The Club wants to provide a fun, alternative event while all our normal activities are virus-limited.  

To participate, Members are invited to submit an MG-related piece for our online newsletter, The Roars. Eligible are short stories, technical tips, interesting photos or other bits that celebrate our Octagonal World. Each week, a Prize Winner will be selected by our ROARS EDITORS. Send your email entries to David Renner at drenner@sbcglobal.net.  

Dave and Linda will review the entries and notify our President of their winning selection. A breath-taking prize will be awarded to each Winner and the submission posted on The Roars page.   

Have fun!  

Safety fast!

Mike.

Our long time member, Bob Crow, passed on a couple of articles from mgenthuisiast and Hemmings which we cannot publish due to copyright restrictions but we can point out the high points, from these articles in this reader's perspective which were :

1. Before buying a classic car join the local club and get guidance as to how much to pay  and where to get your next classic car.

2. Participate in monthly meetings to learn more about the cars, where to get them repaired, how to fix simple problems yourself and where to obtain parts etc.

3. Meet other members and enjoy the social aspects of the club.

4. Recommend guest speakers and topics for the monthly meetings and even consider being a guest speaker yourself and provide an interesting story about your involvement and introduction to this fascinating hobby.

5. Above all get involved to appreciate all the club has to offer.

Safety fast!

Mike.

p.s. I am always open to suggestions for monthly meeting topics, just send me an email through the club website. :)

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.