MG Car Club of South Australia
MGA/MAGNETTE REGISTER
REPORT
From..Sandra Cardnell
neers came around to
Bazzica’s thinking.
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SEPTEMBER 2019.
e met at the Clubrooms for a talk
by Graham Evans on his MGA.
After some initial problems with the
power point display, getting it from com-
puter No 1 in the office to computer No.
2 in the clubrooms, we went ahead with
the presentation on the computer
screen, not the TV or overhead projec-
tor. Not enough boffins in the room for
that to happen.
Graham was an entertaining speaker
and some of the stories from early Mal-
lala days (1960’s) were interesting, and,
I think some practices were a little
“dodgy” to say the least.
He was guided in some of these by the
inimitable Bob Bazzica who did a lot of
work on the engine and provided some
of the more controversial alterations
and additions. Eventually the scruti-
A little known fact is that
Graham competed in the
worldwide motorkhana
challenge organized by
the MG club in Detroit,
USA. The motorkhana
courses were sent to all
MG clubs and Graham
competed in his MGA.
Some weeks after the
event, a trophy arrived at
Chief Street for Graham.
He had won the trophy
for the MGA class beat-
ing all other entries from
all over the world. Quite
an achievement for a local driver and
car.
On the night we had a good roll up of 25
members with 8 MGA’s and 2 MGB’s in
the car park along with other modern
vehicles.
Apologies from Semmlers
(Africa), Algates (travelling) Bazzicas
(travelling home from the Pre War Meet-
ing in Yamba), Mike Lyon, Ian Wilson,
Pat Mullins and De Denny.
We also had a visitor, Geoff Short, who
lodged his membership application.
Geoff has relocated from Sydney and is
now looking for an engine rebuild on his
MGA. Suspicious noises from the en-
gine and the need to trailer it here from
Echuca is the reason for the rebuild. He
got plenty of advice on the night for pos-
sible mechanical help for the rebuild.
Welcome Geoff.
Among other business was the venue
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