{"id":42245,"date":"2020-08-26T00:32:17","date_gmt":"2020-08-26T00:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGAR2020\/?page_id=42245"},"modified":"2025-05-07T20:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T20:57:17","slug":"featured-mga-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/featured-mga-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured <em>MGA!<\/em> Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selected articles of interest to MG drivers and enthusiasts from MGA! magazine will be posted for the convenience of members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"display-posts-listing\" id=\"user-posts\"><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/how-not-to-downsize\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/how-not-to-downsize\/\">How Not to Downsize<\/a> <span class=\"date\">August 27, 2020<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">We have all heard of the term &#8220;downsize&#8221;. More recently than in the past. For<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/cars-make-me-smile\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/cars-make-me-smile\/\">Cars Make Me Smile<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 8, 2016<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">It\u2019s different for most of us, maybe the same for a few of us, but<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/namgargt-41-photo-booth\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/namgargt-41-photo-booth\/\">GT-41 Photo Booth<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 19, 2016<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Good news! The GT-41 Photo Booth photos are now available for download. Many thanks to<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/roots\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/roots\/\">Roots<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 28, 2016<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">One of the most rewarding aspects of owning a vintage car (besides driving it) is<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/it-is-definitely-a-sickness\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/it-is-definitely-a-sickness\/\">It is Definitely a Sickness<\/a> <span class=\"date\">December 12, 2015<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In partnership with my body man I have completed four frame-up restorations, and I am<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/why-you-should-not-undercoat-your-car\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/why-you-should-not-undercoat-your-car\/\">Why You Should Not Undercoat Your Car<\/a> <span class=\"date\">July 3, 2015<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">As a young man of forty I bought my first MGA and did a frame<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/an-mg-affair-from-both-sides-of-the-pond\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/an-mg-affair-from-both-sides-of-the-pond\/\">An MG Affair From Both Sides of the Pond<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 28, 2015<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I returned to the UK in 2012 after living for twelve years in the U.S.A.<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/i-guarantee-it-is-all-there\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/i-guarantee-it-is-all-there\/\">\u201cI Guarantee It Is All There\u201d<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 15, 2015<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">These are the famous words of someone who took apart an MGA, got in over<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-ottawa\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-ottawa\/\">A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Ottawa<\/a> <span class=\"date\">October 14, 2014<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Normally I am on my own going to a NAMGAR event but this year I<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mgas-go-to-the-emerald-isle-part-2-ulster-to-sligo-to-essex\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mgas-go-to-the-emerald-isle-part-2-ulster-to-sligo-to-essex\/\">MGAs go to the Emerald Isle Part 2: Ulster to Sligo to Essex<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 30, 2014<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Following our MGCC Ulster tour in Northern Ireland, our six MGAs and one MG6 had<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/an-ale-commissioned-to-celebrate-the-mg-a-brew-to-remember\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/an-ale-commissioned-to-celebrate-the-mg-a-brew-to-remember\/\">An Ale Commissioned to Celebrate the MG: A Brew to Remember<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 28, 2014<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">If you\u2019ve ever been to the town of Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk, northeast of<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mgas-go-to-the-emerald-isle-part-1-essex-to-ulster\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mgas-go-to-the-emerald-isle-part-1-essex-to-ulster\/\">MGAs Go to the Emerald Isle Part 1: Essex to Ulster<\/a> <span class=\"date\">February 22, 2014<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Once upon a time a young Englishman with an MGA heard an Irish folk song<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/affliction-learning-to-live-with-a-life-long-disorder\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/affliction-learning-to-live-with-a-life-long-disorder\/\">AFFLICTION! Learning to Live with a Life-Long Disorder<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 11, 2013<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">The start of my affliction\/disease &#8211; or whatever you would like to call &#8220;MG-itis&#8221; occurred<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/maggy-magnettewhere-are-you\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/maggy-magnettewhere-are-you\/\">Maggy Magnette\u2026Where Are You?<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 21, 2013<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">I\u2019ve been meaning to do an article on the Magnette for some time now and<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mg-vintage-racers-gather-at-lime-rock\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/mg-vintage-racers-gather-at-lime-rock\/\">MG Vintage Racers Gather at Lime Rock<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 29, 2011<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Labor Day weekend the quiet Connecticut countryside came alive as seventy MG vintage racers, including<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/sebring-mga-reunion-march-2012\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/sebring-mga-reunion-march-2012\/\">Sebring MGA Reunion March 2012<\/a> <span class=\"date\">November 18, 2011<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the last MGA team\u2019s participation in the 1962 Sebring<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/the-trip-north\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/the-trip-north\/\">The Trip North<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 30, 2011<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">In the late spring of 1968 a college classmate of mine easily convinced me to<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/a-bit-of-fun-the-hidden-human-factors-of-the-mga-mgb\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/a-bit-of-fun-the-hidden-human-factors-of-the-mga-mgb\/\">A Bit of Fun &#8211; The Hidden Human Factors of the MGA &#038; MGB<\/a> <span class=\"date\">January 20, 2011<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">After years in the aerospace industry fitting men\/women into a cockpit, space capsules, etc., I<\/span><\/div><div class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"image\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/whats-on-your-badge-bar-the-british-motoring-clubs\/\"><\/a> <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/whats-on-your-badge-bar-the-british-motoring-clubs\/\">What\u2019s On your Badge-Bar? The British Motoring Clubs<\/a> <span class=\"date\">March 16, 2010<\/span> <span class=\"excerpt\">Following is an article which recently appeared in the MGA! magazine written by Roger Bailey,<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected articles of interest to MG drivers and enthusiasts from MGA! magazine will be posted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42245","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51753,"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42245\/revisions\/51753"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namgar.com\/NAMGARMAIN\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}