The Annual Meeting & Holiday Party is coming
Our Annual Meeting & Holiday Party is scheduled for Sunday, December 3rd. See the Calendar Page for details, and be sure to RSVP and send in your meal payments by November 26.
TCMG Wins the Monterey Cup at GoF West Again!
For the second year in a row, TCMG brought home the Monterey Cup from GoF West. The cup is awarded to the single club with the most members in attendance that year. Congratulations to all who attended the event! Also notable is the daughter and son-in-law of David & Joyce Edgar, who in the Edgar’s TC won the Al Moss Memorial High Point Trophy, the premiere award for the event!
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.
Tight Competition for the Sargent Trophy!
The year is more than halfway over, and the battle for the Sargent Trophy has been fierce! The top three competitors are separated by less than 2 points, and all three have had a perfect attendance thus far. Could this be the first time we’ve awarded three Iron Bottoms in a single year?
Our next meeting on November 28th will feature a presentation by Dean Caccavo, who will be speaking about his collection of British vehicles. Learn about the history, restoration and modifications to some unusual cars you may not have heard of before.
This meeting will be held online beginning at 6PM, and members may join 15 minutes early for conversation and settling in. Members who drive their TC 10 or more miles on the day of the meeting will receive a point toward the Sargent Award.
October recap: 33 members and guests attended our October meeting. Six TCs were driven on a simulated journey to a virtual meeting by Edgar, Loe, Lemieux, S. Simmons, M. Simmons and Wilson. Special thanks to Tom Wilson for an amazing presentation on the Wartime efforts and surrounding time frames at the M.G. factory!
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
Monthly Events
Our next driving event will be announced soon.
October recap: 27 members driving 10 TCs and one PA attended the 67th Annual TCMG / ARR Conclave in Paso Robles. See the Conclave History Pages as well as the next newsletter for photos and reports. 28 members also attended GoF West in Carlsbad, with 9 TC entered in the event by Loe, Edgar, Thelander, Schirripa, Weisberger, Hermance, Williams, Lemieux and Hughes.
Monthly DIY Tours
The November DIY tour runs until the 26th. Our holiday party is coming up in just a few weeks, and the food is BBQ-themed, so your task for this tour is to get a Winter holiday and/or BBQ themed photo with your TC. As usual you don’t have to take things too literally, so be creative and most importantly have fun!
Drive at least 5 miles during your tour to receive a point toward the Sargent Award. Photos must be submitted to Joyce Edgar no later than November 26th to receive points and to be included in the Zoom meeting on the 28th.
For more meeting and event information, visit the Calendar Page.
The December 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!
- Terry & Karin Rogers of Seattle, Washington
- Byron & Mary Fox of Mill Valley, California
- Patty McLish & Med Godbout of Solon Springs, Wisconsin
- Greg & Carrie Haskin of Atascadero, California
- Pat Garity of El Cajon, California
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.
July 27: Added new page for Robert & Diane Berry.
July 1: Updated the Technical Info page.
June 30: Added new page for Jonathan Lane & Val Shockley.
May 12: Added new page for Mark Woodward.
May 11: Added new page for Beverly McDaniel-Peever.
May 8: Added new page for Daniel Tiedge.
May 1: Updated the Meeting Info page.
March 11: Added new page for Jon & Diana Acosta.
January 13: Added new page for the 2022 TCMG / ARR Conclave.
January 12: Added new page for Jim Yergin.
January 5: Added new page for Bob & Leigh Ann Weber.
December 9: Added new page for Jim & Rachel Bickley.
December 5: Added new page for Tom Howes.
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.
Join us on October 24th for a very special presentation by TCMG member Tom Wilson. Tom will be speaking about early M.G. history and showing some rare factory photographs from the period. This meeting will be held online. More info to come…
Don’t miss our premiere event of the year, the 67th Annual Conclave with the Abingdon Rough Riders!
NOTE DATE CHANGE! The September meeting will be held on Saturday the 23rd at the home of TCMG members Dave and Bobbie Spiegel in San Marino. Dave will be giving a multimedia presentation on his trips to New Zealand to participate in a private driving tour of pre-war M.G.s. His MG SA and TC will also be on display. This presentation will be simulcast on Zoom. Further details are forthcoming.
Our August Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday the 22nd. The program for the evening will be “Project Updates & TC Adventures” by TCMG members. Those wishing to participate should inform Joyce Edgar and either send her your photos or be prepared to share them yourself. Have a repair or restoration project underway? Gone on a great drive recently? Let us know about it!
Our next event on August 26 will start with a one-hour scenic driving tour through the Santa Monica Mountains above Malibu. Our destination is Point Dume and the home of TCMG member David Mathison. An all you can eat taco bar will be on site to provide free lunch and drinks to attendees, and David’s pair of award-winning vintage motorcycles will be on display along with his other vehicles.
Our July Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday the 25th. The program for the evening will be a presentation by Kregg Hunsberger on the repair of his wrecked TC Special.
The July DIY Tour is on! Summer has taken hold in much of the country, and they say July 4th was the hottest average global temperature ever recorded. To commemorate this new record, your task is to photograph your TC with something “hot”. Don’t assume “hot” can only mean temperature. Be creative!
Our June Zoom meeting will be held on Tuesday the 27th. The program for the evening will be a brief talk by Steve Simmons on “XPAG Camshaft Design and Failures”.
In honor of our Summer picnic this month moving from Pasadena, home of JPL, to Thousand Oaks, home of… well… oaks, your task is to photograph your TC with one of the following:
Our next event will be announced shortly. Photo at left is from the April event.
Our next monthly meeting will be held on April 25 on Zoom. The evening’s program will be a collection of photos and stories from our members called “Things I wish the previous owner hadn’t done”. If you have a stories to share, send them to Mike Simmons.
Our next monthly meeting will be held on March 28 on Zoom. The evening’s program will be a documentary film by TCMG member Charley Williams on the construction of a ski lift in Northern California. Anyone interested in nuts and bolts should find the process fascinating!
Note: This event is tentatively set for Mid-April. The precise date will be set once bloom predictions become more clear.
Our next monthly meeting will be held on February 28 on Zoom. The evening’s program will be a presentation by Pete Thelander on his trip to the Befast TT with his 1934 MG NE.
Join us for the 2023 Lame Duk Kup! Our day will start out with a scenic tour through the twisty canyons of the Santa Monica Mountains. Our destination is the upper reaches of Malibu Canyon where the real challenges begin, including a TC mini-funkhana that will test both driver and navigator. Those driving boring cars (non-TCs) may also compete.
Our next monthly meeting will be held on January 24 on Zoom. Our presenter for the evening will be TCMG member Rob Zucca, who designs and builds exhibits for a presidential library. Rob will be discussing his efforts to build a WWII Sherman tank from scratch, using materials you can buy at the hardware store. Sound incredible? It is! Join us to see for yourself.
The 2022 TCMG Holiday Party will take place on Sunday, December 4. This year’s party will be a BBQ-style luncheon held at the home of Steve & Linda Simmons. Join us and enjoy the following entertainment and activities: