H G Cox letter 27 August 1947
(99kb) A letter to Sir Miles Thomas detailing sales early orders for the MG Y.
MG YT Factory Production Records ~ recreated (1.8mb)A PDF file by David Pelham (updated 10 October 2018).
The Complete Manchester XPAG Files by Paul Ireland
Classic Engines, Modern Oil
by Paul Ireland
Register your MG Y Type with us Register on line or download a form to email or fax your registration to us
Fractions to Decimals to Millimetres A table to convert fractions of an inch into decimals and millimeters
UK Licence plates
A document reproduced here by kind permission of the Chiltern Vehicle Preservation Group
Parts Cross Reference pages Look up modern supplier part numbers for your MG Y Type Parts needs
MG Service Department Service Sheet Amendments
The XPAG Cooling System by Gene Gillam
The Alternate Parts List by John Lawson. This is a very useful cross reference on many Y/YT and YB parts and lists other cars that had the same parts.
Guide for Users of Historic Vehicles
by FIVA
Safety Fast Newsletters
A full back catalogue of Newsletters scanned from Safety Fast, from the first in 1992, to date.
The MG Y Type Buyer's Guide
A miscellany of resources and articles to help you decide on how to buy and what to look for.
MG Y Type Screensaver
(2.7 MB).
MG YT Screensaver
(3.12mb)
Let there be Ys Screensaver
(11.16mb)
5 Speed YB Conversion
(241kb) A PDF by Tony Vernall.
MG Engine History A PDF file by Neil Cairns - Version 9.0. (1.3mb)
MG Y Ledgers (310kb) A PDF file with an introduction by Neil Cairns of guarantee plates, chassis numbers and engine numbers, where this information is known.
Post War M.G. Saloon cars 1947 - 1999
(4.5mb including colour pictures) by Neil Cairns.
Radiator cap mascots and Hood Ornaments
How different people decorate the front of their car. As always, consult your local laws governing where you live please.
Luggage straps for the MG Y
Details on the luggage straps that were available as a period optional extra.
Stories from the Rear view mirror
Historical research on individual cars by their owners.
Models of the MG Y Type
Details of models of the MG Y Type.
Historical Timeline of Y history events and contemporary world news.
Sister Cars to the MG Y Type by Neil Cairns
The MG Y Type Tool Kit by Jeremy Havard.
Terry Ciantar's original tool kit Photographs by Terry Ciantar.
Service tools for use in the MG Series Y |
25 August 2023
Daman Thakore (IMGYTR India Representative) has posted the third episode of his incredible journey from his home in Ahmedabad, India to London, UK in his MG Y/T. We will be adding his video files to here and it is now ready to watch.
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16 August 2023
Today, please welcome Adrien Meurisse from Auvergne, France with Y 4152 to Ys on Parade. We are proud too to advise you that we have 381 Ys, 171 Y/Ts and 160 YBs for a total of 712 cars on Parade now and a total of 3,546 cars or 42.53% of total production in the on-line Database.
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15 August 2023
Daman Thakore (IMGYTR India Representative) has posted the second episode of his incredible journey from his home in Ahmedabad, India to London, UK in his MG Y/T. We will be adding his video files to here and it is now ready to watch.
The mid month Reprinted Article has also been added to the site today too for your enjoyment. It is from the Winchester MG Owners Club and is a diary of Richard Knight's drive from his home in Hampshire, UK to the Isle of South Ulst in the Outer Hebridies in his 1949 MG Y/T.
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14 August 2023
Daman Thakore (IMGYTR India Representative) has begun his incredible journey from his home in Ahmedabad, India to London, UK in his MG Y/T. We will be adding his video files to here as he releases them so we can follow along. Episode 1 is now ready to be viewed!
Also today, in the interests of security and preventing spam to our Board and International Representatives, changes have been made to our Contact Us page. Now rather than generating a link to your email client you will need to complete a form, validate it with a Capcha validate and submit it to us. This is now a common practice on many websites and we hope that it will not deter you from making contact with us. You cannot attach any files but when we reply you will then be able to send over any necessary files. Appologies for any inconvenience but spammers have become more sophisticated recently and have attempted to break our former security wall so we have strengthened the defences!
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8 August 2023
Peter Wilson has updated his picture and text for YB 1299 in Ys on Parade.
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1 August 2023
This month's Picture of the Month comes from Franz Tenbrock with a picture taken for the article written on the restoration of his Y but never published.
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