June 2018
VALE. JEFF REDMAN 1942– 2018
The MG Car Club Hunter Region has
sent this obituary to one of their long
term members who was a regular atten-
dee at MG Club National Meetings and
known to many of our SA members.
Here is an abridged version...Editor
Jeff Redman was born during the Sec-
ond World War in 1942. He grew up in a
group that have many stories about do-
ing fun things to cars, in cars and with
cars. In 1966 Jeff started his association
with the MG Marque with the purchase
of an MGTC. This car had history. It
competed as the Red
Cigar, a monoposto
bodied, supercharged
race car in several
Australian
Grand
Prix’s.
After a crash, the
stream lined body
was written off and
replaced by a semi
standard version and
this is the way it was
when Jeff took over
as custodian.
Jeff purchased pile of
parts as spares for
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the TC but decided he had enough to
build another MG. This ended up as
their cream & brown TA (finished in
1978).
A few years later Jeff met Merryl and
she remembers trips to hill climbs and
sprints at Amaroo and Oran Park. Jeff
joined the MG Car Club (Newcastle) and
ran the TC at King Edward Park Hill
Climb and other local events as well as
MG National Meetings. Jeff and Merryl’s
first Nat Meet was in the inaugural one
in 78 at Vaucluse House. They didn’t
enter that one but were official entrants
in the TA at the 79 meeting in Ballarat.
Jeff joined the Newcastle Sporting Car
Club, back to Newcastle MGCC and
then was foundation member #2 of the
MGCC Hunter Region when the club
was formed in 1978. After many years
and numerous committee positions, Jeff
joined the Morris Owners Club.
In 1988 we all saw a large pile of rusty
bits at the National Meeting in Canberra.
Jeff saw the potential and purchased
their TA Tickford. Jeff restored it to Na-
tional Concours winning standard.
Jeff passed away in April this year.