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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.


Original brochure
MG Y Type Screensaver

(2.7 MB).


YT brochure
MG YT Screensaver

(3.12mb)


Let there be Ys
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.


Miscellaneous items

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

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17 December 2025

After looking for four articles on the Superchargers that have been fitted to MG Y Types that I was convinced I had put on the website somewhere but could not find I eventually found them in our Reprinted Articles library! While that is a great place for them, I decided to also add them in a seperate section to our Technical Data page too as that is also a logical place for them.

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16 December 2025

The mid-month Reprinted Article has been uploaded and comes to us courtesy of Enjoying MG magazine where Jerry Birkbeck showed off his triumvirate of MGs.

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13 December 2025

dennisdyb0296It is with great sorrow that I have to tell you that Dennis Doubtfire passed away on Tuesday 9th December 2025. He was feeling perfectly fit in the morning but became ill and passed away after being taken to hospital.

I know many of you knew him well and those who never met him are very aware of his great contribution to the register, to the Y type's continuing existence and to the friendly community that exists around our cars.

In 1991 Dennis was the leading light in forming the present MG Car Club Y Type Register. Together with Colin Rea, he gathered interested Y owners together and formed the first Y Register committee. Their first major event was a Tour of Brittany in 1992 by 6 Y saloons, this was followed by the first Spring Run in 1997 when 39 cars attended to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Y, The Y Register became so successful that it was awarded the Nuffield Gold Cup by the club directors the following year.

Although having been unable to drive his YB for some years, Dennis could not bring himself to part with it. He continued to follow our activities with great interest and passed his considerable collection of Y memorabilia to us 3 years ago.

He was a lovely gentle man and Y owners will remember him for many years to come.

RIP Dennis.

Peter Vielvoye

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12 December 2025

A copy of the Nuffield Organization Salesman's Reference book (MG YB Section only) has been uploaded. (The Export edition was uploaded earlier.)

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11 December 2025

A new film clip from 1967 has been added to the vaults on the UK Automobile Association and their use of an MG Y Type as a training prop.

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1 December 2025

This month's Picture of the Month is again provided courtesy of Paul Young.

We are in need of more pictures for the Picture of the Month feature so please send them into the Webmaster using the link to me on our Contact Us page and asking me to contact you for a picture. Apologies if this is convoluted but it is a necessary security precaution we have to go through to prevent scamming of our email addresses by putting our email addresses on the website directly where robot webspiders can find them. If you already have a note of my email address you can send them direct still too.

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