27th December 2005

Here we are with the last update 2005. hope you enjoyed the advent calendar over the last 24 days and the website over the last 365 days! Let's end with another batch for the gallery. Only for the second time we have with 11831 a following number! But therefore the 150th ZA (out of 392 total). So we nearly managed the 400 mark. I'm sure we'll do next year! So here we are:
# 10873 AUS from ebay
# 11831 AUS from ebay
# 20354 GB unknown source
# 24511 GB from ebay and
# 36374 USA, belonging to Jim Arps, Texas.

21th December 2005

Hello Magneteers all over the world. Another year is nearly finished and we are looking forward to another airsmoothed year. I would like to thanks all those who helped to keep this website up to date and of course all visitors who make it worth to do all the work! Thanks!

The
Z & Farina Magnette Register
wishs you all a peaceful
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Don't think that's all. I still have some articles to come. Let's start with this:
Wray Lemke, USA wrote: "I serviced the wiper motor on my MGA but since it is the same as the Magnette, I thought I'd share the little article." Read on...

18th December 2005

# 18158 is a new enty on the gallery. It's one of those rare "hybrids". These were ZA's that had some or all ZB features. Some enthusiast say that these are the best Magnettes at all: they have the original Palmer-design and the better ZB performance! This surely is a point to discuss:

14th December 2005

Just 10 days until christmas and you still need a present for yourself? Here are two tips to solve the problem:
1. Buy one (or more) of our Register t-shirts or sweat-shirts. The price is sensational. Not only have you something new to wear but you also support the register. Remember that this is the only way we can make some money (to be honest we don't do with these prices now!)...
If that's nothing at all for you we have tip 2: A few months ago we announced that K & R modes will produce a ZA before christmas. This is available now! Have a look and read an interesting article behind the (normally closed) doors...

8th December 2005

Mike Hearn made an interesting conversion using MGB disc brakes. As MGA hubs become rarer and rarer this is an interesting but not easy task. Read the article...

2nd December 2005

Here's the Picture of the Month
More interesting stuff to come the next days...

1st December 2005

Sorry, the update only contains the advent-calendar so far. The pic of the month will follow.

24th November 2005

Some interesting tech tips arrived in my mailbox recently:
Today we publish John Russell's tip. This mod to the ZB type Air Filter converts the unit from oil bath to a full flow filter element. Choice of a suitable element is up to the owner. I have used a K&N element after researching suppliers for the exact size to fit the existing unit with the minimum of work. Read the article...

And some more cars for the gallery:
# 16328 found on ebay Switzerland
# 26346 of Neal Sellars, USA
# 30409 of Ken Kittleson, USA
# 35069 ebay UK

And I'm still looking for snow-related or just funny pictures for the Magnette-Advent-calendar. If you have something you think that might fit, please send to me. It's does not absolutely be MG nor Magnette!

20th November 2005

For a long time I didn't update the gallery. The reason is that this is a lot of work as I'm also the registrar of the register and have to recheck details and keep the database up to date. But nevertheless now here's a batch of new cars on the gallery:
# 2948 of George Hunt, UK
# 7652 of John Russell, Australia
# 9582 of Richard Best, Australia
# 16416 from ebay
# 23317 of Brian Emeney, UK
# 25257 found on the net
# 25330 found somewhere
# 33483 of Clive Seamark, UK
A warm welcome for the new owners!

And have you already ordered your register regalia! The prices are stunning!!!

15th November 2005

The wedding gallery has been updated and the proposed Silverstone date is on the events calendar.
Attention: I'm looking for snow-related or just funny pictures for the Magnette-Advent-calendar. If you have something you think that might fit, please send to me.

9th November 2005

Mike Hearn sent this picture headlined "These M.G. are so reliable that the dealership closed down..."
It shows his 1958 Magnette ZB which he took picture outside the closed dealership at Ixworth Norfolk. (click to enlarge).

1st November 2005

Although we have a very lovely (unusual) warm autumn (Indian Summer you say on the other side) the date says the season has ended. Some cars will stay in the garage now and perhaps undergoing some modifications or just getting the service that had to be done long time ago. I myself hope to find some time to do the disc brake conversion and find the reason for the oil consumption...

But now let's start with the news:
Well a new month means a new Picture of the Month.

Then we had a nice report from Malcolm Robertson, who took his freshly restored car out to the Sydney Concours...

The season 2005 just ended and we alread have the dates for 2006! Make your diary now. There's no excuse next year not to come!

And the Magnette Register starts it's christmas specials sales right now. Perhaps a bit early you might think but surface mail is cheaper but slower. This year we try to clear our stock on sweat-shirts and t-shirts. Prices have dropped even more! If you think you don't need one - think again how you can relieve the Register... We don't make any profit anymore but need to clear our stock. So perhaps you like a sweater for colder days, or your small grandchildren wear the t-shirt as pyjama (or pajama as my online dictionary says for the U.S:). The prices are really unbeatable and the quality is also. Have a look...

24th October 2005

I didn't expect so many comments for the short competition. Sorry some missed it only by some numbers. The winners are:
Matthew French from Brisbane, Australia who hit the 100,000 and John Barringer from England with the 100,001. Congratulations to both of you, a small present will be despatched this week!

22nd October 2005

Have you seen the counter on the bottom of the enty page? We are close to the 100,000. Therefore I make a small competition:
Send a screenhot showing the counter with 99,999 or 100,000 or 100,001 and you'll get a small prize!
To make a screenshot simply hit button "print" and "paste" it into a word.doc and send this to me. Let's see...

18th October 2005

HOT NEWS:
Magnette Man takes top job at MGCC!
Malcolm Eades was elected vice-chairman of the Club at the AGM on Saturday. Malcolm was treasurer of the Magnette register for over 25 years. His Magnette 'Yasmin' is currently on the entry page.
The AGM followed a Council meeting (which lasted 6 hours!) at which the redevelopment proposals for Kimber House were thrown out. Now we might get back to some sense!

16th October 2005

K&R now have the MG ZA Magnette ready. Photos, prices ordering info etc are all on their web site.
Talking about models (no, not these, I mean car models). I found one on ebay I haven't heard about before. It's called minimarque and is added to the collectables page.

Last time I was reporting about sad looking Magnettes. This time I have better news: Another place has been magnetticed. It's the Dominican Republic. Please welcome Francisco Then Tobal from Sto. Domingo and his ZB # 23644..

13th October 2005

More and more cars appear on ebay. Unfortunalety many of them are in a very bad shape and need a lovely hand or will be scrapped forever. Here are two examples:
# 20737 from the USA and # 27021 from Australia.

9th October 2005

While our season is coming to an end people on the southern hemisphere start into the new season. Loz Scott, our correspondent from Australia, reports about the car display in Queenscliff nr. Melbourne.

And of course some new cars on the gallery:
#37061 belongs to Frank Burry, who found that the Magnette is a good everyday car beside the MGA.
# 19479 belongs to Chris Adams and
# 2680 is a very early car seen on ebay.

1st October 2005

At Silverstone K&R Replicas announced a new Z Magnette model. These will be available in about 2 weeks time. If club members visit their website they will get a 5% discount on the shown prices for being MGCC members. They will be starting on the artwork to produce a number of the rally ZA's in the very near future and hope to have them available for Xmas. I hope to show an article on the progress of developing a new model here on the website!
The Farins-styled Magnette MkIII and MkIV are already available.

What else? Well a new month means a new picture of the month.

And Malcolm Robertson made progress on his restoration of Alison...

28th September 2005
At the moment it's very hard to keep up with cars appearing elsewhere. Here are two new entries:
And this time the new owner wears the correct clothing: See #8595 . Also new #27128

22nd September 2005

Ebay and no end: This time #862 a very early car from spring 1954 when production finally started.

20th September 2005

Another day, another Magnette: #12974 from ebay again.

19th September 2005

Quite a few Magnettes are for sale on ebay during the last weeks. #8008 is another example that wasn't known o the register before.

18th September 2005

#8530 from ebay

15th September 2005

A new entry on the gallery from ebay: #22026.

I also wonder whether the Car Club members have no own opinion on the proposals of the new Kimber House. Please let us know what you think of the proposals and how you feel the Club should proceed (see NEWS of 7th September).

11th September 2005

Recently Rutger Booy sent an old Magnette picture but had no information about the chassis no and it's whereabouts. A good chance to test the Dutch registrar Henk Kroese! Well, he stood the test. Seems we where right to present him the Ray Cain Trophy for his good work recently. And the result is the 350th (!) Magnette on the gallery...

7th September 2005

Members of the MGCC should have heard about the plans for a new club office. On 15 October the MGCC’s Council will vote on the proposals to redevelop its existing headquarters building in Abingdon, Kimber House, and replace it with a new building on the site.

The decision will be made by a vote of the Council, which is made up of representatives from its centres, registers and branches (‘CRBs’). Each CRB has one vote, and at the meeting the Z & Farina Register’s vote will be cast by David Johnson, the chairman, and Paul Batho, the secretary.

We would like the Register’s vote to represent the views of its members and we have therefore set up a thread on the MAGNETTE bulletin board as a place where you can express them. Please let us know what you think of the proposals and how you feel the Club should proceed. You may also send an email direct to me.
Go to the board...

4th September 2005

My system seems to running fine again and all the old stuff has been transfered on the new system. Everybody who did it before knows what I'm talking about. All others: beware!
But back to MG matters. Time to bring back some more life here. Let's start with another wedding picture...

1st September 2005

Again I can only offer a small update. One reason is that it's still a bit quite out there in Magnette world, the other (main) reason is that I have big trouble with my new computer and system and have to sort that out asap. So here we go with a new picture of the month and a link to the Z Magnette Group of North America. I enjoyed the old magazines there even if many of the stories have been printed here, too. But worth a look.

21st August 2005

It's still a bit quite out there in Magnette world so I can't update more at the moment. In fact that's not too bad as I#m currently working on a new website for another register...
Anyway. There's always some stuff left like the report of Wayne Hardy on anti-roll bars (sway bars).

And #10310 is new to the gallery.

12th August 2005

Two new Magnettes on the gallery. Both from 1954:
#2725 seen on ebay and
#2956 the pride of Michael Devenish,UK

9th August 2005

Trevor Jones has seen the car mentioned below. It is actually very sound. The work done is not bad needs a small amount of fettling to make really good.

I also added a few more information and an entry form of the Norwich gathering in September.

7th August 2005

+++ STOP PRESS +++

Trevor Jones has been offered a ZBV restored shell + bonnet + boot in primer (no doors). Anyone who may be interested ? At £75 it is a bargain anyone who has a rusty shell. I understand it is rolling has a V5C but is missing a few odd items.
It will be scrapped soon if no one wants it! That would be a pity. Time is short. Trevor's number is 01458 252940

+++++++++++++++++

After a long time I have to update the gallery:
# 4776 belongs to Philipp Willcock
# 14566 and # 25006 are Swedish cars on ebay
# 34535 is of Derek Pickering, Secretary, The Durham MG Club
# 35934 now belonging to Mike Hearn

A warm welcome to you all!

26th July & 1st August 2005

I just returned from the Silverstone weekend and still try to get my camping gear dry. Was a bit too wet on Sunday and even the way home on monday wasn't a pleasure to drive. Sometimes horendeous rain with a lot of traffic around. But the Magnette did all the way without trouble even if my rebuilt engine uses a bit too much oil. At the exit to the F1 circuit Spa in belgium Ishe also had some misfiring. But this cured shortly afterwards. Did she like racecourses and wanted to leave the motorway? I'll never now.
Here is a Silverstone report...
Another Silverstone report on MGA matters is here...
As I'm heading off again I already upload the July's Picture of the Month.

19th July 2005

Malcolm Robertson has updated his series about his Varitone restoration. read part IV....
Next week I#ll be visiting Silverstone. Hope to see many of you. Say hello at the Register sand and attend our AGM! This is the place where you can tell us what you expect from the register!

13th July 2005

Some updates on the gallery:
# 11469 of Brian Woolmer in Australia is back on the road after 25 years!
# 17223 and # 25265 were on ebay recently

6th July 2005

This month the biggest M.G. event worldwide takes place in Silverstone. Please park your car at the register parking. It's always nice to see some Magnettes together, isn't it? The register will also held it's AGM at Silverstone. To get your attention we'll meet on Sunday at 1.30 pm on the first floor of race Control, from which one has a panoramic view of the start/finish line. Will anyone pay attention to the meeting? We look forward to seeing as many members there as possible.

1st July2005

It was a quiet June here on the website. But only because I was organising the Z-Magnette-Day and because your input was low as well. On the other side the MGA-register kept me busy with their tour to LeMans. Those intersted in MGAs may visit their website.
Well but I hope we can go on as you are used to it. First we start with more than 100 pictures and a report of the Magnette Day and a new Picture of the Month

22nd June 2006

Puuu. That was a busy week! Last Friday I thought I should have a look at the Magnette before she has to take me to France. The normal attendance quickly became a complete replace of brake cylinders and brake pads. Well that's still normal attendance and I got not worried when my supplier had a delay until wednesday. But when I recognized wednesday late night that the flexible brake hoses were worn too. I became a bit worried. Luckily I still had MGA hoses in my garage (yes they are too short, but what could I do?). But next worrying. I turned out that there was a different thread. Closer inspection on thursday showed that the thread seemed to be the same but maybe the brass thread was jolted. Some recut seemed to help (so far).
I really feared my Magnette could miss the 10th Magnette day. Oh this reminds me I have to finish the rally plates, prices.... Bye now for the next two weeks.

But I don't want to hold back a special wedding picture...

19th June 2006

Next weekend we'll see two events where Magnetteers can meet. On the Continent we have the 10th Magnette Day and in England we have the 56th Silverstone!
Please visit the AGM on sunday if you are there! The committee needs your feedback and some votes for elections as well. This year you have to vote a new chairman for the register as David Johnson will step down after many years on the committee. "Many thanks David for all the hard work you did as Safety Fast! scribe and later as chairman."

Also some new entries on the gallery::

#19185 ebay
#19608 the car we featured on 15th May
#25779 Richard Schaeffer bought it from ebay
#26360 David Overington, Australia
#34177 Richard McKie who is looking for his old love

15th June 2006

Another advertising as been added.
Also Carsten Wivel from Denmark shows another solution for a replacement of the temp gauge...

10th June 2006

K & R Replicas now have both the RAC and Monte Carlo works team cars available for the ZA Magnette. On their website is a kit photographed along with decals. There will be further versions to follow.

Also pictures and report of the Magnette gathering at Kingston Lacy are available now...

3rd June 2006

Again I'm a bit late with the monthly update, but I just returned from Cambodia - no Magnettes there.
This month will be a busy month. Hopefully many of you will visit the Silverstone event, while a dozen will attend at the Magnette Day in Germany. Really a pity both dates clash.
Anyway. here's the new pic of the month.
Those who have their Magnette under restoration or just need a repaint ay be happy to find AKZO NOBEL paint formulas here...
Brian Pollard from Spain sent me a link which lists Magnettes in movies. Look here...

15th Mai 2006

Well yesterday I said the last update for the month and this evening Roger Martin of the MGA-Register sent me some pictures of the regency Run which took place today. To be up to date here they are (can't be quicker!). If you recognize your car please contact me.

14th Mai 2006

Two new Magnettes from Australia on the gallerie:
# 7116 of David Dixon with wire wheels and good looking and # 24560 which had seen better days...
I also started to add the police cars to the gallery as far as we know the chassis no. Maybe your car was built alongside a Magnette that later became a police patrol car?
Loz Scott wrote an article about choices of temp sender units. This is one of the few original parts that were not available for some years and many articles have been written about replacements. But I noticed that Lou Shorten lists them in her latest price list (price on application).
(Another article with another solution will come soon)
And as there will be no update this month anymore (will be off cycling at Angkor Wat) you get another advertisement as well!

7th Mai 2006

I reproduced another article that appeared last year in the US-magazine Classic & Motorsports.
Also three new entries for the gallery:
#9606 George Berger, Australia
#27109 Des & Beth Lucas, Australia and
#34970 Tim Grover, GB
All of you a warm welcome to the Magnette world!

1st Mai 2006

Another month and still no summer in sight here in Germany, so its still more fun to sit in a warm room in front of a computer instead of in a cold garage, although I had wanted to convert my Magnette to disc brakes before we start for the season...
Well, what can you expect from this update:
Firstly another picture of the month ,of course.
Then you might have read on the board about John Barringer's visit to Down Under. The Aussies made him a nice welcome. Read on...

27th April 2006

There are new price lists of John & Lou Shorten on the supplier page.
And again Rutger Booy has sent an advert which most of us surely haven't seen before. It was published by Molenaar (the Dutch importer) in the magazine De Auto on March 3 1955 and the Magnette looks quite different...
More stuff to come over the weekend...

23rd April 2006

Our beloved Magnettes seem to attract the movie industrie at the moment: some weeks ago Armand Joseph's Varitone from Luxembourg took part in a film movie with other classic cars and this week my Magnette is on the set for a German crime movie along with a Daimler 250, AH 3000, TR 3, a Rolls and some other classics. I wonder whether my car will be seen in the film.
Anyone out there who rented his Magnette for the movie industrie as well? Let us know.
Finally I received some pictures of Magnettes & Steam the season opener in England. If anyone has more pics please be so kind and send them to me to share with others!

18th April 2006

Are you watchin' the auctions on ebay? Sometimes funny things appear or funny things happen. Recently there was a steering wheel boss which was painted non-original and went for the same sum you can get an original one! Now you can get a bonnet (used) for 1,000 $ ! If that's not a bargin...
But here's something original and free, too: Loz from OZ wrote an article about shackle bushes.
and we have another old advert.

10th April 2006

Another advert has been added. This time it's an Swiss advert from 1957 from Rutger Boy's large collection (I've included a translation). The funny thing is that the advert says the Magnette has air condition! Those were the days when a flap to open and a heater system were something special...
Also added # 34437 as seen on ebay to the gallery...

4th April 2006

Lou Shorten has a new pricelist. Please notice that the following parts are now available on P.O.A (price on application) basis:
Wiper Motor, Dynamo (Positive Earth), Fuel Tank Sender Units, Temperature Senders, Fuel & Temperature Gauges and Interior Light

2nd April 2006

I wasn't sure whether the joke about closing the website would work - but it did! Thanks for the kind emails which generally said that the website needs to stay open and you were willing to pay for it. Yes it will!
It was an April's Fool....
But I keep it in mind. Perhaps that a new business idea? But stop joking. For the next 365 days I will be serious again. And let's start right now with a nice article from Australian Classic Car about Malcolm Robertson Magnette 'Alison'.

1st April 2006

Have you seen the new picture on the homepage? This Japanese car under a cherry tree might whet our appetite for another season which hopefully soon starts (sorry downunders, I know you just finished your season).
So what's up? Sure, there's a new picture of the month, and there's also a new tip from Loz in Oz about relettering your heater control (pdf). He also sent a picture of his Varitone for the gallery. It's # 27093 and our 409th entry!

Final call for entries for the Z Magnette Day! Two rooms are left now. After the weekend we have to cancel these rooms and no late bookings are possible. We are sorry.

And finally: Longterm visitos know that April is this website's birthday. The 6th this year! This website has become a platform for Magnetteers all over the world and over the years we had nice reports, pictures and tech tips.
Unfortunalety increasing cost force us to either delete this site or charge visitors some money. We are talking about 15 $, or 10 GBP or 10 € per year with unlimited access and download.
If you wish to visit this site any longer please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for payment details. Tell your friends as well as if we not have enough payers this website will dim it's (Lucas) light...

28th March 2006

Another old advert added

26th March 2006

There were a lot of Magnettes on ebay recently. So here's another gallery update:

# 16815 on ebay
# 20595 the remains of this car on ebay
# 21844 manumatic car on ebay
# 27425 finally an "ordinary" owner. This car elongs to Ian Messner, Australia
# 34254 one of three magnettes owned by anonymous owner

18th March 2006

Time for another gallery-update. Did you recognize that we now have 403 Magnettes on the gallery? Amazing; isn't it? The new entries represent a good mixture all over the world again:

# 8660 was on ebay UK
# 23872 ebay Australia
# 24385 belongs to Keith Holdworth from Canada and
# 26941 ebay USA
# 31723 is Mr. Itoh Tsuneo's joy in Tokyo (pictures kindly brought from Tokio by David Hague, member of the Y-type register)

12th March 2006

Just a few hours after I complained about the missing report from Melbourne I had the pictures in my mailbox. Anyhow they got lost in the internet on the way from Australia to Europe before. But now here it is: Loz' report from the Melbourne Concours Show 2006.

9th March 2006

You are very sparingly with reports and pictures! Although I hear of a show in Melbourne. Where is the story?
Well, to keep the site up I grubbed a bit on my computer and found this prepared article I forgot to upload a year ago! It's more about Willy Cave and was published in Safety Fast a while ago.

5th March 2006

A new old advert has been added.

1st March 2006

If you liked the story I reproduced on 19th February, here's the continuation: EnjoyingMG 09/1986. If you not liked you can only enjoy the Pic of the Month.
And for those who still don't know whether they should attend the Z-Magnette.Day or not: you only have four weeks to fill in the entry form! Help the organisers and make your entries now! Thanks.

26th February 2006

Press release:

I've had a call from a guy in Gosport, Hants who's 1956 Magnette ZA has been in a lockup, unused for 20 years. It is complete, non runner, orig reg and V5. He has to vacate garage by end February and if no takers it will go for scrap! He wants nothing for it. Anyone interested contact Andrew Dunn, 02392 584367 , Lets find a home for it
David Marklew
Secretary, Winchester MG Owners Club
www.winchestermgoc.co.uk

19th February 2006

I reproduced an article from Enjoying MG from 1985. I wonder whether TBM 895 is still around?
And a new entry on the gallery: # 16493

13th February 2006

Quite a long time there has been no update. The reason is quite simple: I have nothing to report! Except the following:
Paul Barrow has found an additional four tool rolls for Z Magnettes. These will be sold on a first come, first served basis £40 plus shipping. If you're intersted please This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. him.
Can please the person who sent me the picture of # 27740 contact me again? I lost the email and would like to contact you again.
At http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/mgzblife you can see some pictures of a Magnette in Japan. Unfortunalety not best quality.
If you want me to update more often, you have to send me some stuff...

2nd February 2006

Hello I'm back again. Just suffering from jetlag but I know you're waiting for news: So please see the new Picture of the Month and a gallery update:
10191 was on ebay,
27740 for sale in New Zealand
29150 found on the web somewhere,
30622 a French ZB and
35947 this is the Pic of the Month car

15th January 2006

The vísitors of Magnette.org are very clever indeed. Rutger Booy has more news on the Picture of the Month:
I just saw the monthly picture on the Magnette website and wondered where I had seen it before :-) Check the montly picture of august 2002. It's the same car.
Well, this is the last update for this month. I doing some research about # 33134. ;-) See you at the beginning of February.
Ok, some of you will need something to do for the next two weeks. So here is another reprint, which I forgot to upload a year ago. My intention was to show it exactly 50 years later, well now it's nearly 51 years...

9th January 2006

Brian Woolmer from Australia reports about MG Magnettes at Speed on Tweed...

Therewhile Paul Barrow comments: "Nice comparison on the pictures of the month. You mention the number plates are different, but actually one is also a ZA and the other a ZB which accounts nicely for the growth of the plants too."
Actually the visitors of this website look very carefully!

And finally there is progress on the V8 Magnette in New Zealand... (external link)

1st January 2006

Welcome in 2006! I hope you had a good start.
We'll start the new year with a new Picture of the Month and part VI of the Alison-saga.
Also added are information on the Magnette Day in Germany on the last weekend in June.

27th Dezember 2006

Here is the last update for 2006 with news on the Peking-Paris preparations... and a link to Magnettes in movies.
Thank you all for input, pictures, reports and nice comments! Even if I may forget some names I want to thank Malcolm Robertson and Loz Scott, both from Australia, who provided me with many reports, José Romão de Sousa from Portugal, who finds some time to send some pictures about his rally project, Rutger Booy from the Netherlands, who finds more and more interesting postcards (not shown yet) and Paul Barrow from the USA, who always keeps an eye on Magnette sales on ebay for me (except if he wants to buy himself). Well, and finally YOU, who visits this site regulary and makes all the work worthwile! Many thanks to you all and a

Happy New Year!

24th Dezember 2006

The Magnette Register wishes you all a
Merry Christmas

Next update next week...

17th Dezember 2006

Well, the year is comming to an end in large steps. Although this time of the year is everything else than calm and reflective I've prepared an international batch of updates for the gallery:

# 4981 of Andrew Bailey from Australia,
# 17261 of Peter Kocher-Schnyder from Switzerland,
# 25599 of John Hastie from Australia,
# 33878 of Arch Boston from USA,
# 34075 of Eric & Gina Nelson from USA,
# 34865 of Bev Croft from England
A warm welcome to you all and enjoy Magnette ownership and this site as well.

11th Dezember 2006

I hope you enjoyed the advent calendar so far? I haven't received any comments so far, so I'm not sure if you like or don't . Please let me know.
Today we update the preparations of José Romão de Sousa from Portugal.

1st Dezember 2006

Dezember? Where is the time running? It's like yesterday that we had some fantastic events under the summer sun.
Ok, the alendar forces me to switch over to the "christmas edition" with our M.G. advent calendar. I hope you like it again with many new and different pictures every day.
Also another picture of the month, snowy as well....

27th November 2006

Here's another reprint, kindly supported by Paul Barrow...

19th November 2006

Some weeks ago several Australian Magnette owners set out for a pleasure weekened. Loz Scott reports....

12th November 2006

The first dates for your diary 2007 are released...
Italian Prince Borghese and his Itala, his rival Dutchman and three other cars set out in 1907 on the first-ever trans-continental marathon, driving the greatest distance between two capital cities. 100 years later several historic cars celebrate this by driving the authentic route from Peking to Paris! Amoung the more than 100 teams is at least one Magnette. Read more....
Still haven't received any pictures for the advent calendar! Please see your archives or do some snapshots now. I accept every picture not only Magnette-related. Can be funny pics, snowy pics, any car pics or or or.

9th November 2006

I found another advert. This time from Sweden!

3rd November 2006

Urgent information for German TV viewers:
Sunday 05th a new episode of "Tatort" (Liebe am Nachmittag). It's playing in an classic car garage and you may recognize at least one MG....

(picture copyrighted to ARD-Foto)

For all others: I need pictures related to snow and/or christmas or just funny for our advent calendar!!

1st November 2006

29th October 2006

Loz Scott wrote an article about Upper cylinder lubrication

22nd October 2006

As promised here's another update with some entries to the gallery:
# 2592 of Jose de Sousa from Portugal,
# 19486 the restoration project of Hiram Kelly from Oklahoma, USA,
# 24490 was on ebay in Australia,
# 32571 of Malcom Wells, England

Classic Car owners in general are quite old, Magnette owners in particular are very old (except for some mid-aged owners). So wat happens in some years when we change the Magnette wheel against a wheel chair? Arch Boston does not want to see his car rotting away so he carefully attracts his grandson to the airsmoothed lines of the Magnette. And looking at the picture it seems to work!
"The flags on the car are official embassy flags (my son who is a lobbyist in D.C., got them for me from an "approved" source). "

17th October 2006

Hi, I had some trouble with my PC and wth my health. Both faults haven't been cured yet. So here's just a very short update. Hope to bring more soon:
Another advert added.

03rd October 2006

Kevin Hoare of zeroexhausts (www.zeroexhausts.co.uk) is looking for a LHD Magnette to use as a jig. He is going to make an exhaust manifold and system for some Magnette owners in the USA. If you can lend your lhd car he is prepared to give the owner of such a vehicle a manifold and system for lending their car! Please contact him directly at:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone: 01233 638193

This month's update has a new picture of the month, of course and a few more Magnettes on the ever growing gallery:
Göran Johnson had a look htrough the old Swedish archive and found some nice old pictures:
# 4538 , # 14373, #29800, #30926
also from Australia we welcome Jo Reed and # 27929 and from South Africa Kevin Loader and # 21294

24th September 2006

Magnettes make excellent touring MGs and to prove it nine cars converged on Corowa, on the mighty Murray River in Southern NSW, Australia, for the first National Magnette weekend. Malcolm Robertson reports…

17th September 2006

Last year the MGA celebrated is Golden Jubilee. Amoung many events was a tour in South Africa. Why I write this here? Well, amoung many MGAs was at least one Magnette that did the tour. Kevin Loader sent some fantastic pictures...

13th September 2006

Peter Martin sent a report and pictures of the Norwich event two weeks ago...

10th September 2006

Another advert from 1958 added.
And some more cars on the gallerie:
# 666 another early Magnette
# 7472 from ebay
# 27929 of Jo Reed, Australia
# 33768 of Clive Webb, UK.
Isn't it interesting that in between two weeks two early Magnettes appear on ebay? The prices were low (about 300 GBP) but hopefully they will be rescued.

1st September 2006

You may wonder why we had not many updates during the last weeks. But my Magnette suffered from my journey across France. The latest fault was that she first missed the MOT, because the right rear brake wasn't working. Well, no problem I thought, must be the brake cylinder. So I quickly dismantled it, cleaned and reassembled. The following bleeding was a surprise. No brake fluid was comming! Closer inspection showed that the brake pipe along the rear axle was squeezed from the exhaust pipe! Well this happens when you have your car fully loaded and the rear springs are 50 years old...
But enough fairy-tales - or blogs as it would be called nowadays. You want Magnette stuff. So here we go:
A new picture of the month. The greenest we ever had ;-)
and some more interesting entries on the gallerie:
# 22704 owned by John Gunnell, it's the 100th US-Magnette and the second time we have a successive chassis number.Also # 1898 which was on ebay recently. And finally #9320. I'm sure it's the strongest Magnette we ever featured!

28th August 2006

K&R now have images of the built MG ZA Magnette from both the Monte Carlo & RAC Rallies on their website...

19th August 2006

Ebay really brings interesting stuff to light. Recently there was an early non-quarterlight Magnette # 571 on auction! Bad condition but for historical reasons worth to be saved!
If you're not going to Lou Shortens event in September you might like to see the Goodwood Revival. This year Magnette # 33212 is piloted by Bruce Chapman, grandson of Nancy Mitchell, the famous lady rally driver (in a Magnette) of the 1950s! More info about Goodwood here... I hope to show more pictures and a report later.

15th August 2006

There's a new nice old advert from 1956 inviting US
residents to buy their British car in the US and pick it up for a holiday in Europe. A nice idea of the advertising agency. I wonder if anyone did the trip..

12th August 2006

Four new entries on the gallerie:
# 6960 Bruce Bramhill, from Australia,
#20927 Philip Jowett; UK.
A warm welcome to you both!
And two other cars without owner (yet):
# 30574 seen on ebay and
# 22705 that was mentioned in the notes of 24th but might be scrapped by now .-(

6th August 2006

I happily can pronounce that another country is Magnettified. This time it's Mexiko. Please welcome Luis Benito from Mexiko with his two cars: # 12441 and # 34739.

And you may have seen the new picture on the homepage. Eddy Lepez (B) banned Roger Webb in the Cambridge area on his camera while giving his car a underfloor washing...

1st August 2006

Here's another event report. This time from the Sledmere weekend.
And of course a new Picture of the month.

27th July 2006

The Magnette mentioned in the news on 24th probably will go to scrapyard very soon. Noone to rescue her or take as a parts car?
Pictures of restored cars can be seen in the report of the "Event of the year" in France...

24th July 2006

I received the following mail, which might of interest for someone looking for a parts car:
"I do not know what model the MG Magnette is but I am looking for somebody local to the Worcestershire area who would be interested in a rather tatty Magnette which is about to be scrapped and we do not want that to happen. It has been sitting in a coach house for many years and then the coach house fell on it so the roof is dented but the rest of the car is in a sad state too. My brother, who lives Canada, has asked me to get rid of it. The people who have bought the coachhouse want it out of the way as of yesterday. Is anyone interested.
We do not want to scrap it or leave it to the current owners of the coachhouse to dispose it or smash it up. Maxine Shields, email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

20th July 2006

The season is in full swing. I have problems to show you all the reports and pictures that fullfill my mailbox. Here are some pictures of MG 2006 in Northern Ameria...

16th July 2006

Here's another report. This time about the Magnette Day in Germany, that took place on the last weekend in June...

Note: Magnette owners who have had brake shoes from Lou are asked to please return the old units,as there now is no more shoes in stock, if anybody has any spare shoes could they let Lou have them.
Now the GOOD news is that the much wanted and waited for RED furflex that goes around the doors is back in stock
contct Lou on +44(0)1603 872436

9th July 2006

Here am I back again from a 1,600 miles trip across France. Apart from a blown headgasket, which I could replace the same afternoon, the Magnette ran fine. Unfortunalety a stone hit my windscreen on the last day, so there's another thing to repair. A full report and some nice pictures of two Magnettes on tour in France will follow. But let's start in the right order. First there are some Silverstone pictures and a new Picture of the Month.
More reports of Magnette Day and European Event of the Year to follow soon.

28th June 2007

Just a picture of Jose de Sousa and me with our Magnettes in Koblenz/Germany. Just two days to paris and finish. Jose will thn drive the ast 1,500 km back home. Still on three cylinders. More later. Will be off for the Magnette Day.
Can anybody please send impressions from Silverstone?

26th June 2007

Latest news from the Peking-Paris rally. I will be off tomorrow to see the Magnette and crew...

22nd June 2007

Part II of Paris - Peking report. Don't miss it!

19th June 2007

You enjoyed the Paris Peking report? Ok, here it goes on with more fantastic pictures and Jose de Sousa's magnettc adventure... (Part II will follow soon)

14th June 2007

A great update with fantastic photos from Jose de Sousa's Beijing - Paris adventure...

4th June 2007

Although not such an intrepid journey as Jose's Peking-Paris trip, I thought it was worth recording that four Magnettes braved the weather to support the Dorset Midget+Sprite club event at Kingston Lacy on 27 May 2007, on one of the wettest ever holiday weekends even by British standards. Read Stephen Tickell's report...

3rd June 2007

As promised I edited the pictures of the V8 Magnette, seen last weekend in Speyer on the European Event of the Year. It's Andrew de Bernes' Magnette #9600

1st June 2007

New month - new Pic of the Month!
Also Bryan Reading from Bucks designed this cartoon. Seems he still doesn't know that it's a sports-saloon ;-)
We also have our 3rd car from Sri Lanka on the gallery. Please welcome Gihan Salgado from Columbo and #17802
That's it for the moment. Some nice pics of the V8 Magnette to follow...

29th May 2007

Last sunday the big experience for Jose de Sousa started! You may have followed up his preparations for the Peking-Paris rally in his Magnette. The first information from Beijing already arrived:
Today we got our first experience of chinese requirements: we were given plastic car number plate and driving license, both valid for a week.. Read more...

Also last weekend the German MGCC held the European Event of the Year. With 400 M.G.s the event was a great success. Amoung them were 5 Magnettes (one was a V8!). Also some more Magnette owners were spotted in other M.G.s. report to follow.

17th May 2007

Some more cars for the gallery:
# 12728 seen on ebay
# 14357 formerly Register president's car
# 17218 of Pedro Mendes, Valencia in Spain
# 18701 seen on ebay and
# 30739 of Robert Hudd, UK
Welcome to you all!

13th May 2007

Australia saw three Magnettes in a Historic Car Sprint. Read David Dixon's report....

9th May 2007

My Magnette really has a magnettic attraction to woman. Again a woman driver tried to kick Maggy off the road, which resulted in a damaged rear wing... Nevertheless she managed to bring my family and me to an special MG event. Read more...

1st May 2007

Yesterday the register's president and welknown Magnette parts supplier Lou Shorten celebrated her 80th birthday. The committee presented her an octagon cake as well as some other useful presents:

There is also another entry on the gallery: # 23660 of Dave Newland of Romford, Essex.
And of course a new picture of the month, which also is a new entry to the gallery and for the second time a following number!

26th April 2007

There was another M.G. gathering nr. Norwich last weekend, where some Magnettes attended....

20th April 2007

I linked the wrong pictures with the last update. So please check again troubles before shipping...

18th April 2007

Jose de Sousa's magnette is now on it's way to Beijing. Read his last minute troubles before shipping...

14th April 2007

Did you survive Friday the 13th? I brought my Magnette to a garage to replace my frontscreen that still lacked from a flying stone on my journay across France last year. I hope it wasn't a bad day to do this. The next rain will show, but luckily the weather is totally untypical at the moment with temperatures up to 28 degrees.
Jose de Sousa sent some more pictures of the Steam event. Intersting to see how different people look through their camera and take shots....

12th April 2007

Some more pictures and full report of Magnettes & Steam event by Stephen Tickell, UK

10th April 2007

Eddy Lepez from begium sent first impressions from last weekends Magnettes & Steam event...

6th April 2007

The Peking-Paris prepared Magnette is now fnished and started it's way to the docks for shipping. See more detailed pictures of the interior and read what happened during the firdst testdrives...

4th April 2007

Last weekend I found an italian advert for la macchina ZA...

1st April 2007

After a long time we can welome another entry on the gallery:
#21789 and Andrew Chambers, UK
and of course a new picture of the month,
but no April fools this year ;-) !!

24th March 2007

Stephen Tickell sent a nice report about his maniflow exhaust system with MGA manifold.
I also recognized that E. Lepez has a nice video on his website.

21st March 2007

The Magnette for the Peking-Paris Rally touched the road for testing....
It seems my idea of an international birthday card for Magnette supplier Lou Shorten wasn't good. I only received two or three greetings, so it makes no sence to start making a small bookllet.

8th March 2007

As every year we start the new season with a full report of the anual concours of the MGCC Victoria in Australia...

3rd March 2007

I was so busy during the last days I didn't recognized we have a new month and a few might wait for another update. But at least I recognized today. There's not much to report. Your input is a bit low at the moment! Even my request for sending some birthday greetings for Lou Shorten (see news of 24th) to me ended in 1 (one) incoming email! So what's going on in the Magnette world? Where are you all?
Updates for now are a new Pic of the Month and a report about horn ring repairs (pdf) from Laurie Scott in Australia. If you like old car brochures have a look at www.car-brochures.nl, a link that Eddy Lepez in Belgium brought to light.

24th February 2007

Jose de Sousa brought some light into the interesting link from 19th February. "The warehouse exists (forget about the barn find story...) and I understand the owner owns a classic car garage in
Lisbon."
Ok, so it's not the barnfind we all dram off. But nice pictues at least...
Concerning Jose: Last Sunday he went to England for a training session on GPS handling and orientation (waypoints, routes, etc.). It was a 60 mile practice run, with circa 45 participants, some of them driving their P2P cars (I drove a rented Toyota Prius though…).
I thought you would like to see some of the cars present…

Steve Hanegan from Washington has updated his information on # 35361 with some nice.
Somehing different: MG supplier Lou Shorten will be celebrating her birthday in a few weeks. Beeing a gentleman I don't talk about the age of a lady. But I thought we (the internet community) should send her a birthday card. My idea is that you send me your greetings to her as a word file, including your name, location and chassis number. If possible include a picture of your car. I will put all your greetings together, print it out and hand it over. I hope you like the idea and many of you participate. Many thanks!
Günter

22nd February 2007

# 1033 an early '54 model seen on ebay
#18243 John W. Barker, UK

19th February 2007

Simon Fisher from Ontario, Canada sent me this interesting link. At least there's one Magnette...

16th February 2007

Thwe 450th Magnette on our gallery belongs to Tom Noonan from Australia and is one of the rarer straight ZBs # 27372 . The next example is in a more bad state: # 8078

14th February 2007

Roger Parker of the MG Owners' Club informed me, that he received the following information from another enthusiast:

I have come across an MG Magnette which has been stored away for a number of years, and somebody in your club may be interested in trying to buy it. It is in a garage outside Barrow in Furness,Cumbria, I first saw it in 2000, but have not walked that way again until last week, and surprised to see it is still there but the garage is gradually deteriorating. I am not and expert but I would say it is a ZA or ZB around 1960 - it has the registration 792 HTF (it's a Varitone - registrar). If you have member(s) in this area who might be interested ask them to get in touch, it looks like a complete car, one of those that was put away one day and has just sat there. I don't know who owns it, some detective work would be required as the garage is in the open countryside, or even if the owner is prepared to sell. Worth a try though for a real enthusiast.
If you are interested send an This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to John West.

Some more news on the Paris-Peking project...

10th February 2007

Hi Magnette world. Here am I back again. Hope yo've been missing the egulary updates on his site. As there's much to do after a month absence I will start slowly with updates. But I hope to bring a few things over the week.
First there are more information about this years Magnette Day. Also there is a new Picture of the month.

9th January 2007

After 6 months I managed to finish my report about the journey across France. Hope you like the selection of pictures.
By the way: this is the last update for the next four weeks. Will be hiking along the Ho Chi Minh trial and other scenerie in Laos....

8th January 2007

Malcolm Robertson from Australia wrote another episode about Living with Allison...

6th January 2007

Still more and more Magnettes appear and our gallery is stll growing. 449 Magnettes from 25 countries now! Here are the latest additions:
# 2214 a remeining chassis
# 9593 a nice ZA of David and Marion Blaxall, from Australia
# 17078 on ebay in Australia and
# 28106 on ebay in the USA

1st January 2007

Welcome to 2007! No time for the webmaster to relax (not yet)...
So here we go with the Picture of the Month, and two new pictues on the wedding gallery...
You may also check the updates on Ray Green's V8 conversion. Also the events diary has been updated...

We start the new months with some pictures. Of course a new Picture of the Month and then we have several Magnettic pictures of the Goodwood Festival of Speed..

24th December 2007

The Magnette Register wishes you all a
Merry Christmas and a
Happy New Year!

17th December 2007

Hi all. Nearly four weeks without an update, but an event of death in my family forced my time.
But here am I again and I'll try to update the last days of the year regulary before we head on for a new season.
First we start with an new Pic of the Month. Secondly I have another story about a V8 Custom Magnette for you...

20th November 2007

Our Magnette gallery was going close to 500 cars. Before I started a counter I thought I better count again and - yes we already hit the 500.
Exactly 535 Magnettes are on the gallery now! Not too bad I think and it's still growing. Is your car still missing? Please send a picture. (I still wonder why I counted wrong before...)
Other matters:
We are just 28 days off christmas, so the right date to think about gifts. There's a new DVD available:
The DVD is aimed at people who are considering purchasing a Magnette or those who already own one and are interested in the sympathetic improvements possible. The introduction gives a brief history and shows how to differentiate between the models before proceeding to the main menu.
Firstly John Shorten shows where rust horrors can lurk using a stripped body shell while a complete car shows the areas under discussion.
Secondly Lou Shorten lets the viewer into some secrets of sucessfully fitting a new roof lining, the entire job being demonstrated as she talks.
Finally, a thought provoking section mentioning some improvements, many of which are available as commercial kits, sources of more information and little details such as how to align the bonnet.
This DVD is now available for £10 plus p & p from Lou Shorten who will be handling all sales. Phone 01603 872436 or e-mail This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

15th November 2007

Ibiza NOW is a non-motorsport magazine that had a nice article about Brian Pollard's Magnette restoration...

11th November 2007

Its always funny. From time to time I start looking thru my various folders on my computer and discover stuff I haven't published yet because I lost it out of my eyes. But as long as I find it sometime I have something to bring here. This time I have more pictures and details of # 27219, a V8 conversion from Australia...
And for the gallery: # 32113 of Mike Beck, UK

3rd November 2007

After a long time I found enough time to put some more cars to the gallery. They spread all over the period from '54 to '58:
# 34208 seen on ebay,
# 27175 a ZB from the Netherlands
# 22648 seen on ebay,
# 15333 belongs to Ted Peel, Queensland, AUS,
# 10592 was for sale
# 1221 also seen on ebay

With 481 cars on the gallery we are next to the 500. Can we reach it this year? If you haven't sent a picture of your Magnette please do so and share your Magnette with us!

1st November 2007

The date truly shows us that the season is coming to an end - at least on the northern hemisphere. I personally still enjoy my Magnette daily as we have a dry autumn here. But this might change very soon.
Well, what does this update bring? First a new Pic of the Month.
Secondly I received a nice mail, which I thought you might like to read as well. It gives a nice sight into the good old times when our Magnettes still were young:

I just pulled up your site and thought it was amazing that anyone kept track of the lovely Magnette. Owned a 1958 Magnette and will try and get some data on it from the California Dept. of Motor Vehicles as I don't anything on it anymore. The car was unique in that, according to an MG dealer in San Diego, CA, it was only one of two imported into the US with a Manumatic transmission. You are probably aware of the system I am talking about--shift lever, but no clutch peddle. When I purchased the car it was readily apparent that shifting from 2nd to 3rd was not smooth. I went to the local MG dealer who surprised me by telling me who I bought the car from even though I had not mentioned his name. That is when I found out that the car was quite unique. Being a LT in the US Navy at the time, left me with little money and I could not afford to have it fixed. The dealer recommended I become an expert on the system and gave me the repair manual on the Manumatic transmission for nothing! He was right about becoming an expert. Shortely thereafter I discovered that one of the solenoids on the activation system did not work and after some time disassembled the solenoid and discovered a broken wire. Once repaired the shifting was a smooth as glass. It was a wonderful system and worked well until I sold the car to a Chinese gentleman in Taipei, Taiwan where I had been sent for duty. One story of the problems with this cars transmission might be of interest. I overhauled the engine before leaving for Taiwan and drove it to San Francisco for delivery to the car shipping agent for the US Navy. When I tried to climb up some of the San Francisco hills it was apparent that something was wrong as there was little real power. Took the car to the MG dealer in town to have the carbs tuned up. When I called to pick up the car, they stated it wasn't ready. This went on for two days and I finally had to tell them that I had to pick up the car for delivery to the agent and we were leaving for Taiwan on a fast approaching flight date. They told me that the car would not shift and that there was something wrong with the transmission and that is when I asked them if they were familiar with the Manumatic transmission system. Of course they said yes, but that was not the problem. I asked to see the car and they said their insurance would not allow me to enter the shop. The talk became rather heated and I had to finally talk to the owner. I told him to have the car pushed into the street so that I could look at it. The bill was going to be $450 and the car would not run. He finally let me into the repair garage and while he watched me, as did the other mechanics, I removed a large spring they had placed on the throttle linkage to get the car to idle. Once that spring was removed, and I made one other minor adjustment, the car shifted perfectly! They had done a terrific job on the tune-up, saying I had not balanced the carbs properly which was my main problem. They test drove the car and were amazed at how well it performed. The dealer, taking pity on my circumstances, reduced the bill to a normal tune-up and we went on our way. I wish now that I had never sold it as our family had some really great times in that car. I do wonder what happened to it in Taiwan. If I find out more, will pass it own and hopefully some photographs. P.S. The one think that made the car a standout was the fact that it was a beautiful black, and that I had put a Ford T-Bird trunk mounted luggage rack (chrome and stainless steel) on the roof of the car which completely changed the lines as you looked at it--very elegant, but certainly not stock. Capt. Edward O. Buchanan, USN (Ret)

28th October 2007

Please welcome Martin Hewstone and # 32081 on the gallery.

21st October 2007

Please welcome Darryl Robert Purvis from Australia and his Magnette # 9132 on the gallery.
Also # 10872 that was on ebay recently. Very seldom we have two cars with following numbers, but we already had 10873...

17th October 2007

Recently there was another very early Magnette for sale on ebay. # 556 has been added to the galley.

11th October 2007

Well, it nearly took as long as shipping a Magnette to Down Under but at least here it is:The report of the Magnette weekend at Wagga Wagga in Australia from Malcolm Robertson

8th October 2007

# 27219 is another interesting V8 conversion from Australia that as been added to the gallery.

2nd October 2007

Unfortunalety this months news start with bad news:
Long time president of the Luxembourg MGCC and Magnette owner Ton Matthuis died last weekend in an accident in his M.G. in Italy. His wife survived with broken legs.
Our sympathies are with Fredry and the family.

The Norwich report has been updated with another picture of Dr. Furnato and his wife, who brought his car exclusively to this show! The car # 23152 has also been added to the gallery with another picture.
Although a new picture of the month.

27th September 2007

You know we report about everything that has to do with Magnettes more or less. Carsten Wivel from Denmark found a link of someone, who is going to use a Magnette bonnet to build a custom car...(scroll down a bit).

26th September 2007

Yes, I'm still alive,but there's so much work around... Here's another event report. Grant Howlett reports from Norwich, where 36 Magnettes attended, one from Japan....

11th September 2007

August saw another Magnette event on Europe mainland. Here's a report and pictures from the "Continental Z Tour"...

4th September 2007

We had many pictures from the Peking-<Paris rally during the last weeks. So I thought it was time to show something different from another continent, before we show the last P2P slideshow.
Steve Hanegan from Canada sent a nice report about a rally and some nice explenations about the area!
I like this and I wish more of YOU sent pictures about the area they live (and drive) in. Why not share your favourite landscape with us? Let's do a new gallery! Come on, start now!!!

1st September 2007

A new picture of the month added...

26th August 2007

Another Peking-Paris-slideshow. Now we cross Russia into Poland....

19th August 2007

Last weekend my Magnette was used for a wedding again. Here's a picture at the wedding gallery.

15th August 2007

Today we tie up with sand storm pictures from Mongolia, the crashed rescue vehicle(!), and more pictues from the wilderness and most natural andscape of Mongolia including a uncommon way to transport cars.... Enjoy more Peking-Paris pictures....

6th August 2007

More fantastic pictures from the Paris-Peking Rally. See the start at the Chinese wall with nice grid-girls ;-), how they got stuck in sand dunes in Mongolia and a sand storm at night....

5th August 2007

Does anybody have the email of Ian Metcalf from Buckinghamshire? He sold Magnette parts recently (dashboard to Australia). Unfortunalety he gave an uncomplete email when registering. Please help, sounds we get a new interesting story...;-)

1st August 2007

New picture of the month added...

30th July 2007

Jose de Sousa kindly sent me a DVD with his best photographs. I will show them in different slideshows over the next days. Let's start with pictures of the cars before the start in Beijing....

20th July 2007

Please welcome #28668 and Arthur Leonhardt from Western Australia on the gallery, also #17021 and Dave Graham, Ottawa Canada, #20295 and John Derrick from Bristol
The following cars were on ebay recently and might have new owners: #15540, #17659 , #26763, #30968.

17th July 2007

Another interesting Magnette on the gallery: This time a supercharged Magnette. See #7477

10th July 2007

Another entry to the wedding Magnettes gallery...

9th July 2007

A month ago I presented some pictures of a nice V8-converted Magnette. This report has been updated with some more information given by Andrew de Bernes

8th July 2007

Here's a report of a wet Silverstone....

4th July 2007

Here's another report from the Peking-Paris saga, unfortunalety with some delay....

3rd July 2007

Well, that really was an long weekend: Thursday driving to Koblenz to meet Jose, Friday heading off to Luxembourg, Sunday driving back home and yesterday having a chat with Malcolm Robertson from Australia! This is the reason I'm a bit slowly with updates from Silverstone and more... So far here's the Pic of the Month and a pic showing Malcolm and me this morning... And a nice pic looking in the mirror this morning....

2nd July 2007

Just returned from the Z Magnette Day with some pics and a short report... Fully monthly update later...

25th June 2008

# 31170 added.

24th June 2008

I know I'm a bit slowly with updates. Several gallery entries lurk in my mailbox. Here is on of them:
# 4767 of Ron Jillard from Australia

17th June 2008

I just returned from a sunny but cold and windy Silverstone. My Magnette did the trip nearly without any fault. Only one core plug disappeared when I was hunting an MGB on the road to Silverstone. Luckily it was the plug above the distrubitor which is the easiest to reach. So the Magnette could be repaired on the road.
Here are a few more pictures of Silverstone...

1st June 2008

One month ago I wrote that time runs by very fast. It seems I've written that yesterday., but we already have June. So it's only two weeks to Silverstone! Hope to meet many of you there!
We start the new month with a nice picture of the month...

22nd May 2008

Matthias Schreiner sent two more pictures for the wedding gallery....

14th May 2008

Michael Heeley owns these two Magnettes that have been added to the gallery:
# 31978
# 32368

13th May 2008

Matthias Schreiner sent a new picture for the wedding gallery.

Also this nice shot that shows that Magnettes still are magnettic and show attraction:

11th May 2008

There was another beyond repair on ebay (# 27205). The last pictures are shown here....

4th May 2008

Let's start the new week with more explored Magnettes:
# 14848 belonging to Alan & Jennie Barnard in Australia,
# 27070 of Ian Shipton,Victoria, also Australia, who looks towards a long restoration and
# 36970 of Trevor Panter from Gloucestershire.
Nice to have some cars that are in good hands and are not going to the scrapyard. All three enthusiasts a warm welcome.

1st May 2008

I feel time is running faster and faster. So we all missed the 8th birthday of this website in April! But nevermind.
As we have the beginning of a new month we have a new picture of the month . That's it for the moment. Want to get my Magnette out for a drive....

30th April 2008

More Magnettes on the gallery:
# 16761 seen on ebay UK
# 27770 found somewhere on the web
# 33028 seen on ebay USA
# 32745 seen on ebay UK

27th April 2008

Our 555th entry on the gallery is Lachlan Story's car # 16101 from Australia! So we nearly have one third of the known cars on the register on the gallery as well. We'll press on to get the rest....
...and we start here with # 31676 belonging to Peter Smithson from the UK.
And after some time there's a new picture on our wedding gallery...

14th April 2008

Please welcome #13870 . Proud owner is Ton Smits from the Netherlands. The next car will be no. 555 on the gallery. So who will be next?

13th April 2008

Diedrich Krahn, organiser of the Magnette Day, asked me to remind you to send the entry form to him if you want to take part! You can download the form here...

Then Roger Tennyson recently checked our gallery and helped providing pictures of the inividual police cars. So we now have # 16375 and # 19625, both Norththumberland police cars with the correct picture! Many thanks!!
# 16375 is exactly the car before another famous Magnette: #16376 is Jose de Sousa's car, that was featured last year when he took part in the Peking-Paris Rally. When looking at the report I found some more pictures of the stage-finish in Koblenz in my folder. These have been added now here...
Well, and it looks as if we get some more nice reports and pictures soon as the car will be used on the Classic Safari Chellenge in Southern Africa next August, where the car will be driven by his aussie friends Roger Allen/Maggie Gray from Sydney. (Jose will also be there but driving his Volvo 142 S).
But he will be using the Magnette for the 2010 Peking-Paris (different route from the 2007 event) again.

5th April 2008

Again I wasn't quick enough to upload the monthly update on the 1st of the month. But life's not only Magnettes and webistes - unfortunalety. Anyway. But therefore we have some interesting stuff to bring. Let's start with a report from the Melbourne Concours followed by a new Pic of the Month (including a nice story).
More interesting stuff during the next days...

29th March 2008

Here's report from Stephen Tickell of Magnettes &Steam , the traditional season opener. This event never was famous for a warm dry sunny day out, but this year saw a very cold event, as you can see on the faces...

14th March 2008

While we await spring and the season our friends in Australia have their last runs in this years autumn. Loz Scott reports on the EMR last sunday...

Talking on events:
Jeroen van den Akker, organiser of the 2nd Continental Old Z Meeting, asked me to inform interested parties, that registration is still possible until 30th of April !

6th March 2008

# 35345 of Barrie Hope added to the gallery.
Also information of the Wagga Wagga Event in Austalia.

4th March 2008

A few days too late for the monthly update, I know. But I was sure you come back later ;-)
So here we have the new Picture of the Month: Luis Benito is waving the Magnette flag in Mexico!

We also now have more information for the Magnette Day at the end of June and
at least I've added # 7081 from ebay Australia to the gallery. The first Magnette with Mitsubishi engine...!

24th February 2008

Here we are with four new cars for the gallery:

# 11510 of Austin Graham, England
# 29310 of Kevin Dixon, Australia, who bought his car 1970!
# 34152 John Monico, who brought his car back on the road last week and
# 35644 from ebay USA
I also included an entry form for the summer gathering.

17th February 2008

# 8130 belonging to Lionel Burrell added.

14th February 2008

Details for the Rover Club Rally added...
Also some more pics of # 31875, a very poor rotten Magnette sent by Pete Wilson... (probably the first and only Magnette with a rear wiper)
# 36534 was recently for sale in Las Vegas

6th February 2008

Gerrit de Graaf sent an Dutch advert from 1958....

1st February 2008

While we still have a cold and wet winter here in Europe, I gonna warm you up with a Magnette surounded by flowers on Hawaii as the Picture of the Month....

Also Loz Scott tries to bring some light into CKD (Completely Knocked Down) Magnettes, which were exported in this form... I hope this article is a source for discussion and we get some more information from you....

27th January 2008

More cars for the gallery which were for sale on different locations on the internet:
# 4531 Australia, # 8399 UK, # 28600 Switzerland, # 36219 UK

24th January 2008

There is another Magnette rusting away in the US: # 31875 but therefore another awaits to get finished: # 31005

21st January 2008

No 540 on the gallery is # 26636 of Moira Wallace, UK

20th January 2008

Here are two new entries for the gallery:
# 31513 of Andy Hunt, UK and
# 27793 of Annoni Mauro, from Italy, which marks another Magnettic country now! The 26th magnettiZed country...

13th January 2008

Two new entries for the gallery. Both Magnettes were for auction recently, were they were spotted by Rutger Booy from the Netherlands: # 28787 # 36225

7th January 2008

Perhaps some considerate readers have recognized that for some time we had no reports from Loz Scott in Australia. Well, my fault. His reports are sleeping in my mailbox (but nothing get's lost!). So a new year and a new technical report, which is for the trained DIY owner, I suppose. Read how to overhaul your swivel pins...

2nd January 2008

Welcome in 2008! I hope you all had a good and healthy New Year's Eve. I for myself hope that I find enough time to update during the next weeks regulary as I have quite a lot stuff in my mailbox. So watch what happens. Let's start with an update of the gallery: Please welcome:
# 7889 of Murray Cowley from Devon and
# 34486 of Colin Hall from Norwich.
I've uploaded also a reprint: which Stephen Tickell sent me. It's the the November edition of Classic Cars for sale which included another buyers guide.

1st January 2008

The Magnette events calendar for 2008 is ready now. So, make your diary now!
And of course a new Picture of the Month....

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