• Hi Guest!
    If you enjoy and benefit from your participation at British Car Forum, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this banner)
Tips
Tips

MGs featured in Toronto!

Share this page

MGA Steve

MGA Steve

Jedi Warrior
Offline
Our Northeastern and Canadian BCF members are going to be having fun in February (from Hemmings E-mail newsletter):

Sports Cars
Canadian auto show to feature MGs

The Canadian International Auto Show will shine a spotlight on the history of MG, February 17-26.

MG fans, update your passports and pack your thermal underwear: the Canadian International Auto Show will shine a spotlight on the history of the Abingdon marque this year with a display of 16 MGs from 1937 through 1980. Called Octagon Dreams: a Salute to MG, the display will be open throughout the auto show, scheduled for February 17-26 in Toronto, Canada. The last MGB to roll off the assembly line is expected to be on display, and organizers are trying to line up the first MG—Old Number One—as well.

The show is expected to draw more than 300,000 people to the Rogers Center and the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto’s downtown. More than 1,000 new cars and trucks will be on display, with a number of Canadian and world vehicle introductions expected.

Tickets are $20 for adults and $7 for children ages 7-12; children 6 and younger are admitted at no charge. For more information, see www.autoshow.ca.

- By David LaChance

/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/canpatriot.GIF
 
Thanks I went last year and it was OK but I wasn't really planning on attending this year but now,I am sooooo there!!
I am actually surprised I hadn't heard of this before as I am a member of alot of clubs that are involved in the Auto show....must have just been decided recently.

Thanks Again

Anyone else plan on attending this year??
 
[ QUOTE ]
Thanks Again

[/ QUOTE ] /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/canpatriot.GIF /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/patriot.gif You're welcome. Always happy to help out our little northern brother. After all, we get to see the captain of the Canadian Olympic hockey team play every week! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif
 
ah, the MG car club...thats why I wasn't aware....I havn't been involved with them in a long while.
 
Be interesting to see if they can get the last car and "Ol' Number One" as both sit in the Heritage Museum in Gaydon. Don't know if they could afford the insurance to get them to Toronto. Trivia question: the last two cars were a roadster and a GT, both Pewter-coloured; which one was the very last one off the rails?

If you ever get a chance to see this museum, go for it. Very impressive. You can even go for a ride in one of their Land Rovers on the test course. You don't get to drive but fun none-the-less.
 
Hey Paul. I'm ready for a Toronto trip. I'll let you know if I can make it, and we can hook up. I wouldn't go to the Detroit show, but for an MG exhibit I'll do the six hour drive!
Jeff
 
There seems to be quite a few that would like to come up / over for this show. Perhaps, with the aid of modern technology, ie: these forums and email, we can pick a day, and time that would be convenient to all.
Six hours Jeff? I need to Mapquest and see where Highland is. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif


Paul
 
Paul, I'm about 40 miles or so northwest of Detroit.
I'd probably cross the border at Sarnia, and take 402 over to the 401.
Maybe six hours is a stretch, but I was allowing for border crossing delays and such. I haven't made the trip in years.
Let's see if we can set something up. I have a neighbor and fellow forum menber who is from Grimsby. Maybe I could talk him into going as well.
Jeff
 
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
jlaird MGB Follow up to my bad post on prewar MGs MG 4
jackq For Sale Numerous MGs and lots of parts MG Classifieds 0
jackq General MG Got a room full of MGs MG 11
AngliaGT Two MGs Spotted 1
L General MG Looking at MGs MG 10
glemon General MG MGs in the news MG 0
Flash_Harry General MG MGs on the Green 2014 MG 0
rick_ingram General MG Post-Abingdon MGs MG 6
B MGA Starting up the MGA after 20 years [applies to other MGs too] MG 3
S MGB MGs go to Monster University MG 3
regularman Bunch of MGs in town Spridgets 5
regularman Off Topic I just saw on the news that there are a bunch of MGs in town for a meet. MG 8
jackq MGs..what to sell..or to sell at all??? MG 10
M Some MGs in England MG 4
lbc_newbie Flood damaged classics... and MGs Spridgets 6
aeronca65t MGs [and Triumphs]-junkyard closing MG 2
tr6nitjulius 3 MGs*Jag*7 TRs [pics] MG 0
aeronca65t Strange and interesting MGs MG 3
aeronca65t MGs at Goodwood MG 0
tr6nitjulius MGs on the grass MG 0
drooartz Missouri MGs in Utah Spotted 6
aeronca65t MGs and more and more MGs MG 4
PAUL161 Cheap MGs For Sale! & Others. MG 2
T Writing new book about MGs and their owners MG 6
aeronca65t Lime Rock MGs MG 2
aeronca65t Recent Photos-race MGs MG 1
D New to MGs w/ a couple questions MG 16
aeronca65t Racing MGs MG 1
bcliff MGs For Sale on Ebay MG 6
Steve_S 980 MGs... Misery! MG 3
jlaird Working title: MGs everywhere. MG 5
jackq back in my MGs MG 4
J MGs in the USA MG 11
G I hate MGs........ MG 26
jackq My MGs have a new freind. MG 4
L More MGs MG 5
R TRs,MGs,Cobras,Maserati @Cars&Coffee Triumph 9
regularman New MGs coming out again! MG 44
G A couple of Redneck MGs...... MG 1
D Safe Places for MGs MG 20
R6MGS R6MGS....+1TR??? Triumph 8
Nunyas Best place to find MGs? MG 15
beaulieu T-Series MGTD engine/gearbox same as other MGs? MG 21
JamesWilson MGs in Classic & Sports Car Magazine MG 7
JamesWilson Booker T & the MGs MG 10
KVH Triumphs? or MGs? Triumph 10
jaybird MGB mgbmedic's MGs MG 1
Banjo Someone at Scion likes MGs Other Cars 8
T Union Jack MGs: she went through with it!! MG 16
R July 20 2024 - TVR Featured Marque at the Hudson (Cleveland Oh) BCD TVR 0

Similar threads

Back
Top