CONTACTS / COMMITTEE
Our various contact details are listed below.
Please be considerate of UK / local time differences if phoning members!
Chairman Position Vacant
Whilst the position is vacant any emails will be sent to the acting Chairman.
Vice Chairman & Secretary
Neil Hyett
Having a lifelong interest in cars and all things motoring my passion for MG’s started as a child in the sixties when my dream car was a MGB GT in red with wire wheels. During the seventies and eighties I was actively involved in the club motoring scene. My first MG was a Midget in which I competed in auto tests and rallies. In 1982 I achieved my boy hood ambition in buying a 1974 damask red MGB GT which I still own. I carried out a full nut and bolt restoration on the car at which time it was converted to wire wheels! It was successful in concours events but now the car is used mainly on social runs and like. Currently I also own a MGF VVC. Having joined the MGCC in the mid-eighties I joined the committee in the late nineties and take part in as many events possible.
07788198351 "19:00 - 21:30 UK"
Registrar
Andrew Vigor
Cars and car maintenance is something I have always enjoyed. I guess I picked this up from my father. We have a photograph from the early 1950’s of him working on his old Riley in the front garden. My sister had a beautiful new MGB GT in 1976 and she let me drive it once or twice. I loved it, my friends thought it was a bit old fashioned but to me this was part of the appeal. It was not until 35 years later that I finally acquired my own MGB Roadster, a 1974 model. I also run a 1975 VW Beetle which has been in my wife Margaret’s family since 1978. But nothing compares with driving the MG.
07909536614
Newsletter Editor & MGB Scribe
David Broadhurst
Born 1945 Headingley, Yorkshire. Married 1971, Vivien. Retired Schoolmaster. Live in Camborne, Cornwall
Written several articles for B Register and original web pages for LE and Jubilee cars. With Viv organised 2014 Register weekend in Falmouth, Cornwall. Current cars MK1 MGB GT 1967, MG3 and Skoda Yeti (with trailer for the dirty work). Other interests include our 3 border collies, singing with 4 Lanes Male Choir and membership of Truro Lions Club.
07866540928
Technical Adviser
Mike Barclay
I am an electronics engineer by profession and have spent most of my career travelling the world working in the medical electronics industry. I have lived in Abingdon for over 40 years so MG’’s are in my blood. I have owned Mg’s since 1974 when I purchased my first new car, an MG midget. From there I have owned an mgb, mgbV8 and my current mgb roadster which I have owned and maintained for 41 years. I enjoy tinkering with cars and with 2 car owning daughters this keeps me busy. Recently retired I can now enjoy my B a little more and hopefully as a committee member, contribute to the Mgb register. My other interest is motorcycling.
07590048713
Technical Adviser
Graham Dix
This year makes 41 years of continuous ownership of LAF717F. I was an Engineering Apprentice when I purchased her for £300 from a work colleague in 1979. Two years of unreliable but continuous use ended in her being laid up for over 16 years. I then began a long term restoration, progressing as and when I could afford the time and parts, wife and daughters taking precedence of course. I completed everything myself with the exception of the paintwork. On completion my daughter contacted the local Newspaper who published an article that mostly made light of the length of time it took me to restore her. The article was read by John Watson and led to an invite to join the Register Committee. That was a few years ago now. After a two year break due to work commitments I’m now back. I live in Abingdon and have recently retired, enabling me to spend a little more of my time immersing myself in the Classic Car world.
07549676772
Webmaster
Paul Scott
I’m a Domestic Appliance Engineer with some extra skills that I have developed over the years. My Wife had an idea in 2017 – “lets get a classic sports car!” So here we are with a 1975 Rubber Bumber Roadster. Having joined the MGB Register I could see a few missing links on the website. John Watson made contact and the rest is history. So I am the one who maintains the website and puts the eNewsletter together from the articles sent to me. If you have any queries – maybe you feel we need to add something extra – drop me an email.
MGB Register Area Representative – Frome, Somerset
Neil Brant
I’ve had a life long passion for cars and all things transport and work as a consultant highway engineer. I purchased my ’69 BGT at the end of the first lockdown in 2020 and have been enjoying cruising the lanes of the south west and attending car meets and shows since. I’ll be arranging Register events across the south west…. so please watch this space.
MGB Register Area Representative – Braintree, Essex
Gavin Edwards
Gavin Edwards, happily married to Michaela (mikki)
Great to be out in our mgbgt’s, sharing the passion for the brand together around Essex and Suffolk!
07745121161
Committee Member
Bob Colwell
I am a retired engineering manager with a background in electro mechanical engineering
I have owned MGB’s both Roadsters and GT’s since the late 70’s
I currently own a MGBGT and an MGRV8.
MGB Register Switzerland MGCC
Peter Vogt
Peter runs the MGB Register in Switzerland, you can download a registration form from here.
John Watson
Having been involved with the MGB Register since 1991 and serving as Chairman for 3 x five years, I have come off the committee but am always available to support the MGB Register.
I have always had an interest in cars, in the 1960’s I was involved with the Ford Motor Company’s Escort Mexico Rally Championship with a car supported by Hartford Motors Oxford, from this I entered the Motoring News rally championship, with an ex works BDA Escort. My first MG, a 1972 Midget was purchased in 1986, this was exchanged for an Iris Blue 1964 MGB, EBW45B. My current every day car is a 2022 MG HS Hybrid together with a 2001 MGF Stepspeed.