V8 Column for July 2006
published in Safety Fast!, the award winning monthly magazine of the MG Car Club

Woodcote Green 2150 on the sea front at Brighton after completing the Regency Run 2006. (Photo: Ian Quarrington)

REGENCY RUN IN AN RV8
Ian Quarrington (Woodcote Green 2150) from Cambridgeshire was a participant in the Regency Run 2006 making the annual pilgrimage from Brooklands Museum at Weybridge to the sea front at Brighton on Madeira Drive. He reports the V8 turnout was good with 13 V8s and 11 RV8 were among 456 cars registered, so the V8s were over 5% of the entry. The entrants used two tulip routes of approximately 68 miles (yes it is a lot less as the crow flies or even on

the A23/M23). Some roads were single track, some were rather bumpy but all led through pretty villages and countryside where many locals were waving us on. Those with soft tops braved the cold wind enjoying the pleasure of open air motoring and the gentle burble of the V8 engine. One MGB owner who followed Ian for most of the route said it was wonderful to hear the exhaust note of the RV8, in fact so much so that it has inspired him to get a V8 for his next MG! One or two entrants missed a turn here or there but we all got to Brighton where the good organisation of the two car clubs allowed us and the public to see a fine selection of MGs from 1920 to a recently registered 06 TF parked up in the same place at the same time.


Teal Blue 2101 owned by Jean Allen - the late Geoff Allen's dream car.