TC Motoring Guild Turns 70 Years Old!
Although the group was loosely assembled back in 1952, TCMG was officially formed on June 19, 1954 in the offices of Road & Track magazine. This June we celebrated 70 years of honoring the MG TC! Our annual Summer Picnic Meeting doubled as a birthday party commemorating our seventh decade as a one make, one model club. A large number of historical artifacts from our archives were on display in a special exhibit put together by Steve Simmons and Rob Zucca. See the August newsletter for photos of this meeting.
TC Provenance List Being Updated and Modernized by TCMG
The well known TC Provenance List was created by TC owner Bob Stein well over a decade ago. Steve Simmons has assisted with data submissions and updates for the past few years but the list has grown too large to manage by hand. TC Motoring Guild has jumped in to help update, modernize and maintain the list. Two of our members, Mike Simmons and Steve Simmons are currently working to convert years of hand typed notes into a sorted and organized database of TC car numbers, owner names, locations and historical data. The project will take a tremendous amount of man hours but the end result will be a fully modern and searchable database, hosted on the TCMG website. You can see the old hand-typed Provenance List HERE until the new version is completed.
Our next monthly meeting will be held August 27 on Zoom. The evening’s program will be a talk and photo presentation by Dan Shockey on “The Royal M.G.s”. Dan will be showing us the various M.G. cars owned by the royal family over the years, some of them quite prominent in terms of story and significance.
Note that anyone making a simulated journey to the meeting in a TC by driving a minimum of 10 miles on the day of the meeting will receive a point toward the Sargent Award.
July recap: 27 members attended our July online meeting. 3 TCs were driven a simulated 10 miles by Edgar, Fritz and Zucca.
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
Monthly Events
Our next driving event is in the planning stages and will be announced shortly.
Details including meeting time and location are forthcoming.
May recap: 12 members with 5 TCs participated in our May event. Those with TCs were Bickley, Lemieux, S Simmons, Thelander and Zucca.
Monthly DIY Tours
The Summer DIY event has ended. The next tour will be announced soon.
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
The August Classic Chassis is online and ready for viewing!
To view past newsletters, including one from way back in 1958, visit the Newsletter Page.
Welcome to our newest members!
- Robert Costello of West Dundee, Illinois
- Russell Jones of Vancouver, Washington
- Dennis & Jane Markwich of Emmaus, Pennsylvania
- Rick & Linda Starkweather of Raleigh, North Carolina
- Lars & Roxane Lynge of Salt Lake City, Utah
- Bryan & Lynne Kemper of North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada
- Rory & Cee Jay Kinney of Highland, Illinois
- Peter Finocchiaro of Canastota, New York
August 1: Added new page for Dennis & Jane Markwich.
August 1: Added new page for Rick & Linda Starkweather.
July 15: Added new page for Lars & Roxane Lynge.
May 3: Added new page for Bryan & Lynne Kemper.
April 28: Added new page for Rory & Cee Jay Kinney.
April 28: Added new page for Peter Finocchiaro.
January 27: Added new page for Greg & Ursula Hoeft.
January 27: Updated the Sargent Award rules.
January 19: Added new page for Dean & DonnaRae Caccavo.
January 19: Added new page for Duane Schmidt.
January 19: Added new page for Terry & Karin Rogers.
October 3: Added new page for the 2023 TCMG / ARR Conclave.
September 24: New page added for Patty McLish & Medric Godbout
September 1: New page added for Pat Garity.
As always we are seeking photos for the Members Gallery showing you and your TC. We also welcome member biographies so your fellow TCMG’ers can learn a bit about you, your history with your TC or anything else you care to write about. Historic photos and stories are also being sought to expand our TCMG History section on the site. Please send what you have to Steve Simmons.