MG Car Club Podcast

First, we go behind the scenes at Newbury-based Waylands MG for a behind-the-scenes look at one of MG Motor UK’s newest dealerships with Simon Bishop. Hear all about the amazing deals, insights into who is buying MGs at the moment and the latest on new models this year. We then meet British adventurers, Ross and Hugo Turner, at the home of the MG Car Club at Abingdon as they embark upon a unique seven-month journey from London to Shanghai, that will see them reinvent the Silk Road for the 21st century by travelling 10,000 miles across continents in an MG Cyberster EV sports car. The Devon-born twins, whose expeditions include rowing across the Atlantic Ocean and traversing Greenland’s Ice Cap, are undertaking the mammoth range anxiety-inducing road trip in MG’s newly unveiled all-electric MG Cyberster, a sports car that accelerates to 0-60mph in about 3 seconds. Crossing the finish line in Shanghai in 2024 will mean more than the ultimate test drive of the world’s first EV roadster, it will also mark the Centenary year for the brand that originally began trading in Oxford as Morris Garages; now known around the world as MG.

In this episode, we catch up with Noel Lindford to hear the latest from behind the scenes of the California Cup AutoTest as he prepares for MG & Triumph 100 next weekend! Do you have an interesting story to tell? Why not get in touch and we will interview you on the podcast as well! 

In this episode, we have another of our interviews from the MG Abingdon Factory Workers Reunion. The day-long event takes place at Kimber House, home of the MG Car Club, near the location of the old factory, every year. In the previous episode, we heard from Orlando Vito and Foreman at MG who had progressed from tea boy through the ranks.In this episode we meet a pair of friends, John Wood and Adrian Goodenough who were at school together and joined MG at the same time. John Wood worked on the line, mainly on Midgets and trim. Adrian worked within finishing, painting and spent a spell working in the works department – the famous part of the Abingdon factory that produced the works competition MGs, Healeys and even Triumphs.  In this fascinating trip through time, we hear their uncut and uncensored memories of their years working for MG and the scrapes they got into – including how Adrian ran over racing driver, Pat Moss!

The MG Car Club announced a new values initiative at MG Live! In this episode of the MG Car Club Podcast, we talk to the team who pulled it all together to understand what the H.E.R.I.T.A.G.E ethos means for the future of the club and ensuring we have a healthy community long into the future for the 'Marque of Friendship'.Joining us is Rob Constant, Chairman of the MGCC's Vintage Register, John Day, MGCC Honorary President , Lorraine Noble-Thompson, MGCC Director and Kieran Reid, Chairman of the MGCC Young Members' Branch to reveal just how important this is for the club.

The MG Car Club Podcast returns with more stories, memories , interviews and news from the global MG community.This week, we talk to ex-cab driver and author of the definitive history book on Carbodies - the company that began building bodies for Triple M era MGs as well as a number of other car manufacturers before moving into Taxi production.Plus, we speak to Noel Lindford about The California Cup and the taster AutoSOLO taking place at MG Live that you can enter! Do you have an interesting story to tell? Why not get in touch and we will interview you on the podcast as well!

Following the announcement that the MG Car Club are to offer owners of historic MGs the opportunity to carbon offset their mileage, we interview Tom Worthington from Tree-V who administer the scheme for the MGCC and FBHVC, to find out more about how the scheme works and whether it really makes a difference to the emissions challenge we all face. Plus we round up the latest from the world of MG.

Mike Parker joins us to reminisce over. superb season of motorsport within the Lackford Engineering Midget and Sprite Challenge.Pippa Cow won the championship in a Class E Sprite by 3 points over Mark Witherspoon's Class D 'Frog-eyed' Sprite. Mike tells us about his own MG history and explains in the model's 60th anniversary year,  what he believes the attraction of the Midget is and why he thinks it has endured so long.Mike walks us through the race season blow by blow, so pull up a chair, pop those headphones in a let's review a fantastic year of Midget and Sprites in motorsport. 

This week, Competition Secretary Mark Baulch and commentator from our live streaming, Ian Waterhouse join us to look back over the season of MG Car Club racing, from the very first round to the exciting climax at Snetterton earlier this month. Keep up with all the gossip from up and down the paddock and hear some of our previews of what we can look forward to in 2022.

This week, we talk to John Newey about his lifetime selling MGs as part of the family business, Summit Garage in Dudley. In this week's episode John explains how the cars and customers have changed since he started ion 1980, his fondest memories of vehicles that have passed through the dealership in its long history and shares with us, his own passion for MGs new and old.

In the anniversary year of the MG Zeds, we talk to Scott Biddlecombe from who is not only incredibly passionate about the model range but also has an encyclopaedic knowledge of the parts , maintenance and other technical information we all need to keep these special cars on the road.In this episode we hear from Scott on his own MG history, where his passion for the Zed range stems from and also his journey to running the MG specialist business Discount MG Rover Spares and the investment he is putting in to remanufacturing parts that are no longer available. Plus, we briefly review the Triumph and MG Weekend ahead of the full event report appearing in Safety Fast! Magazine and preview some of the latest additions to the line in the MG Car Club shop.

On this week's podcast we speak to Chris Lewis who has an amazingly original MG Magnette, that used to be owned by his Father.Plus, we remember James Davis - a truly amazing man that we interviewed back on Episode 42 who sadly passed away this month. The latest from the Triumph and MG Weekend is that the Moss Europe Live Arena schedule line-up has been announced, but we need your cars to be the stars! Do you have an interesting story to tell? Why not get in touch and we will interview you on the podcast as well!

On this week's podcast we speak to the current interim-General Manager of the MG Car Club Roy Locock. Roy drove his MG Midget on an epic around the world adventure covering 39,000 miles. He then took Bridget the Midget to Australia and faced flooding in the Northern Territories and an engine rebuild part way through his journey! This is a story that proves the MG Midget is a lot more hardy than many give it credit for and shows just what you can do with your mighty MG with a bit of inspiration! Plus we bring you the latest news on MG Car Club events, including the Triumph and MG Weekend.

This week look into a technical subject that will not only be of great interest to MGF owners, but also offers a fascinating insight into the story behind the Hydrolastic and Hydragas suspension systems developed by BL throughout the 1970s. We talk to Ian, from Hydragas and Hydrolastic Service Ltd about how he invented a way to repair these suspension systems to ensure the cars equipped with this now historic technology can be repaired and kept in the road. In this podcast he talks us through how the repair process is carried out, offers some tips on what to look for for MGF owners and also gives us his feedback on his new MG! Plus we bring you the latest news on MG Car Club events, including the Triumph and MG Weekend and California Cup.