MGapr11 Bulletin no 60 - The Triple-M Register

should be addressing the real problem: there is no easyway for the true amateur aspiring racing driver to start thishobby later in life: you need the ARDS course and £1000-worth of gear for one or two events a year: surely not justifiable?Then I hear there is a growing body that feels our cars arereally museum pieces, not relevant to everyday transport. Toa large extent I feel there is truth in this, but there is no reasonwhy they should not continue to be used as recreationaltransport for those who look after them and their friends andfamilies.Surely there is no finer museum to the MG car in general,and the Triple-M car in particular, than the annual MG meetingat Silverstone? Thousands of MGs from all over Britainand Europe, all doing their thing for everyone to see, not onlyto look at, but also to appreciate in motion: for it is only whenthey are used that a car comes to life and means anything.The sound of a K3 or Q-type in full flight is something to beappreciated in sound: the cars might be nice looking, but theirnoise is sheer music to the ears: awe inspiring!I was lucky enough to be involved with MG car productionfor a number of years, and we were all proud of the productsof the Company. Those who had been with the Company frompre-war days were amazed that the Triple-M Register shouldengender such enthusiasm, but proud that these cars werestill being usedI feel much the same about the MGB, MGC and Midgetcars I see at events: we simply did not expect so many tosurvive: but then we did not know how enthusiastic peoplecan get about good cars: it was not for nothing that theCompany motto was “Safety Fast!”Let us go forward, and enjoy the next fifty years of theRegister, and see no more criticism, which is not fully justifiedby the facts. The Register is very much alive and well. The“Good Old Days” are still happening, and those who enjoythem now will look back and feel pleased that they wereinvolved.