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MG TD TF 1500 - MGs in the Park Burford

I have been attended MG Live at Silverstone for over 20 years and have taken two of our grandsons there for the last 5 years. It is one of the highlights of their year and what they especially like is rooting through spares for sale on the various traders'stalls. Unfortunately I have a problem this year. The Classic Car Show in the village where I live clashes with the Silverstone event and a picture of my TF is included in the brochure. I note the MGOC is holding an event at Burford in Oxfordshire. This is not too far away from where our grandsons live and it does not clash with anything else. They expect to get over 700 MGs turning up. Has anyone got experience of this event? Are there any trade stalls where our grandsons can find used, dirty parts. They are doing a Johny Cash and collecting spares so they can build a MG ready for when they are old enough to drive. I live in Scotland and don't want to undertake a 400 mile journey and then be disappointed.

Jan T
J Targosz

Jan, over the years I been to a number of events in Burford at 2 different locations. one is the garden Centre and the other the Wild life park. If you are talking about the 4th June event at the latter I'm almost tempted to say that it is a good event irrespective of the age of your grandsons. however if they are looking for trade stall it sounds like they are at least 'old' teenagers and they will be disappointed as last time I was there, about 2 years ago there were no trade stalls. there is also a very good miniature steam run around the grounds and plenty to see. If they are into autojumbles there are regular well attended ones at Malvern Three counties showground.
Eddie, nr Tewkesbury
E I Buckley

Hi Jan, Eddie is correct. 700 cars sounds about right, but no spares though and there are more younger MGs there but exclusively. The wildlife park is a draw for children.
Video from eight years ago -
http://youtu.be/MUGu9qBNL_M

David
David Wardell

Jan,
The 'MGs in the Park' event run every year at the Cotswold Wild Life Park near Burford is a great day out. The driver and the car gets free admission, you pay for other passengers, but one hell of a lot cheaper than a day out at MG Live! I have been most years, and there is a small amount of auto-traders there, mainly for MGF/TF and Z saloon models, plus a few trade suppliers. They usually have a free road run in the afternoon of around 20 to 30 miles. The zoo park is a lovely attraction with the animals having plenty of space in their enclosures. I can thoroughly recommend it.

I doubt if MG Live! will have a very large trade area this year, many traders are now giving the event a miss. Even Barry Walker tells me he will not be having a stall this year. The club announced last week that they are working with a professional (Helen Morgan)to increase the trade presence. With less than 14 weeks to go that's smacks a bit of desperation.

Go to Burford, I am sure your grandsons will enjoy the day out.
Best wishes, Brian Rainbow, Leamington Spa
Brian Rainbow

Thanks for the advice. I must admit MG Live is becoming a disappointment with fewer and fewer traders and cars and I won't be too upset to give it a miss. The two grandsons I will be taking are 10 years old and will be on the lookout for basically oily junk. I see there is a large autojumble at Brooklands in July. I live in Glasgow and am not familiar with the roads around London. How easy is to get to Brooklands from Beaconsfield where our daughter lives and will there be problems with parking. I have heard tales of horrendous traffic problems at the Beaulie event.

Cheers

Jan T
J Targosz

Jan, brooklands is doable from Beaconfield but its from 11 oclock to 6 oclock[anticlockwise] on the M25. not ideal especially in a classic car where you are bound to hit a jam of indeterminate length. Beaulieu is easier I would say along the M4 then down the A34 to Southampton . I haven't been to either the spring or autumn autojumble for about 8 years. its very international with a lot of visitors from Europe. I've not had a problem with taffic. the main criticism is the length of walk from the car park to the venue. remember the venue is used to handling visitors in numbers due to it being the national motor museum. If you are going there think about staying nearby and visit for 2 days. lots of people take a barrow or something with them to save carrying heavy objects a long way. there is a carrying service but I 've never used it. one of the best jumbles is the MG/TR day at Stoneleigh near Warwick but you've just missed it.depends weather your after any 'oily bits' or only MG 'oily bits'
BTW I spent my first 30 years in Hamilton/ Stonehouse area
Eddie
E I Buckley

I think its also worth saying that Brooklands is a must to visit if you have never been. Lots of interesting things to see.
Dave H
Dave Hill

Jan, if you want something a bit different and an easy run from Beaconsfield through the Buckinghamshire countryside, try Bicester Heritage's Flywheel Festival held the week after MG Live -
http://www.flywheelfestival.com
No oily bits but there is plenty to see and do - it has a mini Goodwood Revival feel to it. They have a mini demonstration/racing track from which you are only separated by straw bales and the drivers really go for it going round on their runs in classic racing machines.
The T Register held their T Party there last year
http://youtu.be/_TKVB7qjPLg
David
David Wardell

Jan, David is correct Biscester Heritage is worth a visit. I would add that there is more than one event there every year. if you google it there's one in April to co-incide with Drive it day
another added bonus is that you can leave the ladies off at the Biscester outlet village where they can spend all day looking a designer clothes at knockdown prices.... just dont let them have any plastic with them. Its also correct to say no oily bits at either venue
Eddie
E I Buckley

Just to widen this a bit further, I do wonder if the days of oily bits and auto jumble are numbered, now that so many new remanufactured parts are available for our cars. In fact many traders I’ve seen are in the business of ‘added-on’ interest rather than parts. Second hand motoring book sellers seem to do well, alongside other motoring paraphernalia such as clothing, picnic baskets, vintage enamel signs, you name it! It is interesting to see that Peter Gamble of Hi-Gear Engineering is even remanufacturing Ford Sierra Type 9 gearboxes.
It seems to be paralleled by a growth in interest in the more out-of-the-ordinary events which offer more than the traditional classic car car-park-in-a-field. In the last few years in the UK we have seen the phenomenal growth of Goodwood Revival, and others such as the Flywheel Festival, the Chateau Impney Hill Climb and the Kop Hill hillclimb have all seen similar success. They cost more to to go, but they do seem very popular.
David
David Wardell

David and I are really on the same wavelength. There's also the Boness revival meeting in Scotland which I presume you are aware of and perhaps attended attend I 've got a collection of Foulis [Dundee, I think]published motoring books from the late 40's/early 50's and also a collection of really interesting books about Ferdinand Porsche some of which demand quite a high price.Ecurie Ecosse etc The Malvern Autojumbles I attend seem to have a large number of rusty/ oily bits but whether they are just getting re-cycled or moved around by people having a nosey ... I dont know
Eddie
E I Buckley

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