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Inside: • MG 2013 • MG 2014 AGM • Starting Problems • Oil Filters • OurCarClub Vol. 23, No. 5 September / October 2013 MG 2013 A Spot On Great Show! Simon Dix • 1977 MGB MG 2013 Concours Top Point Winner Three Years in a Row! THE NORTH AMERICAN MGB REGISTER MGB Driver is the official publication of the North American MGB Register, a non-profit organization dedicated to maintaining and expanding interest in Britain’s most popular sports car—the MGB. The opinions expressed within are those of the individual authors and readers are warned that they attempt any mechanical or other modifi- cations described herein, entirely at their own risk. Membership in the North American MGB Register is open to all, with no restrictions. Ownership of an MG is not a condition of membership. NAMGBR Regional Chapters will be pleased to welcome you to their events. Membership dues are $30 per year. For membership details or further information write to: NORTH AMERICAN MGB REGISTER P. O. Box 876 Downers Grove, Illinois 60515-0876 Toll-free hotline: 800-NAMGBR-1 • www.namgbr.org OFFICERS OF THE NAMGBR 6 2 6-4 2 7 1 PUBLICITY Jeff Taylor COORDINATOR: 1645 NW 23rd St. CHAIRMAN: Richard Liddick Corvallis, OR 97330-1956 5237 Glen Arm Road 541-753-0777 Glen Arm, MD 21057 [email protected] (410) 817-6862 [email protected] CONVENTION/AGM Tony & Lynne Burgess VICE-CHAIRMAN: Jeff Taylor COORDINATOR: 318 Hampton Park 1645 NW 23rd St. Westerville, OH 43081 Corvallis, OR 97330-1956 (614) 899-2394 541-753-0777 (614) 899-2493 fax [email protected] [email protected] TECHNICAL John H. Twist SECRETARY: Bruce Wyckoff COORDINATOR: 4571 Patterson Avenue SE 10975 Aspen Trl. Grand Rapids, MI 49512 Zeeland, MI 49464 (616) 301-2888 (616) 748-0580 [email protected] [email protected] REGALIA Connie Wyckoff TREASURER: Dave Mullen COORDINATOR: 10975 Aspen Trl. 5266 Woodridge Drive Zeeland, MI 49464 Newburgh, IN 47630 (616) 748-0580 (812) 853-5108 [email protected] [email protected] Denny Elimon COORDINATORS OF THE NAMGBR WEBSITE 103 Woodcreek Court COORDINATOR: EDITOR: Robert Rushing Mahomet, Ill. 61853 MGB DRIVER 5444 Sutherland Ave. (217) 649-6925 St. Louis, MO 63109 (708) 221-6435 - Fax (314) 614-4671 [email protected] [email protected] ADVERTISING Charles E. de Bourbon CONCOURS Bob Gloyd & PRODUCTION PO Box 293 COORDINATOR: 19692 East Garden Drive COORDINATOR Del. Water Gap, PA 18327 Centennial, Colorado 80015 ART DIRECTOR (570) 460-6370 Phone - (303) 263-8189 [email protected] [email protected] SERVICE Bruce Wyckoff EDITORS EMERITUS: Ken Smith RECOMMENDATION 10975 Aspen Trl. Kim Tonry COORDINATOR: Zeeland, Mi 49464 (616) 748-0580 [email protected] FOR REGISTRAR INFORMATION, PLEASE SEE PAGE 62. The North American MGB Register is affiliated with the MG Car Club of England. The MG Car Club was founded in 1930 and is the original, factory supported, and approved organization for all MGs, with the club headquarters situated in Abingdon-on-Thames close by the birthplace of all MGs. The North American MGB Register is a 501(c)7 Not-For- Profit Corporation. MGB Driver Magazine ©2012 All rights reserved. Any part of this publication may be reproduced by members and member clubs only, with the expressed credit given to “MGB Driver Magazine” — Editor Robert Rushing. All images in this MGB Driver ©2013-BGA Studios.com/Charles de Bourbon, unless otherwise noted. Robert Rushing Page 5 • From the Editor Richard Liddick Page 7 • Chairman’s Chat From the Editor Jeff Taylor Page 8 • Vice Chairman Dave Mullen Page 9 • Treasurer Reports Classifieds Robert Rushing & Where to B Editor Page 66, 67 On the Inside MGB Driver MGB Register MG 2013 Report G 2013 was a great time! As I As I write this, it has been only Ken Smith Robert Rushing mentioned in the last issue, I two short days since I got back from Page 13 Page 30 M was in a group of four cars that that long drive and I can’t wait to get left out of St Louis for the drive there behind the wheel again for next year’s and back. We managed to hit Badlands convention! Luckily for me, it’s only National Park, Mt Rushmore, the Iron a few hours’ drive from St Louis to Midget Register Photo Essay MG 2013 Mountain Road, Little Big Horn, the French Lick, Indiana… By Robert Rushing Bob Swetzer Columbia Gorge, and Portland. The For those unable to attend, there MGs of Baltimore & Charles de Bourbon only issue in the group for over 5000 is a rundown on all the events and Page 15 Page 33 miles of driving was one bad fuel plenty of pictures in this issue. There pump – and that was quickly fixed. I are also a few great tech articles and MG 2013 Concours Report have to admit, that my car suffered a a brief write-up on a new online club Reader’s Ride By Bob Gloyd bit of vapor lock during a long con- service that might innovate the way Carl Gwyn NAMGBR Concours Chairman struction delay on the first day of the our local clubs operate. Sacramento MG Club Page 44 Page 16 trip (in over 90F temps), but it restarted In the last issue, I asked for feed- and ran fine after about two minutes. back on what you’d like to see in the John Thornley Simon Dix’s car was one of those four MGB Driver. I haven’t really gotten any Spirit of MG AWARD cars and as you can see by the front so now I’m paranoid that no one reads Letters to the Editor By Richard Liddick cover – he took his third Top Point my column. Hopefully a few of you Page 17 NAMGBR Chairman award in the concours. It just proves will take pity on me and send some Page 50 (as Paul Hanley showed) that you can suggestions – and most of all some drive your car a lot and still keep it in READERS RIDES! excellent condition. Robert Oil Filters MG 2013 AGM Dave Braun Tony and Lynne Burgess, Minnesota MG Group NAMGBR AGM & Convention Coordinators Page 19 Page 51 On the Covers OurCarClub Basic B: Starting Problems Peter R. Mittler By Bill Unger MG Car Club of Toronto Grand Strand British Car Club Front: Simon Dix Posing with his MGB in front of Memorial Page 26 Page 52 Union Hall. Back: When traveling in Oregon the Columbia River Gorge Tech Talk is the place see. In an MG, it even better. John Twist Technical Coordinator Page 55 Classifieds & Where to B Page 66, 67 MGB Driver • September / October 2013 5 Chairman’s Chat Richard Liddick Chairman NAMGBR G 2013 was a smashing suc- Beatty, Dianna Ross, Dan & Becky cess, with over 260 cars and Taylor, Larry & Debbie Haroun, Brian M almost twice as many partici- Ross, Kay Brandon, Glen Enright, Jan pants, what was shaping up to become Whittlesey and finally our own vice the North American MGB Register’s chairman, Jeff Taylor. Without the largest west coast convention ever, hard work of these volunteers over a turned out to be just that. Our 22nd three year period this event and the Annual International Convention smiles generated by it would not have featured some of the best MG weather been possible. Thanks again and well I can remember, sunny skies, no rain, done. temperatures in the upper 80’s during Moving on, I would like to con- the day and the 60’s at night and the gratulate this year’s winner of the lack of high humidity, wow it made me 2013 John Thornley “Spirit of MG” hate coming back to the east coast. Award, Jai Deagan. Jai has served as Between the covered bridge tours, NAMGBR’s Secretary (1995-1998) and self-guided drives, tech sessions on is our 100,000/200,000 mile registrar. Thursday and Friday covering every- In addition to this, Jai is one of only a thing from A/C installation to SU few members who have attended every carburetors, as well as hill climbs, NAMGBR convention, 22 to be exact. ding repair, a cut-away engine and If you missed the fun at MG 2013, transmission walk thru – there were so don’t fret. MG 2014, our 23rd Annual many things to do it was hard to pick International Convention is less than and choose. With presenters ranging a year away. MG 2014 is being hosted from Kelvin Dodd, Keith Ansell, Bob by the Southern Indiana British Car & Marie Sherman, Neil d’Autremont, Club and the Illinois Flat Land British John Meyer, Les Barker, Donna Car Club in French Lick, Indiana next McNabb and Peggy Oliver. To top it all June 15-19. The event will be held at off, John Twist, our technical coordi- the French Lick Resort, a fully restored nator and founding chairman ran his early 1900’s casino resort with lots famous rolling tech session on Friday of history and is a National Historic for the better part of a day. I can go on Landmark located in the rolling hills about the car show, the funkana, the of southern Indiana, about an hour evening BBQ, the ballgame and the from Louisville and two hours from ladies tea, but there’s more about these Indianapolis – for more information events as you flip through the pages of on the convention checkout www. this issue. MG2014.com. I am looking forward to The Willamette MG Club and seeing you there. the MG 2013 Committee members deserve a big round of applause for put- Safety Fast! ting together such a well-run event.