The ‘lead’ article this year honours the ninetieth anniversary of   MG ‘s famous ladies’ team at Le Mans in 1935 – “George Eyston’s ‘Dancing Daughters”. Malcolm Green describes the background to the cars, and the lady drivers, and explains how the three P Type Midgets ended up as ‘Cream Cracker’ trials cars after Le Mans.

Keeping with the ninetieth anniversary theme, Jonathan Toulmin and Bryan Ditchman have provided an overview of the genesis and development of the ‘Cream Cracker’ and ‘Musketeer’ trials teams, including the Le Mans P Types, which began in 1935. And of course, the racing NE Magnettes took on trials duties in 1935 between their appearances at the Ards TT in 1934 and then again in 1935. These versatile cars, and their intriguing history, are described in Mike Edmondson’s article.

Long time MG Car Club member, the late Colin Butchers came from Brighton and had accumulated a substantial amount of information on the Brighton Speed Trials. Chris Harrill has undertaken the huge task of distilling all this information into a highly readable account of Triple-M participation in the event from 1932 to 1974 – a most interesting read.

The world of the famous supercharged K3 Magnettes can be somewhat confusing to outsiders, but Teifion Salisbury has set out clearly for us the current status of two much-debated cars, K3015 and K3015/2. He is able to do this with more authority than most, of course, since both of them now reside in his garage!

An article by the late Mike Allison on engine paint colours – were they painted red, green or blue – would seem to settle the matter once and for all: they were red.

On the technical front, the brakes on Triple-M cars are often dismissed, even in the MG literature, as just ‘cable brakes’ as though they were some sort of inferior operating system, but inferior to what?  The editor makes the case that they were, in fact, truly innovative in their day and deserving of a much better press than they generally get – see Brake-By-Wire, Triple-M Style

Nowadays, it’s unlikely that anyone would seriously consider fitting a Ford E93A engine into a J or a P Type Midget, but sixty years ago it was a popular conversion and an article from Practical Motorist from 1961 is reproduced (with permission) showing how to do it. Food for thought? 😄

Two articles pay tribute to past members no longer with us – John Kidder and Steve Dear – both of whom contributed significantly to the development of the Triple-M Register over the best part of half a century.

The annual Register Summer Gathering, hosted by Elizabeth and Andrew Taylor, is one of the highlights of the Triple-M year and regularly attracts over fifty cars covering just about every model in the Triple-M range. This year’s report, with generous photographic coverage, shows what a great fun day it is.

And to wrap up the Yearbook, as usual we have the Competition Report which gives an overview of the racing and speed events in which Triple-M cars participated throughout the year together with summary tables for the main awards.

The Triple-M Register 2025 Yearbook offers much of interest for enthusiasts of cars of the prewar era – MGs and other marques alike – in a professionally presented publication, with a limited print edition. Now is the ideal time to add it to your bookshelf.