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Re: MG Article

To: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@lucent.com>, "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MG Article
From: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Fri, 15 Jan 1999 19:12:44 -0000
I remember that ad and have laid my hands on some thumbnails of that and
many other MG ads of the period that I am in the midst of creating a web
site for.  When I first saw the ad I must admit the phrase "chapel hat pegs"
sprung to mind for some reason ...

PaulH.

-----Original Message-----
From: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 15 January 1999 04:07
Subject: MG Article


>I was scanning through the December issue of "Practical Classics"
>and they had an article on the MGB, MGC, and V-8, the B-line as they
>called them.  I have not read the article yet, but the pictures
>look good.  Lots of old ads, pictures of the factory, etc.  I
>liked the ad titled, "Your Mother Wouldn't Like It".  It
>shows a MGB under a movie theater marquee, with a, shall we
>say, healthy young woman walking in front of the car.  The
>small caption at the bottom of the ad says, "But your dad
>probably be quite interested..."  BTW, the theater was
>showing the "Last Tango in Paris".
>
>Bill Gilroy
>77 Midget, no MGB, but liked the ad
>


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