Useful
links
www.mgcc.co.uk
This link takes you straight to the homepage of MG Car Club
website. It provides full details of how to join the MG
Car Club or renew your subscription to the leading members'
club for all MG enthusiasts.
Abingdon
Works Centre - MG Car Club
The Centre celebrates 25 years as a Centre within the MG Car
Club. It was formerly the Works motor club at Abingdon, the
spiritual home of the MG Car Company, the Centre covers the
much wider area of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and
Hampshire.
www.mgrv8.com
An RV8 website run by Jim Dolbel in Australia which
provides useful information on the MG RV8 model. Many of the
maintenance and spares tips and notes are copied from our
RV8 Workshop Notes series with credit to the individual authors.
Jim Dolbel recommends RV8 enthusiasts to join the V8 Register
and promotes our RV8 Workshop Notes series as an excellent
source of information on maintaining the cars.
www.mgworldmagazine.co.uk
Website for the
leading magazine MG World from whom back copies of
their magazine can be obtained. The February/March 2001 issue
has an excellent eight page comprehensive review of the RV8
and in the August/September 2001 issue there is a news item
on the new V8 powered MG X80. If you want to order back
issues of MG World for these articles then you will need
to go to their website and specifically the back issues webpage
where they have a table of back issues and an order form.
The link is:
https://baden.ipl.co.uk/cgi-bin/gen5?nextform=/chp/backissues.html&mag=mgw
Sadly MG World closed down with
the last issue in December 2003.
www.mgcars.org.uk
This website is a gateway to a vast
amount of MG material including much about the MGBV8 and
MGBV8 Conversions.
www.v8engines.com
The V8 engine specialists RPI based
near Norwich are well know for their V8 engines in various
states of tune. They also supply chips for performance and
fuel consumption improvements. Their website is not only one
of the most attractive and well designed sites you will come
across but the content is particularly interesting and enjoyable
to browse.
www.mgcars.org.uk/v8_conversions/index.html
This
is a good source of information for any V8 enthusiast considering
or carrying out an MGBV8 Conversion.
www.AutoColorLibrary.com
This site claims to be the web's
most complete source of automotive colour standards available
online today. AutoColorLibrary.com is a new free reference
site containing thousands of original paint manufact-urers'
colour chip cards and standards that date back to the pre-1920s.
The site claims to have "the web's only colour search
engine designed to display quickly colour chip cards, factory
paint codes and paint specifications for most domestic and
imported automobiles". The site also adds "by
the way, we also have factory standards and formulae to make
most any color you find in the AutoColour Library in all PPG
automotive finishes as well as the old standby acrylic lacquer".
www.triple-c.com
An internet poster site with
posters of the MG RV8 and much more MG material for sale plus
useful links to other websites. John Barnes reports that his
"son, who lives in New York, purchased an MG RV8 Dealer
poster (size 1200mm by 700mm) from them over the internet
at a cost of US$15.99 and the postage to New Zealand was a
further US$11.00" John says he has "had the poster
block mounted which looks great but he has not decided where
it should be hung". All he does know is his "wife
is adamant it will not be in the house so it looks like the
garage will have another addition!"
www.ptp-ltd.co.uk/home.asp
PTP is the link between the original
equipment manufacturers and the specialist car companies with
one off specifications. In the case of Morgan, they offer
engines in various specifications all the way up to NAS (North
American Spec) which complies with US emissions requirements.
These Morgan spec engines have significant differences that
are of considerable use for installations in the MGB chassis.
www.mgb-stuff.org.uk/
Paul Hunt is a V8 enthusiasts who
has put together one of the most useful websites for MGB
owners. The site caters for almost all situations found
by owners of MGB and MGBV8 models and is particularly strong
on the electrical side.
www.moss-europe.co.uk
Moss-Europe, the leading supplier
of MG spares, have a good website which is essential viewing.
www.ukmgparts.com
Brown & Gammons, a
leading supplier of MG parts and with a first class workshop
capable of carrying out MG servicing, maintenance and complete
rebuilds on MGBV8 and MG RV8 models.
www.mgbhive.co.uk
MGB Hive, the "MGB Specialist",
is another leading parts supplier with offers on V8 conversions
parts from time to time.
www.peterbestinsurance.co.uk
Peter Best Insurance Services is
a leading broker for specialist policies for classic sportscars
like the MGBGTV8 and the MG RV8. Their Abingdon Policy is
a classic car, limited mileage and agreed value scheme. The
people at PBIS are very helpful and most pleasant to deal
with.
www.hsimports.com
HS Imports are the leading
reimporter of MG RV8s in the UK. Members frequently report
Chris Watkins is a delight to deal with.
www.sussexclassiccar.com
Sussex Classic Car are
suppliers of parts for the MGB.
www.mgpartsuk.com
Midland Sports & Classics
are suppliers of parts for the MGB.
www.polybush.co.uk
Polybush supply polyurethane
suspension bushes for the MGB. See the article in the February/March
2002 issue of MG World.
www.lumenition.com
Lumenition supply MG performance
products - electronic, optronic and magnetronic ignition systems,
and performance ignition leads.
www.hallsgarage.co.uk
Halls Garage is a motor
engineer and sports car specialist in Lincolnshire. Their
MGBV8 has won the MG Car Club's BCV8 Championship Class C
Control V8 for the past two years.
www.uktradingco.com
UK Trading Co is run by
Gayle Cajee who has provided specialist web design and training
services to enable the V8 Register to create this website
in only five days. Gayle is continuing to provide support
services.
www.tyres-online.co.uk/tyretest/tests.asp
Tyre test information
website which provides useful information on brands and specifications
of tyres which could be replacements for RV8s and MGBV8s.
www.micheldever.co.uk
Micheldever Tyres & Auto
Services is a supplier of tyres, batteries, exhaust systems
and shock absorbers near Winchester in Hampshire which has
been recommended by several members as providing a very good
service.
www.svmgcc.org
The Sacramento Valley MG Car Club was formed in 1978
to promote the preservation, maintenance, restoration and
enjoyabe use of MGs by its members. It's a good looking website
run by an enthusiastic and friendly team.
mgs-on-track.com
MGs on
Track is a new branch of the MG Car Club which is organising
Club Track Days at various circuits around the UK. They are
proving very popular with many Club members, but particularly
V8 enthusiasts. For the latest news on forthcoming Track Days,
details of how to book and how to register for the MGoT
email newsletter, visit the useful MGoT website.
www.v-8.org.uk/forum/links.asp
The V8 Owners Forum, run by Tony Cooper, accepts any
vehicle with any form of V8 power. The group's website has
a free classifieds section, a huge links database and also
runs the V8 Owners Register.
www.nepeanclassic.com.au
Nepean Classic Cars is involved in the sale, service
and restoration of all MG models. Their premises have a panel
workshop, paint shop, mechanical repairs workshop, an in-house
upholstery shop, spares counter and car sales. They have been
operating for 17 years and are "committed to client
satisfaction". They sell MG spare parts (new and
used) in Australia and overseas, and also perform car sales
and services in all Australian states and territories. info@nepeanclassic.com.au
Jim Dolbel recoomends Nepean says the company "was
built as a successful business by Don Cubbin" and
"has also supported the MG Car Clubs in New South
Wales with subscriptions and adverts in the monthly magazine".
Jim recommends them.
www.bmh-ltd.com
British Motor Heritage body plant at
Witney produces bodyshells and a host of other replacement parts
for MGB Roadsters and MGBGTs and distributes them through its
Heritage Approved Specialists.
www.allsportscars.co.uk/
Cleevewood Garage is a specialist
classic and sports car trader in Downend near Bristol with particular
experience of RV8s.
www.britishv8.org
BritishV8.org is a US group of enthusiasts for performance
modified British sports cars including MGBV8s. Their website
is also the home of “The British V8 Newsletter”, formerly
“The MG V-8 Newsletter”, which has been published
in the US for many years. You can read the current
issue for free on their website, or find information in
the fully searchable archive of back issues. There is also a
photo gallery of V8 powered MGBs, RV8s and other classic British
sports cars - currently about 4,300 big, clear photos. A recent
addition to their website is a message board.
http://www.britcot.com/
British Car Cottage Industries is a Canadian web site is devoted
to enthusiasts who are making items for our classic cars but
are not what one would call "commercial". So if you
know of anyone who is making interesting (or dull) items please
point them to www.britcot.com. This applies to services as well.
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