Richard:
Don't ever believe that you can get an impression about a person from
what you see on television. Television and pretty much most other media
is very inaccurate and are intended to entertain rather than portray the
truth.
Jay Leno has been a car nut for a very, very long time. I first met him
just after I moved to California in 1992 when he showed up at our local
Ventura car show. At the time he was getting to be a successful stand up
comedian and did much of his own mechanical work.
When manning the sales phones at Moss, I took quite a few orders from
him when he was working on his MGs or Triumphs.
Now he is a big name, but he still took time out of his schedule to
swing by a small car club get together in down town Burbank a couple of
months ago, twice.
After watching him the other day helping get a classic started up in the
Gooding auction tent at Pebble Beach, I'd suggest that the man very much
deserves the title of REAL CAR GUY, with emphasis on the REAL.
This is not to mention the very public stand he took on creating the
rolling 30 year smog exemption a number of years ago and the work he did
to try to prevent the Goverator from repealing it.
This from a very non-starry eyed appreciator of the man. I don't watch
television, either the Discovery channel or the Tonight Show. Personally
I'm a bit disappointed that he is so famous, because I'd love to get a
chance to sit down and chat cars without a whole gaggle of hand-shakers
around.
Kelvin Dodd
Ojai, CA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgb-v8@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Richard Morris
Sent: Sunday, August 27, 2006 9:43 AM
To: mgb-v8@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: AC 'Midget'?
Jay Leno has some really nice cars, but as far as him being a real car
guy,
give me a break. Honestly, the most stupid thing he has ever done was
pay
his mechanics to put an Old Tornado body (originally front wheel drive)
on a
late model corvette frame/drivetrain (rearwheel drive) and then tout
this as
a major project. The Discovery Channel was lame enough to make a show on
this car. You can bet that real car guys (as in many if not most on this
web
site) are offended by the people like him that think money can buy them
a
reputation. Leno probably wouldn't know anything about English cars.
(think
he might know about the MG line?). I bet he wouldn't be able to even
tell if
a bugeye and a midget (sprite) were related. Think he knows that MG is
"Morris Garage"?
Richard Morris
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