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I have always been partial to "sports cars". When i was a pre-schooler, my
Aunt used to baby sit me and she had a 50's MG TD (she still has it actually).
Then when i was a bit older, my older brother had a FIAT 124 Spyder, in
addition to many other cars i used to help work on. When i graduated HS i got
my own FIAT 124 convertible. Which eventually rusted away...
Many years later (and many non-sporty cars later), a secretary at work happened
to mention she was selling her husbands MG. Ooo...i perked up...a T series???
An MGA perhaps??? No, just a rubber bumpered MGB. The price was right though
and after new gas, oil and a battery, i drove it home in a rainstorm. Got it
working well enough to drive to the 2004 NAMGBR event in Northern NJ.
This past fall my big project was shoe-horning the MGB into my garage for the
winter, but i promise to get it back on the road and do some more upgrades in
2006. Maybe fit that yummy Moss supercharger...
Donny V
1978 MGB
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Subject: How did we pick our Marque?
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I have been curious how did you listers get so enthused about the LBC you own.
How did you get involved with that car?
When I came out of college in 1960, I saw a used 58 Austin-Healey 100/Six for
sale and not being the biggest guy on the block, felt it was the appropriate
car
for me. Fell in love with it. Drove it to work thru sun, rain & snow. I
guess
I didn't treat it with the respect it deserved and it slowly deteriorated.
I bought my current 1957 100/Six in 1976 and wouldn't trade it for the world.
How about you?
Rudy Streng
Lenoir, NC
AHCA & AHUSA
100/Six Registar
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