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David
Biddle was a longstanding member of the V8 Register with
a rubber bumper MGBGTV8 finished in the rare Chartreuse colour.
He made a valued contribution to the V8 Register Committee arranging
many events including the talk given by Don Hayter in 2002 on
the Development of the V8 at Abingdon. David also arranged many
annual V8 Curry evenings at the last Viceroy in Bourne End on
the Thames and another popular evening at the Pan Asian Dining
Room on Regent Street in Cambridge. 260628
Links: Obit
& Chartreuse
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Peter
Jung was a very loyal MG owner and a member of the V8 Register
who was a Caledonian Centre committee member for many years.
He was a true MG enthusiast who will be sadly missed. He loved
his RV8 certainly enjoyed “power” under his right
foot. In the photo Peter is setting out the potted plants at
the Caledonian Centre event at the Bowness Revival Classic meeting
in 2018 celebrating the MGV8 anniversaries that year. 260103
Links: Obit |
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Mike
Maude-Roxby was a founder member and first V8 Secretary
of the V8 Register in 1978 with a chrome bumper MGBGTV8 in Citron.
Mike enjoyed attending the race meetings at Goodwood as a longstanding
GRRC member and was wonderful company at the events and a very
cheerful friend for many people. 241104
Links: Obit & Revival
2007 |
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Don
Hayter joined the design office at MG in February 1956 at
a time when the MG Factory was producing MGAs with much of his
time as Design Engineer, right through to August 1979 when the
plant finally closed following “Black Monday”. His
experience prior to Abingdon was as an apprentice at the Pressed
Steel plant at Cowley during and after the WW2 in aircraft production
design following which he joined Aston Martin, then based at
Feltham in Middlesex. His talk in 2002 on the Development of
the MGBGTV8 at Abingdon was well attended by MGV8 enthusiasts.
201009
Links: Obit
& Times
& Daily
Telegraph & Talk
in 2002 |
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Roger
Williams, the author of many MG books including the authoritative
"How to give your MGB V8 Power", died from cancer.
He will be missed for his authoritative books on MGB V8 conversions
and for his business consultancy skills. He was a Fellow of
the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Fellow of the
Institution of Production (now Manufacturing) Engineers. (1940
- 2016). He passed away in July 2016. 160721
Link: Obit
& Review
of "How to to give your MGB V8 Power" |
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John
Targett had an unforgettable smile with an engaging personality
that welcomed interesting conversation. His humour was boundless
but he was no lightweight, but a very serious person with a
professional approach to his work and his passion for motor
racing preparation and track skills. He moved to the USA in
1976 but regularly returned to England for Club and V8 Register
events and particularly enjoyed the Goodwood Revival weekend.
Returning home was a welcome opportunity for tasting the subtle
flavour of real ale brewed in the UK and enjoying it in the
company of friends. He had an MGBGTV8 in the UK. 140206
Link: Obit
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Ron
Armstrong passed away in September 2013 during a visit to
his son in Holland. He was a former V8 Chairman in the 1980s.
He launched the popular V8 Tours in 1993 with a Highlands Tour
based in Grantown on Spey in the county of Moray in Scotland.
He had an MGBGTV8 and later an MG RV8.
Link: Obit |
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Ian
Polley was a well known Club member who was an MGB racer
in the late sixties and seventies and later a competitor in
a well restored Le Mans Healey Sprite. He raced it for several
seasons including in a two driver race at the Goodwood Revival
with John Rhodes. He replaced his MGB Roadster with an MGBGTV8
which he ran for many years. He was a person full of energy
and initiative and a successful businessman too. Sadly he passed
away in July 2013. 130714
Links: Obit &
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Roy
McCarthy, the well known MG motor racing competitor, passed
away on 7th October 2010 after a twelve year battle with cancer.
Roy began competing in an MGA in 1970 with fellow competitors
like Vic Ellis and Rob Innes-Ker, then ran a Big Healey followed
by an MGB Roadster, a standard MGBGTV8 and then a fully modified
BCV8 Class D MGBGTV8 for many years. 101007
Link: Obit & Autosport
obit |
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Bill
Wallis served with distinction as Chairman of the Club from
1980 to 1985 but he will be remembered most for his role as
our Club President, a post that he has filled in every sense
of the word from 1996. He was unanimously elected each year
at the Club's annual AGM and this was no surprise to anyone
who was privileged to know the man. He joined the Club in 1949
and had a ling association with the Midland Centre. He was an
MGV8 enthusiast, owning an MGBGTV8 and later an RV8. 100823
Link: Obit
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Geoff
Allen - his fondness for MGs and his willingness to help
fellow enthusiasts was legendary. His knowledge and experience
of maintaining post war MGs came from working in Rectifications
Department at the MG Factory at Abingdon for 27 years. So he
was well used to a variety of fault finding and curing challenges
which he clearly enjoyed. Geoff had very many friends through
the Club and MG world and those who met him will recall his
sense of humour and good cheer. In fact some of his stories,
recounted with that gentle Berkshire burr and gleam in his eye,
were both extraordinary and real. He was the V8 Register's archivist.
After the sad closure of the MG Factory, Geoff set up his own
business in Abingdon and found V8 enthusiasts beating a path
to his door for the special knowledge and TLC he could apply
to servicing and repairs. His wife Jean acted as bookkeeper
and spares collector, regularly driving the 90 mile round trip
to Moss in Richmond in the V8 Roadster. On retirement he moved
to Congleton in Cheshire. He died peacefully on Saturday 10th
June 2006 age 76. 060610
Obit &
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