Fittingly, he owned a 1973 GT with the reg 'MG 1' and still had the car in
1992, at least. The car was Teal Blue and standard except for the chrome
slatted grill and V8 wheels.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: KGROWLER@aol.com <KGROWLER@aol.com>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: 14 July 1999 22:37
Subject: July 15
>It was five years ago on July 15, 1994 that we lost John Thornley.
>
>The post war MG cars so many of us are wrapped up in - the MGA, the MGB,
>especially the MGB GT, the modern Midget, and the MGC all owe their
existance
>to John's tenure as Managing Director of the MG Car Company from 1952 to
his
>retirement 30 years ago in 1969. He was the founding Secretary of the MG
Car
>Club and was still serving as the Car Club's President at his death. It was
>appropriate in every way that he was known as "Mr. MG".
>
>Please take the time to raise a glass of Guiness or its visual twin, a can
of
>Castrol 20/50 to John's memory - or better still, go out and find a nice
>twisty road in your MG.
>
>Kim Tonry
>Downers Grove, Illinois USA
>
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