The annual International
MG Weekend Meeting at Silverstone organised by the MG Car Club
is always a popular meeting for V8 enthusiasts and this year, styled
MG80, it proved to be wonderful yet again. Members enjoyed
a full racing programme on both days and much more including members'
20 minute track laps sessions from 9am on Sunday morning plus the
opportunity of meeting up with fellow V8 enthusiasts at the V8 Marquee.
The weather was kind again with a beautifully sunny and fresh day
on Saturday and only a few local light rain showers during Sunday.
The dedicated V8 parking area alongside the V8 Marquee was in a new
location between the foot of the two bridges over the Club Straight
- see the view from the bridge embankment above. It proved a popular
spot. V8 Marquee with over a 100 V8s parked up alongside on Saturday. The new location between the two bridges was popular. (Photo: Gavin Bailey) The V8 AGM at Sunday lunchtime, chaired by David Waterton, saw two new Committee members elected - Al Barnett (V8 Events) and Mike Russell (V8 Regalia). For full details of the new committee members and their contacts, see V8 Committee.
 New RV8 windstop offered by Clive Wheatley was on display. (Photo: Gavin Bailey)  Chris Vernon (Black 2217) was with us for Friday but not the weekend - his daughter-in-law had chosen either the leMans weekend or MG80 for her wedding. What kind of choice is that! Chris is the organiser of the V8 Party to the annual 24 heures du Mans event. (Photo: Victor Smith)  Peter Hills (Brooklands Green 5009) from Gloucestershire with his rebodied Costello. (Photo: Victor Smith) 
BRG 0765 and BRG 0766 alongside each other for the first
time since they left the production line over ten years ago. BRG 0765
was entered in the pride of ownership concours by Glen Butler. (Photo:
Gavin Bailey BRG 0766)
RV8 trailer attached to Tim Hipwell's RV8 was quite
natty. In counting the number of V8s present we took this as 1.5 V8s!
(Photo: Gavin Bailey)  Al Barnett - a welcome new member of the V8 Committee covering the V8 Events roll. (Photo: Gavin Bailey) More photos of the weekend from members are very welcome - just send them to the V8 Registrar, V8 Register - MG Car Club, PO Box 888, London SW14 7YT or better still send them as an email attachment to the special email address at v8largefiles(at)v8register.net Note: we use the name(at)v8register.net format for displaying email addresses on this website because we are aware there are people who scavenge email addresses from websites using automated software systems and then harvest them for use by spammers who then of course send out their endless miserable crap emails, often laced with viruses and spyware. Just make the necessary adjustment to the addresses when using them. |
 V8 Register - MG Car Club  At the cellar door - John Targett (BRG 1139) with "Windy" Gale on Friday at noon. (Photo: Victor Smith) 
Collecting
the beer - the start of the weekend on Friday lunchtime
at the independent brewery at Hook Norton. Two polypins fit in a V8
very well. (Photo: Gavin Bailey) 
Chris Vernon
(Black 2217) at Hook Norton (Photo: Chris Vernon) Steam power at Hook Norton with this 103 year old beauty which Fred Dibner featured in one of his industrial archaeology programmes on UK television earlier in 2004. It powers the brewery and fires up every morning! (Photo: Chris Vernon)  Lunch at the Pear Tree in Hook Norton - Gavin Bailey, John Targett and Clive Wheatley. (Photo: Victor Smith)  Supper at the Star Inn in Sulgrave bathed in evening sunshine - a popular start to the weekend. ((Photo: Victor Smith)  John Hill (Damask 1845) and son Adam from Warwickshire line up for the track laps session on Sunday morning. (Photo: Victor Smith) 
V8
Track Laps sessions were popular again with V8 enthusiasts
on Sunday morning - here Kai Knickman (Damask 0945), over from Germany
for the weekend,
approaches the lefthand Priory corner as he comes into the Complex.
(Photo: ktphoto.co.uk)  Victor Smith (Harvest Gold 1089) braking for the lefthand Priory corner as he come into the Complex. (Photo: ktphoto.co.uk) 
V8 Marquee - a popular meeting place over the International MG weekend at Silverstone. (Photo: Victor Smith) |
