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EditorialYes, I am settling down into my strange new life style, and am presently very busy sorting through all sorts of documents, mainly looking for that elusive Marriage Certificate, as well as Birth Certificates etc which Martie had filed away. But where did she file them?OK, back to my task as Editor - so many MG events have come and gone recently - Showday, Zwartkops Air Museum, Scottburgh Classic Car Show, and of course Norman’s talk, on his visit to Silverstone and the UK, which took place at the last noggin.Last month I spoke about our Magazine now being on the MGCC website. I asked for your comments on it appearing there, and what you thought of it, in its new format.. Well to date I have been waiting with my eyes and ears wide open - but the silence is really deafening - not one response!My opinion is that we no longer need a printed magazine, or even an editor! for that matter.Going into the website, MGCC.co.za I found “Cool MG”, “JD Run”, “MG to expand its Range” “BTCC Motor Racing”, “The Zim Tour” and “The Hillman Imp trip to the UK” which included a detailed description with many colour pictures of the trip. And all that being presented on the web before the printed magazine was out at the noggin.This month I spent hours typesetting the whole ‘Imp’ article so that it would appear in the August edition of Thumbs Up!!. It is now in my waste paper bag on the pavement. As it has already been reproduced in full colour on the website for the past 3-4 weeks.That is modern technology . . . .Somebody needs to print a few copies for the likes of Graham White, and a few others who have not got a computer on hand.We are pleased to hear that Stewart Cuninghame is now on the mend and is back home. They are still considering doing the Zim tour with Roger Pearce.

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CONTENTSYour Committee

Editorial

“The Chairman Chirps”

Technical -- The SU Petrol Pump

Safe Driving Tips when it is Raining

Bloodhound! Andy Green Reports on Progress

The MG Combined Centres Showday

MotorinG through the Highlands to Silverstone

Zwartkops Air Force Museum Run.

Jason Plato the Champ!

Calendar Page

Spares/Letters

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The Chairman’s TwitterShow Day is over, and from the other side of the fence, descending onto The Nest, Zipline tours, specialist the organising side that is, Show Day is a whole historians, bird watching et al - Glen has a full different animal. My thanks to Northerns for weekend packed into it for all. I am going to find the organising it all and, from our side, to Cliff and Kevin pub and introduce James to the pleasures of sitting on who spent many hours phoning around to garner a bar stool with a quiet pint and a bag of crisps, yacking entries. In all on the day I counted 88 cars at the event about nothing in particular and perhaps throwing the which is a great turnout. odd dart into the broad, ermm, board.Show Day though is supposed to be about entering We then have Wheels at the Vaal, Roger’s lap of Zim, cars for show. The numbers are telling us that Cape Centres, Museums, plenty of Historic racing with something needs to change, and young Clive the kids, and noggins aplenty coming up. It is quite an Winterstein demonstrated at the last committee effort to keep on top of it all at times as to what is meeting some considerable enthusiasm for a Nairobi happening - please use the website for this folks.Car Show styled event. He enthralled us all to the The Youth Project is gearing up for the second round point where, guess what? ( and no prizes) he talked of this year’s calendar. The bitter news is that the himself into outlining a document as to what we could engine on the MGA needs an overhaul which is setting do that might be similar. I confess that I love the idea. us back R10k for the bits and machining. Given that We also had an amazing day at Zwartkops Air Force it’d already done several seasons of racing without Base where the Merc club held a fabulous day. We complaint we’re of the opinion that it’s not unexpected had over 30 MGs there but there were more Mercs this and we’ll soldier on. It makes our regular Piston Ring time around. Helicopter flips were up by lucky draw - sale all the more important - PLEASE - all old odds and yours truly snatched the last one of the day for a truly sods for cars (any cars) that you may have floating memorable flight through (not above - through) around, chuck them the way of the Youth Project, and Pretoria and all around. We even buzzed the last of we’ll be only too glad to add them to our heap of stuff Obama’s C17 transports as it taxied out of the now for sale.infamous GuptaKloof airforce base for good measure.. We note with some satisfaction, that the Alfa Club We really missed Stewart Cunninghame’s talk at the have taken Nick’s Alfa Sud to heart and finally our Noggin, but Stewart was in hospital with a dose of youngsters are going to have some competition on the pneumonia which is never fun. Thelma has been track from the Alfa’s Youth Project. It is super to see keeping us posted, and by all accounts he’s on the this kind of thing happening and very gratifying to mend, so we hope to have his talk re-scheduled. know we helped out.Thanks to Norman for jumping in and regaling us on As always this is YOUR club, chat to your Committee, MG Silverstone this year at short notice. get involved, get your hands dirty and bring your cars I have to say I was very pleased to see the turn out at along for the ride.Martie’s funeral. Thank you all who came. Chairman over and out.This month it’s the Drakensburg with Glen Parker and William the KZN guys and a couple of Northern Centre folk all

Remember the Piston Ring Swap Meet on Sunday the 15th September 2013

Bring all yor Bits & Piecesfor the Youth Project Stall

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Technical The SU Petrol PumpExtract - SAFETY FAST - August 1994Virtually all MGs back to the Triple M

Register cars are fitted with the trusty SU electrical fuel pump. This is basically a very robust device, marred by one unreliable feature, the contact breaker points, and it is this aspect upon which I wish to dwell.Most MG SU pumps are fitted in a very hostile environment, however, the unit should be sealed with breathers fitted and so dampness should not be a problem. In time, however, most will stop working. (5 years and 12,500 miles in the case of mine).In most cases of pump failure where the pump has stopped ticking, there is a failure of the points. Valve failure or diaphragm splits can occur, however, these are more likely to lead to a rapid ticking rather than no tick at all.Many specialists will tell you that its not worth fitting new points because they won’t last long, however, that is likely to be because most people fail to replace

the condenser at the same time. The condenser acts electrostatically to prevent arcing at the points an to preserve their life.When the points start to open, the energy which would normally create a large spark, is actually dissipated, charging the condenser.When the points close again, the condenser is discharged - and so on.Condensers can fail in two ways. If they go short circuit, then the system will not work at all. If they go open circuit, then the points blacken very quickly.The correct condenser is available under a Moss part number for a couple of pounds, or if in difficulty, any electronics specialist should have one. (0.047 mfd 160v wkg.d.c).So don’t throw that old SU away - fit new points as per the manual, and a new condenser, and save a few pounds.

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Norman TalksSafe Driving Tips when it is Raining!This information was received from Peter R o a c h , S t r a t e g i e c Programes Director at Daresbury and has been verified with the Institute of Advanced Motorist www.iam.org.uk

A Very Good Tip:A 36 year old female had an accident several weeks ago. It was raining, though not excessively when her car suddenly began to hydro-plane and literally flew through the air. She was not seriously injured but very stunned at the sudden occurrence! When she explained to the Police Officer what had happened, he told her something that every driver should know:-NEVER DRIVE IN THE RAIN WITH YOUR ‘CRUISE CONTROL’ ON.She thought she was being cautious by setting the cruise control and maintaining a safe consistent speed in the rain.....But the Police Officer told her that if the cruise control is on, your car will begin to hydro-plane when the tyres lose contact with the road, and your car will accelerate to a higher rate of speed making you take off like an aeroplane. She told the officer that was exactly what had occurred. The Officer said this warning should be listed, on the driver’s seat sun-visor - NEVER USE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE ROAD IS WET OR ICY, along with the airbag warning. We tell our teenagers to set the cruise control only when the road is dry.The only person the accident victim

found who Knew this, (besides the officer), was a man who’d had a similar accident, totalled his car and sustained severe injuries.

NOTE: Some vehicles (like the Toyota Sienna Limited XLE) will not allow you to set the cruise control when the windshield wipers are on.

Even if you send this to 15 people and only one of them doesn’t know about it. it’s still worth it. You may have saved a life.

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Great news this month - We’ve just announced a life is measured in hours) for us to run up and fantastic new sponsor. For the first time in the down a desert racetrack.company’s history, Rolls Royce is sponsoring a Last month we tested one of these engines with World Land Speed Record project. Its engines one of our own electronics, using the same have been used since the early days of record circuits that will go into Bloodhound SSC. This is breaking, and they created what was probably the first time that anyone had ever tried to do this, the most successful record power-plant ever. so it was a big moment for our engineers.The 37-litre, V-12 ‘Type-R’, which became the The EJ200 has 2 digital engine control channels - only engine in history to set Air, Water and Land effectively it has 2 “brains” so that if one has a Speed Records in the 1930’s. problem then the other can take over Rolls Royce is also heavily involved in the immediately. The engine need a huge range of Bloodhound Education Programme, with some information from the Euro fighter Typhoon 50 company employees having volunteered to aircraft, including air speed, temperature and become Bloodhound Ambassadors. We have pressure, as well as the pilot’s control inputs. around 5500 schools registered with our While you’re reading this, the next time you Education Programme, so the only way we can decide to move the computer mouse, it will take get to them all is with the support of hundreds of about 220 milliseconds for the nerve signals to volunteers. If you fancy inspiring groups of reach your hand. In that time, the EJ200 will schoolchildren and getting involved with our receive 20 messages, each containing over 30 ‘Engineering Adventure’, then get in touch with pieces of information for the engine.our Ambassador Programme. To achieve this, Rolls Royce has a huge Rolls Royce has also been giving us a huge computer room to simulate the Typhoon aircraft’s amount of technical support. Our EJ200 jet control inputs. By contrast, Bloodhound systems engine, manufactured by Rolls Royce and its engineer Joe Holdsworth achieved much of the Euro Jet partners, was designed solely to power same effect with something the size of a the Typhoon aircraft, we are the first people ever sandwich box - and it worked perfectly. This is a to put it in another vehicle, and it’s a complex huge achievement by Joe, but I was a little process. Rolls Royce has been advising us on disappointed, as was the BBC. We were due to engine cooling, intake design, fuel systems - you go and see Joe’s engine runs, but they were so name it. The engine is fully fly-by-wire, so they successful that he had finished before we got have also been helping us to develop there. At this rate, I’ll never get to see the engine Bloodhound’s control systems, which will link my run - next time we test it I’ll be in the car!throttle pedal to the engine. The chassis build is also coming along well. The Early on in the life of the project we were loaned rear lower chassis is now finished, with huge three EJ200 development engines which had thanks to the National Composites Centre for come to the end of their flight-test lives, and were ‘cooking’ it perfectly to cure the bonding agent. destined for museums. However, the engines We were a little concerned over distortion due to have just enough hours left (aircraft component the unequal expansion of the steel ,

ANDY GREEN - Reports on Progress

BLOODHOUNDSSC

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aluminium and titanium, but the end result was with deeper water shown as darker colours. This almost perfect - less than 2mm of distortion over picture shows very shallow coverage over most the 4 m length. of the Pan. The tarmac road can be seen on the The finished chassis member is now being northern end of the pan, and the old causeway mounted on the 7 metre ‘surface table’ (a very shows up clearly about one-third of the way from large flat piece of steel), using ’cups and cones’, the top. The centre section of the causeway has which are simple cup-shaped and cone-shaped been removed and the surface precision graded fittings (clues are in the name) bolted to the by the Northern Cape team, so this is the bit that chassis and the table, and which locate the we are really interested in.chassis back in exactly the same place each time we move it.We’ve now got the rest of the cockpit carbon fibre pieces. Which all fit, thanks to the great work by URT. For the first time I can see the 1000 mph office looking complete - and it’s very dark in there. We’ll be painting it some nice light airy colours before its finished, to make it look a bit less dark and scarey, and so that I am doing.We’ve also received our first suspension pull rod, which is now off to AMRC for testing. Each wheel moves up and down on double wishbones, with a diagonal ‘pull rod’ taking the loads. For Bloodhound SSC, the loads are quite high.Last week I had dinner with some of the Ferrari F1 team in Oxford, after a lecture by team principal Stefano Domenicali (in which he tried to recruit some more engineers - It’s not just this country that’s short of them). We compared pull rods - the Ferrari suspension is stressed to take about 10 kN (one tonne). For Bloodhound, the The very shallow water along the old causeway pull rod is designed to take 154 kN - that’s little indicates a very slight depression (perhaps one over 16 tonnes (to cater for the extreme case of a centimetre deep), which is fine - that’s much 5G bump). Put another way, you could pick up a better than hitting a bump at supersonic speeds! Ferrari F1 car just by using of its pull rods. You We were lucky that our Track boss, Rudi Riek, could pick up every F1 car on the grid at the same was on the Pan on the same day. His survey of time using one of Bloodhound SSCs. the flooded areas ties up exactly with the satellite After the recent flooding of our Hakskeen Pan picture, confirming for us that this is an accurate track in South Africa, we’ve been watching method of tracking flood water and surface carefully to see how the surface dries. We’re drying.getting invaluable information from regular In a few weeks time, once the surface is satellite photos of the pan, using pictures from completely dry, we’ll be doing a laser scan survey the disaster Monitoring Constellation, a British- of the whole track. This will give us precise data operated network of earth-observation satellites on the surface and the causeway area. By the (a British engineering success in its own right). time we start to run the Car next year, we’ll know The satellite image shows water up as light blue, exactly what to expect.

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Due to circumstances, I a r r i ved l a te , bu t was pleasantly surprised to find the grounds at The Botanical Gardens, abuzz with some 88 MGs out on display. The setting was great. The beautiful spacious grounds was an excellent choice. Just a pity to see only 2 cars being judged in the Concours category, and so few entered for Tops Only.I considered that all the cars on the grounds were of top quality, and were all well prepared and in excellent condition. It is great to see so many of the pre 80’s MGs still being kept in such good shape.The catering facilities were also very good, and I feel this venue could be used again in the future.Thanks to the Northern Centre guys for hosting this year’s Show.

The MG Combined Centres ShowdayWritten by your Editor, Pictures by Kevin Loader

MGs on the lawns of the Botanical Gardens. The weather couldn't have been better.

Car of the Day & Concours winner - George Dehlen's TC.

Folk admiring the MGs

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I feel I must vent my views, and possibly I was not the only one that felt rather hassled.A month earlier I received an E-mail from Cliff asking me to let him know if I would be attending the Show, I immediately replied that I would be there and that I would be bringing my Y-Type, for the Tops Only category.Then at the last minute, all those ‘urgent’ requests for entry forms to be completed!26 Years ago, six months after joining, I found my self ‘sheperding’ all those MGs down the endless ramps into the allotted Parking Area in the Johannesburger Hotel. Since then I have been on ‘Gate Duty’ at most of the Show Days, where I would be encouraging the above average MG owners to proceed to the ’Tops Only’ section to be Judged.However, on this occasion, as you know, I had just lost my wife Martie, and was not sure whether I should attend or not.But after the tremendous turn out of MG members attending her funeral, both from Northerns, and particularly the Jhb Centre, I felt I should attend. For various reasons I went in my ‘plastic MG’, so parked with the ‘roughions’ outside. But I thoroughly enjoyed the time I stayedApologies for my comments above. But I wonder if any one else felt the same; there may have been a very good reason for having to do that! But I just felt it unnecessary.

Just My Gripe . . .Tom, Your Editor

Tough day driving an MGA

Crowd admiring Mike O'Keeffe's "new" MGB. Previously owned by Pat Lamont & driven 5000mls in 20 years.

Judges hard at work

Tops only cars waiting to be judged

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Norman Talks

MotorinG through the Highlands to SilverstoneAir France used to be the only airline that would put down in one part of Eurpoe and pick you up from anywhere else in Europe for a return fare - But now that they have linked up with KLM - they both do it - so - I flew to Glasgow via Amsterdam and returned via Paris!Bob dropped me off at Tambo with a full list of J2 spares required, and I met up with a young South African Air Force helicopter pilot, now resident in the UK wearing a “Bloodhound” sweater - so a really good start. I took him for coffee in Schiphol, and we exchanged details as he is hoping to be able to take an 18 seater helicopter up to the Pan.Glasgow was blue skies - my sister was waiting and we set off a few days later for Oban by way of Loch Lomond. A good few MGs around - two lovely ‘72 MGBs, quite a few Midgets and TFs and through Eaglesham I met Donald Beverage with a great 1250TF and AJS who had been the CEO of Cementation in South Africa, way back. We had Rick Stein’s recommended fish and chips one night and the chowder the following night before heading off the Isles of Mull and Iona. On the ferry there was a magnificent RV8, dark blue roadster which sounded glorious as it growled off the ferry onto Mull. On the way back home via Inveraray and Crianlarich we met up with an orange roadster on his way north at Tarbet and I stayed like that for the entire ten days in Scotland when we headed off to Huddersfield by train, my sister asked me to leave the weather, so I did!Martyn collected me, and off to supper, Martyn knowing my love of ships, took me off to the Maritime Museum in Liverpool. The Glasgow Transport Museum with the Queens, MGs up on the wall and the first Hillman Imp was great - but Liverpool was really exceptional. I set off south f o r S i l v e r s t o n e

In the F, calling in at Notttingham university to see the D H Lawrence building and Trent building where I had lunch with Mathew Wise - who is President of the rowing team - Melbourne to see Pat’s cousin then a Blast to Silverstone. Mike Dowley had my bits, but I was really unhappy on seeing a Mag top for 135 at Mr Gregory, and then being offered a complete mag for 60. I told Mr Gregory that it was for a VW, so it went the other way and could not be altered to which he agreed - saying that was why it was so cheap! I couldn’t believe he was trying to offload something that was totally unuseable - it just blew my mind.First person Nick Parrott ran into was me! He had brought his nephew from Hungary to be as he said”indoctrinated into MG” Good show! Bo Giersing was there on Saturday. I had gone via Brian and Jan on the way down who have now given up the Post Office. My shopping continued around a much much smaller trade area. There was no pre war race and grids were made up with foreign car makes! Although Philippe, Bernard and the Maathuises came, they were not many others. I had not been able to find accommodation so after driving as far as Northhampton I returned to the track and slept in the car. They had “snooze boxes” from the Olympics at the track but I was not paying 70 to sleep in a drawer!Dean’s Wharf insisted I go back to them after the dinner which concerned me as they were not going to the dinner and finding them at East Clayden from memory was not going to be a breeze. The dinner was a let down - good food and good company - I sat with Danny Ingold, Peter Best and the Watts; but the speaker - phooey - some woman from Radio 4 who

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began by saying how thrilled she was to be at the MG Owners Club dinner. After the gasps and long silence it went down hill from there! And to think we had the likes of Phil Hill, Paddy Hopkirk and Andy Green at our Indabas! And Roy Lowcock is really looking forward to next year!There will have to be a very serious rethink about Silverstone, because it was not what it was, and has lost its way. I found the Wharfs - sat talking into the wee hours and then set off behind Dennis the following morning in his concours and quick MGB GT - V8 - what a drive!Sunday night was the weekend highlight. As usual I had told everyone that the Boundary House dinner was on - but I hadn’t booked - and as it was Fathers Day the Boundary House was fully booked. PANIC - Vera was a star and after a few refusals we were able to get in at the White Horse - a favourite of the MG factory Workers for dinner.The Hayters, Alisons, Martins and a nice couple they are bringing to the Indaba, Callaghans - Marcus Brinder and Brian Moylan arrived for an evening of Jollity and good eating. Mike, on hearing my tale of woe about the magneto cap took me next day to Tom Darke who sold me one nearly a hundred pounds cheaper! Great friends indeed. Tom told me that Roy Jones was coming to see him the following week! Small world. The drive back north lasted until nearly midnight and then it was all over in a flash. The flight from Manchester to Paris was probably the smoothest ever on a new EMBRAER 195 made in Brazil! A first for me and then onto the flying block of flats - the 380 - another first for a good flight home. Pat was there to welcome me and whisked me home.A Great end of a Great MG Shopping trip._____________________________________

DAN ARCHERDan, an early member of this centre passed away in Cape Town. Dan lived in the “Old

House” in Bedfordwiew, now a part of a housing estate, along with Nigel Stokes and Steve

Rost.Rest in Peace Dan.

A Farewell to MartieWe will all miss Martie. Her

cheerful smile and happy disposition. Her determination

to be so much of everything she could - Her little MG Scooter was the very epitome of her

fighting spirit.She and Tom joined in 1976,

buying Heinie Decker’s Y Saloon, and proved from the

start to be enthusiastic members. All through my years

in the Chair they were both incredibly supportive, Martie

backing Tom up with everything he undertook.

The way she resolutely struggled with her illness was humbling and she was truly

an inspiration.We will all miss you, Martie.

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A Most Interesting and Entertaining Day at . . .

Zwartkops Airforce MuseumPics by Kevin Loader

Many thanks to Clive Winterstein & Hilton Wolff (event organiser for the Merc Club) for arranging a great day out

Feeling the cold in the early morning; Jeanne Erasmus and Jenny Loader

Peace to you - life in the back of a Merc station wagon

Our Chairman (William) full of glee after a helicopter flight through Pretoria

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RAF Cadets visiting SA - their final day after spending 10 days in the country

Young Falcons (Matric volunteers) admiring Ashley Burger’s MGA Twin Cam

View from the helicopter flight over Waterkloof Air Force Base. Remaining 2 US C17s that were in SA for Obama’s visit.

Hentie Erasmus with members of the Merc Club in period dress.

Zwartkops Airforce Museum cont.

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MG KX Momentum racer Jason Plato scored a flawless double BTCC victory at Oulton Park at the weekend.Two-time champion Plato is no stranger to winning at the Cheshire venue, having taken seven victories at the circuit prior to this weekend, and he duly added to his impressive tally.He was in dominant form throughout the event – claiming pole position before securing two lights-to-flag wins in commanding fashion. Plato’s young team-mate Sam Tordoff starred in race one by claiming second – the best result in his short BTCC career so far and the first ever one-two for MG KX Momentum Racing.

BTCC Success at Oulton Park

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MG CAR CLUB -- JOHANNESBURG CENTRE

NOTE: CHANGE OF DATE and VENUEWHAT Natter and Noggin Dinner optional at 7.00pm

8.00pm Talk by Terrence and Geoff on their Hillman Imp Adventure William Kelly 082 886 7114WHEN Thursday 1 August 2013WHERE Scrooge Diner, Bright Water Common

WHAT Cars in the Park (POMC) Frik Kraamwinkel 083 627 4532WHEN Sunday 4 August 2013WHERE Zwartkops Race Track

WHAT MGA Register EventWHEN Saturday 10 August - 10h30WHERE Bob Wilmot’s home, 19 St Andrews Ave, Bedfordview. Bring & Braai

WHAT MG Drakensburg Weekend away Glen Parker 083 633 7575WHEN Friday 16 to Sunday 18 August 2013 Gary Chapman 082 653 1888WHERE The Nest Hotel, DrakensburgNB. Convoys leave from the TOTAL Petroport on the N3 (just before Heidelberg) on Friday 16 August.1st Convoy - 07h30 for 08h00; means getting to The Nest just after lunch and having an extra afternoon to explore the surroundings.2nd Convoy - 09h30 for 10h00; for those who would prefer a more leisurely start

WHAT MG Charity Run, METT Centre’s Pamper Day Chantal Williams 071 951 7483WHEN Saturday 17 August 2013WHERE c/r Pretoria Rd & De Boulevard Rd Silverton

WHAT Wheels at the Vaal - Classic Car and Steam FestivalWHEN Sat 31 August & Sun 1 SeptWHERE University Campus VDBjyl Park

WHAT Natter and Noggin Slide show & talk about the recent Botswana-Zim MG TourWHEN Thursday 5 SeptemberWHERE Old Edwardians, 4th Avenue and 11th Street, Houghton

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Interesting Website!!I was looking for something on the netand came across this web site.

Www.solarchallenge.org.za/index.php?0ption=com...view

Which refers to the “Solar Challenge”

MG TD 1950, FOR SALEThis Magnificent TD is in Immaculate Condition. And is sadly looking for a new loving home. It can be seen in HowickGenuine Price of R159,500.

Contact Mike Trow 011 886-4811 082 683 5137

For a Full List of VehiclesFor Sale go to . . .MGCC.co.za

MGA Register MeetingSaturday 10 AugustSee the little J2 In Progress

BOB WILLMOT 19 St Andrews St BEDFORDVIEW