Pics from MOWOG VI

[Spinne]

I didn't feel one with my camera on Sunday (or my car either), so most are not exactly in focus or of spectacular compostision/quality.

http://www.pbase.com/jmh/20020929mowag6

[Bill Owen]

Thanks for sharing Spinne. I should have my photos posted soon.. I enjoyed your Pikes Peak Hill Climb photos :D

Good stuff!
http://www.pbase.com/jmh/ppihc&page=all (2002 Pikes Peak International Hill climb)

[phile]

Originally posted by Spinne


I didn't feel one with my camera on Sunday (or my car either), so most are not exactly in focus or of spectacular compostision/quality.

http://www.pbase.com/jmh/20020929mowag6

I was one with my car, but my car was not one with the course. So it goes.

Thanks for the photo! I have not had a shot of Grace N. Violence in action for a long time. She looks a lot better than she felt right there.

Phil "STILL giddy from LOG" Ethier

[Bill Owen]

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/1GTI.drew.jpg

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/1civic.jpg


http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/1cobra.rear.jpg

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/1kid.jpg

http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/1BMW.jpg






More pics... WARNING: PHOTOS ARE LARGE!
http://prudhoe.codeword.com/mnpctech/mnautox/M6/

[Spinne]

Thanks for the pics Bill! Anyone else?

[Drew]

Thanks for the pic, Bill! Now I've got some new desktop wallpaper.

Drew Baumbach
VW #770

[Protege Menac]

http://jjj.image.pbase.com/u17/jmh/medium/5444118.DSCN3092.jpg

Thats MY new background :D

Anyone else have any pics? my friend and I forgot to bring our cameras :(

And did anyone get a picture of the police car in action?

[Spinne]

FYI: If you want to link to pictures hosted on my Pbase site or any other members pbase site, the correct way to get the URL is to take the address, append a size (small, medium, large, original), and add a .jpg as in the example below:

http://www.pbase.com/image/5444118/medium.jpg

would be:

http://www.pbase.com/image/5444118/medium.jpg


:)

[DCM]

MOWAG???????
WHAT'S THIS?
THE WORD IS MOWOG!
SORRY TO BE SO, WELL......
BUT, THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM THE PARTS DIVISION OF THE NOW EXTINCT
BMC OR BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION. [ MG'S, AUSTIN HEALEY'S ETC.]
SIMILAR WOULD BE, MOPAR FOR CHRYSLER, ROTUNDA FOR FORD, OR DELCO FOR GENERAL MOTORS.
wE USE THAT WORD BECAUSE ONE OF THE CLUBS THAT MADE UP MAC WAS THE BMC CLUB AS WELL AS THE MINNESOTA OPELS DRIVERS AND EVEN A CONNECTION TO THE 3M AND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SPORT CAR CLUBS.
WANT TO LEARN MORE?
SOME IS IN THE FINE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY DON GETTINGER, OR SPEAK TO HIM AT THE NEXT EVENT.
DCM

[phile]

Originally posted by DCM


MOWAG???????
WHAT'S THIS?
THE WORD IS MOWOG!
SORRY TO BE SO, WELL......
BUT, THE WORD IS DERIVED FROM THE PARTS DIVISION OF THE NOW EXTINCT
BMC OR BRITISH MOTOR CORPORATION. [ MG'S, AUSTIN HEALEY'S ETC.]
SIMILAR WOULD BE, MOPAR FOR CHRYSLER, ROTUNDA FOR FORD, OR DELCO FOR GENERAL MOTORS.
wE USE THAT WORD BECAUSE ONE OF THE CLUBS THAT MADE UP MAC WAS THE BMC CLUB AS WELL AS THE MINNESOTA OPELS DRIVERS AND EVEN A CONNECTION TO THE 3M AND UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SPORT CAR CLUBS.
WANT TO LEARN MORE?
SOME IS IN THE FINE ARTICLE WRITTEN BY DON GETTINGER, OR SPEAK TO HIM AT THE NEXT EVENT.
DCM

This is from the second time I printed this in THE RIGHT LINE,
apparently in 1996:

The Origin of the Series by Phil Ethier

I am often asked, "What does "MOWOG" stand for, and how did it get to
be the name of MAC's autocross series? This came up again at the May
MAC meeting. After I explained, I was told I ought to print it in THE
RIGHT LINE. Actually, I have; in January of 1991.

When the British
Motor Corporation was formed, the former companies were kept in groups.
Austin and Riley were in one group, I believe. Morris and Wolseley were in
another, which encompassed the MG line of sports cars. In an effort to keep
things straight in the rapidly-expanding company, with new cars coming out with
parts from many sources, they began to mark parts according to their origin.
The code for the Morris Wolseley Group was the word MOWOG. This odd
little word caught the fancy of British-car enthusiasts. It is most known in this
country for showing up on MG parts.

The Upper Midwest BMC Club adopted
the name for its autocross series. I don't know when this was, but had to be
before 1968, when I joined. The subsequent merger with Minnesota Opel
Drivers, and the club's name change to Minnesota Autosports Club, didn't kill
it so we have a tradition that is at least 28 years old.

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Phil Ethier