Do any of you read "MG World"? I picked up a copy a while ago and
liked it, so I subscribed online using a credit card. They did the
dollars->pounds conversion for me and it came out to around $38 per
year. That is quite a bit cheaper than what someone else is charging
stateside, and I get it from England timely enough (February/March
showed up last week).
That said, I find that I really don't like the magazine. Being a
British magazine, it tends to focus more on models that never made it,
or will make it, to the U.S. market. Occasionally, an issue is really
great, but I'm not going to renew my subscription for 2/6 (or 1/3, if
you will) enjoyment.
"British Car" magazine, on the other hand, is one I really look forward
to getting and have never had a bad read. I even enjoy the stories
about Allards, Morgans, and oddball Jaguar race-cars, even though I
fully realize I most likely will never own one of these cars. I think
the car show reports are my favorite, and their MGB coverage is
excellent considering it's an all-marquee magazine. A while back I
found a Jensen-Healey and asked you guys' advice. "British Car" might
as well have been written by this listserv because everything they said
about the Jensen-Healey, good and bad, was exactly what you all told me.
Go to your local grocery store and pick up a copy of "hot VWs" or "VW
Trends". That is what I want in an MG magazine. A how-to article or
two, a couple of extended car show reports, display articles on folks
project cars telling their stories on how and why, maybe a comical
article on some odd subject, lots and lots of pictures, and ads. Yep,
I even like checking out the two-page per business "JC Whitney Catalog"
style ads. Cheap parts sure are available for those Bugs...
Kevin Smith
NAMGBR 12-5037
'03 Smith (under development)
'68 MGB Roadster (under restoration)
'72 MGB Roadster (rust growth experiment)
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