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News
of an MGR plate
RV8 Old English
White 0016 now owned by Philippe Brunet Manquat Manoz in France.
Jacques and
Louis Milliet with the first rubber bumper MGBGTV8 (Teal Blue
2101) at a Swiss V8 Register "Get Together" in 2011.
Jacques was a close friend of the original owner, the late Geoff
Allen.
Posted: 121028
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John
Davies, the owner of the first rubber bumper MGBGTV8
(Teal Blue 2101) for a while before it was sold
to Jacques Milliet in Switzerland, has been in touch
saying "of late I have been concerning myself
with the completion of my Father’s 1800 ‘B
which Ray and Steve Illing at Abingdon Car Restorations
have finally finished it after 5 years on! Anyhow,
earlier on this year I purchased the registration
K6 MGR from Peter Kuruber who you may remember
sold his pre-production white RV8 through the V8
Register website to a French buyer. I bought the
MGR plate from |
him
onimpulse. Sadly I can’t justify the purchase
of an RV8 at the moment (one day!!) but it seemed
a shame to have the plate sat on a retention certificate.
I’m
not sure the purists will approve but I have assigned
it to a 2002 MG ZS180 and I attach a picture accordingly.
At
first glance, it’s not a mounting of the same
pedigree as the original but I rather like it! The
ZS of course has a K series V6 and is also an MGR
so the plate is wholly appropriate in that regard.
You could also argue that, like the RV8 it was a
vehicle created by talented MG Rover engineers from
the parts bin, with the end result being a vehicle
much greater than the sum of its parts! Apart from
the rather ‘extrovert’ styling, it’s
a very enjoyable car to drive with performance and
handling still held in high regard some 11 years
after it was created. I get a reasonable 30 mpg
average. In general, ZS180s are now very very cheap.
Mine was under £1000 so I may well have doubled
the value of the car!! I
thought fellow members would like to know that the
plate is safe and sound in the hands of an enthusiast."
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