On Saturday March 7 fourteen members of the Houston MG car club attended the Autocross co-sponsored by the Texas Triumph Register and the Houston MG Car Club. Ten of them then proceeded to don crash helmets and take to the track for an absolute fun experience.

A picture is worth a thousand words so here is a taste what happened :

After the event the results were published and here they are :

Regrettably we had our first contender for the Broken crankshaft award when Pete Sandy's Pertronix ignition failed :(

Fortunately this happened on Pete's last run and needless to say the "Mark Of Friendship" came through and a band of MG volunteers helped Pete get his car home.

-Mark your calendars for the next Autocross so you too can enjoy this fun and safe activity.

Safety fast!

Mike.

Here are the current standings. Thanks as always to Greg for putting this together.

Safety fast!

Mike.

 A great time with good friends at the Quarterly Breakfast in Rosenberg. It was great to see Wayne and Dixie once again at a club event.  Thanks as always to our events chair Trish Hardy for putting this together.

...Or not, you decide.  This vehicle was posted for sale on the Bring A Trailer website.   

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-mg-mgb-brooklands-renaissance/

 A Brooklands Renaissance Roadster based on a 1968 MGB

Thanks to Greg as always for keeping up with the standings.

Safety fast!

Mike.

Effective today the new payment system is live.  Payment’s will now be taken through AffiniPay.  The first time you make a payment through the website you will need to enter a credit card, at that time you will have the option to store the card for your convenience.  Please know that affiniPay is 100% PCI compliant and that neither the Houston MG Car Club nor the host of our website Wild Apricot store or have access to your credit card information.  AffiniPay offers all of the same protection as PayPal.  If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to send an email to HoustonMGCarClub@gmail.com.

Effective February 1st the club will be moving to a new online payment system for the website.  We currently use PayPal but the cost to support this system have continued to increase.  Our website host, Wild Apricot, has their own payment system, provided through AffiniPay, which offers many, if not all of the features and conveniences of PayPal and will save the club administration fees.  AffiniPay is fully PCI compliant and has a Better Business Bureau A+ rating. 

During the January Houston MG Car Club meeting Scott Hardy shared an informative and entertaining presentation of his and Trish’s adventurous trek in their 1972 MGB from Calgary, Canada to their new home in Houston. If you missed it, you missed a good one. Not to worry, though, as you can see his presentation slides here. Plus, this was only part one of a two-part presentation. Scott will continue his tale at the April monthly meeting.

Year's ago Dwight Dawson had a blog about life with their MGB.  Following is an excerpt from that blog.

Welcome to my blog about our longstanding and unshakable love affair with a car.  Well, its not just any car, but a 1973 MGB Tourer.  It is pictured here with a hardtop that I hauled around for 25 years before selling it to an MG colleague in Austin, TX.  As a resident of Houston, I found that the heat and humidity rendered the hardtop rarely used.  Plus, I needed the space.  When I bought the top we lived in Billings, Montana.  There, it got some use as I drove the car year round.

Do you have a story about life with your MG?  If so, we would love to have you share it with us.  Simply send it to houstonMGCarClub@gmail.com.  

As always, many thanks to Greg for preparing the below report.