The Official Publication of: THE MG CAR CLUB OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA INC. January 2021 Affiliated with the MG Car Club Ltd (UK) and Motorsport Australia 2021 COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESIDENT Doug Bush 0452 561 398 [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT David Hardie 0421 811 450 [email protected] SECRETARY Alley Mulcahy 0458 821 882 [email protected] TREASURER Chris Hart 0418 499 328 [email protected] CLUB CAPTAIN Annett Gusterson 0417 952 197 [email protected] COMPETITION SEC Pete McGrath 0427 750 105 [email protected] SOCIAL CO-ORD Tony Ford 0400 202 474 [email protected] EDITORS Graham and 0401 375 644 [email protected] Moyra Mitchinson 0400 202 679 MEMBERSHIP SEC Richard Gusterson 0409 105 957 [email protected] SAFETY FAST CO-ORD Terry Banton 9291 8877 [email protected] WEBMASTER Ian Campbell 9293 4171 [email protected] 0401 450 536 NON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Patrons John and Val Goff, Tim Harland Librarians Sarah Fry 0430 564 057 [email protected] Catering Coordinator Christine Bush 0449 255 412 [email protected] Regalia Chris Hart 0418 499 328 [email protected] Auditor Rami Brass 0412 081 446 [email protected] Cams Delegate Tony Ford 0400 202 474 [email protected] Building Maintenance Chris Hart 0418 499 328 [email protected] Concession Registrar Richard Gusterson 0409 105 957 [email protected] Southern Chapter Coordinators Ted and Robyn Mullins 0419 925 632 [email protected] Clubrooms: 110 Hardy Rd, BAYSWATER. Postal Address: G.P.O. Box 804 Mount Lawley 6929 Website: www.mgccwa.com ABN: 46 629 758 330 General Meetings held at the Clubrooms on the third Tuesday of every month (fellowship from 7:30, formal proceedings commence at 8:00 p.m.) All members and visitors are welcome. 2 Contents: President’s News………….….....…….........4 Committee………………………..….…………….5 Birthdays .…………….…….........................6 MGA Register Run…………………….…...8 - 9 New MG’s Info…………………………...10 - 14 State Motorkhana Round 4……………….15 Midweek Classic Run…………………..16 - 17 Vintage Stampede & Hillclimb….…18 - 19 AGM Minutes…………...….. ………….22 - 25 Annual report…………………………….26 - 27 Awards……………………………………….…….28 Future Events and Calendar………..30 - 33 For Sale or Wanted…………..………..34 - 35 3 President’s Piece As you are able to read my Report for 2020, pages 26 - 27 in this edition of the Octagon, all that remains for me to say is, Have a MaGic New Year Doug Bush Welcome to New Members Steve Collins & Veronica West - 1978 Green MGB GT Glenn &Chris Dwyer. Will be buying an MG in the near future. Frida & Derek Muttitt. White 2020 MG ZS Mark & Yvette Hanikeri. BRG 1960 MGA Andy & Liz Holloway. Red 1970 MGB Roy & Zen Chapman. Silver 1960 MGA Ian & Judy Glasspool. Camina Gold 1971 MGB Nigel & Aileen Ridgway. White 2020 MGHS 4 YOUR 2021 COMMITTEE MEMBERS President Vice President Secretary Treasurer Doug Bush David Hardie Alley Mulcahy Chris Hart Club Captain Comp Sec. Social Co-ord Editors Annette Gusterson Pete McGrath Tony Ford Graham and Moyra Mitchinson Membership Sec. Safety Fast Coordinators Webmaster Richard Gusterson Terry and Wanda Banton Ian Campbell Librarian Catering Co-ord Southern Chapter Coordinators Sarah Fry Christine Bush Ted and Robyn Mullins 5 Birthdays are Back!!! Let’s start 2021 on a happy note and go back to wishing our members a very happy birthday on their special day. New members and anyone else who hasn’t given their birthdays to the birthday book, please just send them through to the Editors (don’t worry we don’t need your year of birth) Wishing our members a very Happy Birthday on your special day Lindsay Campbell - Tuesday 5th Shawn Moore - Thursday 7th Millar Lambie - Sunday 17th Iain Trainor - Monday 18th Alley Mulcahy - Thursday 21st Dennis Fair - Thursday 28th 6 7 MGA Register Run Sunday 22nd November Disappointingly, no one came forward to do a write-up. It shouldn’t be expected that your run organiser also take care of that. 8 9 AHC WA – MG ZT/Rover 75 owners “sub-group” – founded in 2019! Brian Jarvis purchased a MG ZT 190+ for his road car, and Dale Clifford purchased a MG ZT 160 (1.8L 4 cyl. Turbo UK private import) to add to his collection. “Rover” Bill owns a Rover 75, as part of his collection. All are good cars and represent the last “British” Rovers and MGs. You get a lot of bang for your buck! The red MG ZT left is the 2002 pre-facelift model with the separate lights. 10 The MG ZT left is the post facelift 2004 model with the more “Euro- bland?” combined lights. 11 In 2001, three years after the launch of the Rover 75 and less than a year after the demerger of MG Rover from BMW, the MG ZT and MG ZT-T were launched. During the car’s development, the models were codenamed X10 and X11 for the saloon estate versions respectively. The basic shape and styling of the MG ZT remained the same as for the Rover but with changes to the front bumper, now with an integrated grille, and detailed alterations including colour coding of the waistline, a new boot lid plinth and different alloy wheels and tyre sizes. The interior featured revised seats and dashboard treatment, with new instrument faces. Engineering changes ranged from, upgraded suspension and brakes to revised engine tuning (from the Rover 75) for the petrol models, Development of the MG ZT was headed by Rob Oldaker, Product Development Director, with styling changes undertaken by Peter Stevens, who was previously responsible for the styling of the McLaren F1 and X180 version of the Lotus Esprit. The MG ZT only had one trim level, though the standard car could be ordered with “Plus” pack. MG ZT models were named after engine unit power output, ie; a 160ps V6 model was an MG ZT 160, and a 190ps V6 model with a “Plus” pack was an MG ZT 190+. A total of only 27,149 MG ZTs were produced, all in the Longbridge Plant, Birmingham between the years of 2001 (3 years after the launch of the Rover 75, and a year after the sale of MG Rover by BMW to the British “Phoenix Consortium”), and May 2005 (when MG Rover went bankrupt and were purchased by China’s Nanjing Automobile (now SAIC). It should be noted that this number includes all ZT estate models and the MG ZT 120 (1.8L 4 cyl), MG ZT 160 (early cars detuned V6, then 1.8L turbo 4 cyl), MG ZT 220 S (which included a supercharger engineered by the Perth “Sprintex company) and all the 2L BMW turbo diesel powered models. All of the diesels, the 120, and the 160 were not released in Australia. It has been stated on Keith Adams Austin-Rover web-site (aronline.co.uk) that a total of 2324 rover 75s AND MG ZTs were sold in Australia (could include NZ, too?). These relatively low numbers are probably the result of the “MG ZT 180 Plus” costing A$62,000 new in 2003. The MG ZT 260 (4.6L Ford V8 powered, rear wheel drive) sold new for A$90,000! The original MG ZT 190 was only available with 5-speed manual transmissions and is powered by a 2.5L V6 quad cam 24 valve engine producing 187 bhp and reaching 0-100 km/hr in 7.7 seconds and a top speed of 140mph (225km/hr). The ZT 160 (1800cc turbo, manual only) and 180 (5-speed auto only) had performance figures of 8.5/8.9 seconds 0 -100km/hr, and top speeds of 212/216 km/hr, respectively. When the MG name and designs were sold to SAIC, and the Rover name to Ford, “Phoenix” MG Rover had already planned a supercharged V8 MG ZT X 385, and a ZT / 75 Coupe, the latter mocked up in fibreglass in 2005 and externally looked remarkably like the Monaro CV8. These were never produced. 12 The “timber” finish proposed should appeal to AH 3000 Mk 3 drivers? 13 There are supposedly only 2 V8 Rover 75s in Australia. One was for sale recently for $29,000 SAIC continued to produce the Rover 75 and MG ZT as a MG 7 and a MG 7Z from 2007 for the China, UK, and other markets. Article written by Paul Robertson (AHC) 14 State Motorkhana Round 4 – Tiger Kart Club The final round for the year took place on Sunday 29th November at Tiger Kart Club. A big field of competitors saw 38 drivers take part across 5 categories. A nice mix of cars as usual from the specials, Mini Mokes, some bigger sedans and the class B cars which include our MGs. Lots of familiar faces and cars took part on what was a perfect day. Not too hot, not too sunny, but a little windy with the markers getting blown over regularly. Some new circuits this time proved a challenge wit plenty of wrong ways across the field including yours truly in my trusty MGF on the Double Hat circuit. My fellow MG drivers Sarah Fry in the green MGB roadster and Peter Fry in the white MGB Gt managed to avoid wrong way penalties however, so well done to them. The circuits were fast and great fun, especially the Mothballs and Spiro Slalom. With our team taking part in the club only runs, we didn’t participate in the reverse challenges, which meant we got to do the Spiro Slalom four times. Videos of all three of us in action have been posted to the MGCCWA Facebook page. Well worth checking out.