Automotive

I know it’s not a supercar, or even a barnstorming canyon carver, but it’s the quintessential British Sports Car of the postwar period. I had one me-self and today I was faced with another being sold by my pal Steve… but I don’t think I want another. As t...  

Had to look it up. Added a whole range of MG's to the index.

PS - Say Bill, can this reader count be right? ...  

There’s an MG expert in town who had some of the older ones. TA in 1936 or so. TB about when the war started 1939 but few made as production stopped TC 1945-55 “Drive Like Sterling Moss and still not get a speeding ticket" TD - this is the one I had. Noti...  

My uncle restored from ground up TA's and a 'racing' TC in his home garage. I remember him fabricating new ash frames from raw timber. Later he had a chrome bumper MGB (GT?) as a daily run around too. My other uncle had a 50's TF whilst in Paris that attr... 

One day…

Pre-war technology produced post-war, underpowered for today's pace and not particularly comfortable. Long journeys are a real challenge. I would go anytime for a MGA instead which turned up only a few years after: beautiful shape and you can travel anywh... 

If you want primitive and slow, but comfortable, it did the trick. I’ve had more than a dozen; when we lived in the UK ’91-92 we had these: the first Slough-built car I brought over from the US the second Louis Barbour-built car I had constructed in the U...