The North American MMM Register (NAMMMR) held most of its annual meetings in conjunction with a larger MG Convention, many times one of the New England T Register’s Gatherings of the Faithful (NEMGTR-GOF). This year however, the Annual Meet was all on its own. Bill and Sarah Richey, from Bowling Green, KY put together a fabulous meeting for the prewar Midgets, Magnas and Magnettes (a.k.a. Triple M's or MMM’s). MG announced the first Midget, the M-Type, at the Olympia Auto Show in October of 1928. The first cars didn’t leave the factory (still in Oxford) until March of 1929 and he first road test appeared in the June 28, 1929 issue of The Autocar. This year, 2019, the MG Car Club in England, and many registers around the world, celebrate the 90th Birthday of the M-Type and the beginning of all MMM cars. And the NAMMMR made the M-Type the featured model of this years meet.

The event started in the afternoon on Wednesday, June 19 and following this introduction are several photos of the meeting

and activities, each with some explanations and information to tell the ‘whole' story.
The first evening, event organizers Bill and Sarah Richey invited everybody for dinner in their garage. Garage doesn’t really do it any justice, With their beautiful MGs, between a fantastic collection of MG memorabilia, awards, and trophies, and with fabulous murals of MGs in British sceneries, it is much more a museum with an attached garage.

The buffet was served in front of the shop part of the garage, with its lifts, tools, machinery, and parts. And more MG memorabilia, awards and trophies. Notice all the license plates along the ceiling, mainly MG, that have been in the Richey stable and the (blue) MMM engine block on the shop floor, right behind the British flag.

After dinner, guest of honor Peter Thornley, shared many memories and interesting stories about MG, his late-father John Thornley, (who joined MG in 1931, became General Manager in 1952, and after his retirement in 1969 continued the fight to keep the factory open until its final demise in 1980), the MG factory in Abingdon and the glory years of MG. Peter Thornley’s book, Mr. MG, tells the entire story from the very early beginnings, through the devastation of WWII, and the postwar explosive growth in the United States of America and half-a-million MGBs. (highly recommended reading for MG enthusiasts) However, nothing beats hearing it first-hand, from the man himself, with personal touches and additional bits of information. It was just a fantastic evening.

From a personal note, Peter’s attempt to drive his unique M-Type, RX 7894 (the trip and the car are stories all by themselves), to the All Register MG Convention in Minneapolis, MN in 2001 was an inspiration for us to look for a M-Type ourselves. And when we found one at Silverstone in 2002, Peter happened to be there too. Peter, and his family, lived in Atlanta, GA for many years and was an active member in the local MG clubs. They moved away before we came and because our Ms look very similar, many people in the Atlanta area confuse the two when they see Emma (as we call our M) for the first time; Is that Peter’s car?, I worked on that car in my shop, we have photos of that car, have you heard the story of your M? etc. Once, someone even asked me, are you Peter?
It was a real pleasure to see Peter and his lovely wife Beverly again and

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