V8 Column for March 2004
published in Safety Fast!, the award winning monthly magazine of the MG Car Club

This month we have news of an opportunity for V8 enthusiasts to drive their V8s on the track at Silverstone, a reminder of the V8 Shropshire Tour in September and news that we have started Volume 7 of the RV8 Workshop Notes series.

Steve Boxall (Harvest Beige 3099) enjoying a track day in his MGBGTV8 conversion. (Photo: Steve Boxall)

Another exclusive Members' Track Day has been arranged for Tuesday 6th April 2004 when V8 members will have an opportunity to drive their road cars on the National Circuit at Silverstone for six sessions of 20 minutes. These sessions are planned and run by MGs on Track, a branch of the MG Car Club which specialises in planning and running track days. Full details are available - see our briefing note where you can download a copy of the application form.

The V8 Shropshire Tour 2004 will be based at the Longmynd Hotel in Church Stretton over the long weekend Friday 24th to 27th September 2004 . The organisers, Derek and Ellen Spencer Jones, have reserved 25 rooms at the hotel at £145 per person for the three nights dinner, bed and breakfast. The Spencer Jones say numbers will be restricted as the hotel seems to be booking up well ahead so if you would like to join the V8 Tour, send your booking to them with a £25.00 deposit per room made payable to "V8 Register - MG Car Club" with an SAE so they can

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send you a booking form. They can be contacted at 13 Melbourne Way, Newport NP20 3RE or at elder@spencerjones.fsnet.co.uk or on 01633 267251. See V8 Shropshire Tour for further details where a booking form can be downloaded.

Volume 6 of the RV8 Workshop Notes has been completed at Note 197 and we are now into the working draft of Volume 7. Brian Moyse, the new editor of the series, has made a prompt start with the new volume with the continuing flow of members' contributions. Copies of the series are available on CD in Word and PDF formats and update discs are available for members who have previously purchased a copy of the Notes. Full details of the content of the series, the availability, and price are on the V8 Website plus an updated index to the series which members can download free of charge. The original V8 Workshop Notes series is also closing Volume 8 very shortly at Note 299.

Track Days - an opportunity for V8 enthusiasts to stretch the legs of their MGV8s on the track at Silverstone on Tuesday 6th April 2004. (Photo: Gavin Bailey)

Full details of the V8 Events in 2004 are set out in the Rolling V8 Calendar on the V8 Website. Just click the main navigation button on the homepage - each event has location, timing and contacts. Our eight principal events are also published in the annual Club calendar.