The MGC

   “The MGC should have been one of the

best-selling sports cars of all time …”

Stuart Casey

 

Email:  Stuart.Casey@theM-G-C.com

 

Site Last Updated

1 July 2009

 

1 July 2009

 

Sorry for the recent delay in responding—my sister just got married and that beats C stuff any day.

 

2 New owners photo to Gallery

 

New page on historic C registration FRX 692C

 

New page on award winning TGT 72F (in historic Cs section)

 

New page on KOV 257F currently under auction by Coys, the original launch car.

 

Photos of a University Motors MGC added.

 

Details of optional equipment added to the Specification section Page 2.

 

New MGC Racer photo added

 

22 June

 

New buttons added to replace side navigation bar.  Temporary fix due to Publisher problem below.  Whole site redone on this basis.

 

4 New owners added

 

New page—MBL 546E “Mabel” photos

 

12 June 2009

 

IMPORTANT NOTICE— Internet Explorer 8 does not display website navigation menus created using Microsoft Publisher.  I use Publisher to create the site.  At the moment I can’t find any solution on the web to this issue.  Anyone using IE8 will not be able to see the left hand side navigation bar.

 

http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=426547&SiteID=227   

 

4 New owners added.

 

Parts catalogue added to front page (can’t vouch for the part numbers but it is not supplier specific)

 

MGC Racers page added (suggestion from Dick Immins)

 

5 June 2009

 

New owner added.

 

Site width extended for better viewing.

 

New photo added to brakes section.

 

14 May 2009

 

New page outlining possible modifications to the MGC including power steering.

 

Two new owners added.

 

Missing photo on carbs page added.

 

3 May 2009

 

New material added to Carbs page and formatting error fixed.

 

25 April 2009

 

New page and photos of The Royal Windsor MG Heritage Festival (Amended 27 April).

 

Page of close up pictures of RMO 699F.

 

22 April

 

More details and photos added to the new rebuild page.

 

One new owner added.

 

Photos from MGCC event in March 2007 added.

 

17 April 2009

 

Two new owners added.

 

New page “Rebuild of a C” on the restoration / rebuild of a Californian car in Australia.

 

19 March 2009

 

New more authoritative production number table added to the Provenance and Spec page.

 

18 March 2009

 

New material added to Provenance and Spec page.

 

New material added to Wheels & Tyres page.

 

New material added to the Interior, Seats and trim page.

 

New material added to the Lights page

 

16 March 2009

 

New page with link to a spreadsheet showing the changes made during the production run of the MGC  by chassis number.

 

Brake Master Cylinder and Servo page updated.

 

3 new owners added.

 

7 March 2009

 

Details added to Airfilters section on use of K&Ns.

 

New owner added.

 

Problem with Wiring diagram download resolved.

 

26 February 2009

 

New owner photo added (now we have 54 on the site).

 

13 February 2009

 

Page on University Motors Specials added

 

New owners (4) photos added.

 

28 January 2009

 

Parts catalogue removed given it appeared to be biasing a particular parts supplier which was not the intention (identification was the idea).

 

New owners (2) photos added.

 

14 January 2009

 

New owner photo added.

 

New photos added to fuel tank section.

 

10 January 2009

 

Forum removed (please see page for reasons)

 

New owner photo added.

 

New photo added to Engine section (spin on oil filter)

 

2 January 2009

 

Still problems with the forum being hijacked, even having made it registered users only.  Solutions invited.

 

Provenance and Spec, Early photos and Owners pages moved up the Navigation links.

 

New photo added to past events section.

 

New photo added to dash section

 

Three new owners photos added.

 

1st January 2009

 

Owing to obscene postings on the forum by persons unrelated to our C community, the forum is now registered user only (registration is via the forum). 

 

23rd December 2008

 

New Owners added

 

Link to forum amended to be on each page of this site.

 

New photo added to early photos section

 

21 December 2008 (2nd Update)

 

New forum established

 

Paint colours for Cs updated.

 

21 December 2008

 

New identification page added with explanation of chassis codes etc.

 

Date of launch brochures corrected.

 

New Owner added.

 

 

17 December 2008

 

New material added to Early Photos section including Launch brochure (courtesy of Dick Immins), police cars, advertising and an Ashley Hard top.

 

New page on the MGC GTS and HRH car.

 

16 December 2008

 

In the spirit of fairness and encouraging open debate, some less positive comments about this site can be found on MGCC BBS thread.

 

New Owners photos added.

 

Dash section revised.

 

Important Notice—For Data protection reasons, please let me know if you would not like your email address to be listed on this site in the future.

 

13 December 2008

 

New Owners added

 

Rear Suspension—new pics

 

Information added to provenance section.  2nd page created.

 

New photo in Engine section.

 

9 December 2008

 

Hyperlinks to Owners photos in large format.

 

New photos added to Owners section

 

Provenance—engine details updated.

 

New photos added to carbs section. 

 

New photos added to engine section.

 

Hyperlinks added to key pictures to larger versions.

 

Redundant pages removed.

 

Important Notice

 

Just to reassure and for reasons of security of your cars, I will not be adding any address details to the site, just names of owners and a photo of their cars.

 

Forum

 

Many people have asked about setting up a forum within the site.  Very happy to do that but at the moment my web skills are not up to it.  All offers to help to do this gratefully received.