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From: Larry Macy[SMTP:macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu]
Sent: Sunday, October 19, 1997 1:45 PM
To: Dave Houser; MG List
Subject: Re: First MG
On 10/18/97 6:01 PM so and so Dave Houser said. (And I quote)
>Couple of weeks back I mentioned to a friend that an auction for the
>First MG sold in the US was coming up soon in Pennsylvania. Told him to
>pass the word along to a fervent MG fan in my chapter somewhat jokingly.
>Well, word got passed and today at a club gathering, I was shown photos
>of this members latest purchase.
>Yes, he outlasted everyone and I was looking at the 1929 MG-M Type Ford
>brought to the US!
>There was another tale he told of the last MG, a B that was the last one
>sold to Ford as well. Seems the buyer, previously a Non MG type, was
>taking it home on the Penn Turnpike, it caught fire, and burned up
>completely! Sadly, help did not arrive in time.
>
<SNIP>
A sad loss indeed! I thought it was a shame that the pair (first and last)
were being split up in the first place.
I have tried without success in trying to find out what the "first" MG went
for. Can anyone let me know. I really wanted to go out and bid on it myself
but couldn't make it. I missed it the first time when Greenfield Village
auctioned it..it went quite reasonably as I remember, and I kicked myself
for not going at the time.
TIA
apfau@ismi.net
TC, TD, TF, B-GT-V8
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