Chris,
We took the GT out on Christmas Day, and the TD out to test its Y2K
compliance on New Years. Both ran splendidly, but did not see another
LBC to wave to on either occasion.
Since cold weather has returned to CT, it will be the GT that attends
tonight's CT MG Club meeting. Unless it's raining or snowing, we usually
have five or six MGBs and an A or two appear for these monthly
gatherings.
Bob
On Tue, 4 Jan 2000 09:36:21 -0800 Chris Attias <cattias@cats.ucsc.edu>
writes:
> I drove my MGB down from Santa Cruz to Los Angeles between Christmas
> and New Years, on US 101. The weather was beautiful, although not
> anything like Christmas ought to be. Don't know how fast I was
> going, as the speedo needle bounces 4-8 mph, even with a new cable
> (I
> don't know what a bad angle drive feels like, but mine seemed to
> spin
> freely when I took it out--speedo prob?), but I would guess an
> actual
> 65-70 mph. I must have been passed by half the homeqward-bound SUVs
>
> and Lexuses in California along the way. I only saw one LBC (maybe
> it doesn't qualify as "little"), an Aston Martin DB 4 (5?) drophead
> pulling off at a rest stop north of Santa Barbara. I would have
> stopped, but he was going in the opposite direction, and it would
> have taken a lot of time to make a U-turn.
>
> Despite the good weather, I saw no other LBCs during the week. I
> know a lot of people weren't going to work, but it was too bad more
> of us weren't out on the road.
>
> I got my "Breakfast at Tiffany's" fix in LA, stopping by The
> Chequered Flag in Marina del Rey to see what they had for sale. A
> couple of nice Bs, very expensive, though. An unrestored
> Morgan--lots of vintage patina, but the doors or body were tweaked,
> some restoration work probably required. In the non-LBC catagory,
> they had a couple of great pre-war roadsters--a Fiat Balilla Spider
> and a BMW 319. The Caterham was tempting, but expensive. PO'd by
> some Fox TV/movie guy. My favorite car, though, was the AC Accea
> that they have been trying to sell for a year or so. Somewhere
> between an MGB-GT and an Aston Martin DB in the scheme of things,
> needing some interior work. I know I'll never be able to afford an
> AC Ace (to me the most beautiful post-war British roadster), but
> this
> is close. They wouldn't take my MGB in on trade--oh,well...
>
> The most rare or unusual thing I saw was a Facellia (baby Facel
> Vega)
> in a Texaco garage in LA. In the process of restoration, I guess.
> A
> project like that makes the availability of MG parts look
> miraculous...
> Chris Attias
> '64 MGB
> '84 Alfa Romeo GTV-6
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