the fully mechanised version!
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The 2019 Moonrakers' Rally Galleries page now contains 105 images taken by a number of photographers over the course of the weekend. Thank you to all who contributed their photos.
Images from the VSCC's Suffolk Tour have been added to the foot of the 2019 Event Galleries page here.
A dozen images from across the country, all taken on Drive-it-Day, have been added to the 2019 Events Gallery here.
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Brooklands in Surrey was the cradle of both British motorsport and aviation. While an aircraft in a car showroom would be regarded as something of a surprise elsewhere in the U.K., in Weybridge that probably wasn’t the case. This May 1930 image was taken at a promotional event run by Weybridge Automobiles Ltd. and shows a De Havilland DH60G Gypsy Moth (G-AAWR) nestling alongside a number of family saloons including a Morris Minor, its nose visible bottom right. (LAT photoscan from The Autocar 9th May 1930 P.895 – Photo courtesy Motorsport Images)
The Triple M series of MG’s 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.
G.W. Wright took part in the 1932 Monte Carlo Rally in this MG C Type Midget (GP 2913). The photograph was taken in low light somewhere in London prior to car and crew setting off for France where they finished 12th in their class. They fared significantly better in the post rally Mont des Mules hill climb where they topped the listing in the 750 cc class. Just 14 months after this photograph was taken, Wright’s C Type was to dramatically catch fire at Brooklands. (see Triple M corner no.83 in the archive) Photo courtesy of Motorsport Images
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The Pre-war Minor Network 2019 calendar: NOW SOLD OUT!!
Club car 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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Saturday 20th April: Far Eastern Spring Pub Meet, Cross Keys, Redgrave, Suffolk IP22 1RW All pre-war cars welcome K.O. Noon
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Monday 3rd June: Home Counties Quarterly meeting. Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 0SL. Starts from noon.
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June 7th-9th 2019: PWMN Annual Rally, Marlborough, Wilts – See rally page here. Bookings still being taken!