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Default Chapter 19 - History of the 75 and ZT owners club

7/2/2011 - Section finished

About ''The 75 and zt club''

Firstly welcome to "the club" as we folks here like to call it. The club was started in 2006 by several members of another multicar rover and mg site, with the primary owners at the time being Pete and Chrisptopher.

The club can be accessed from www.the75andztclub.co.uk or www.75ztclub.com anywhere in the world!

With over 10,000 registered forum users and a good thousand supporting subscribing memebers, this is the largest club devoted to the 75 and ZT available on the net. We pay tribute to one of the finest examples of British automotive engineering ever to hit the executive market and sadly, also one which has taken a lot of stick over the years by those ignorant to its virtues!

The clubs aim is simple; to help owners and enthusiasts of this outstanding vehicle enjoy them, keep them on the road and meet fellow members to develop a strong community.

It has grown greatly since 2006 when the club was formed and continues to do so with the help of all its forum members. From peoples personel submissions of guides to group buys on items and solutions to problems that MG Rover should have sorted, this forum really is a swiss army knife for your 75 or ZT!

Club Subscription

The club forum is free to view, and all events welcome none subscribing club members at all times.

However by donating £10 a year to the club (which is referred to as subscribing) when you subscribe you will be able to send/receive more PMs, will get more upload space, can use a custom avatar and upload animated signatures along with receiving your membership pack.

Each members pack includes one club sticker, one club tax disc holder and your members card along with your personel information on it, which can be used for various discounts and at events for entry. Your name will also change from blue to red to show you the difference.


There are a variety of stickers depending on the region, such as several examples below.





Subscribing will also give you a discount on purchasing items in the club shop and many of the traders do discounts for club members. That £10 is put towards the running costs of the club, insurance overheads for events and also the maintance of the clubs project car "S 525 OVP"

Should you wish to subscribe, please click the link and follow the instructions. https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/forum/payments.php

S 525 OVP - The clubs S reg car

S525 OVP is a pre-production 1.8 Classic, used by MG Rover for publicity work and later in its life was the security/ambulance for the factory. It's had something of a chequered life, featuring in television dramas when not pounding round the factory in support of the security teams as they try to keep less savoury characters out of the grounds. It's also undergone something of an identity crisis too, turning into a ZT when the Rover name faded away and Nanjing took over the rights to MG.


Recent months in 2008 saw the car suffer a seemingly terminal decline in health and it was parked in a standing area, almost resigned to eventually disappearing inside a crusher - until some gallant club members stepped in and asked if it could be saved. Their hard work and persistence paid off and MG very kindly offered the the car to the club for a nominal sum.

The forum for following updates and progress on the S reg car can be found here, and makes for some excellent reading!


Regions

As part of the clubs expansion last year, Regional Secretaries where voted in by subscribing club members. There are several across the UK and Ireland and all are responsible for organising events and meets for club members in their regions.

Click the link below to go to the overall events section and find a region which will have many active members in it for you to join at official and unofficial events.

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...splay.php?f=15

Feel free to browse the over sea section also, which is made up of members from all over the world!

https://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/for...splay.php?f=16

Club Shop

The club shop is run by Jim , aka J1mbo. He's the clubs official supplier of members packs and such and will also help you order more stickers, club calenders, tax holders and grill badges (see picture below).

To order from the club shop, please view this thread and follow the instructions within it. As a subscribing club member you will qualify for a significant discount on all items!

http://www.the75andztclub.co.uk/inde...ge=clubshopnew


Who's who in the team

Christopher is the current only club director, after Pete has recently stepped down for personal reasons. Christopher works as a biomedical engineer by profession and at times is out of the country so it is not always easy to contact him.

Lead forum moderator is Reebs who can usually assist with 90% of questions and the other team members will be always able to assist you in any way you can.

Otherwise, moderators, regional secretaries and traders all have various coloured names.

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