I was always partial to the Y type and Z type saloons. Very elegant...
Mike
(Ex-BGT and MGA Coupe owner)
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Macartney" <macartney.john@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <TR250Driver@aol.com>; <spitlist@cox.net>; <triumphs@autox.team.net>;
<fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [TR] MG vs. Triumph
> Sorry, Darrell - I have to disagree. While MG may be known stateside for
> the T
> series, A, B, and Midget - you have to remember that MG also made a wide
> range
> of saloons as well, both pre and post war that were just as important to
> the
> company and its customers as the two seaters. You may not have seen the
> non-two seater models in the US as much as we did in Europe, but they're
> still
> MG's in every sense of the word and deserve absolute and equal recognition
> :)
> Jonmac
>
>
>
>
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> <TR250Driver@aol.com>
> To: spitlist@cox.net; triumphs@autox.team.net;
> fot@autox.team.net
> Sent: Mon, 25 January, 2010 22:30:07
> Subject: Re: [TR] MG
> vs. Triumph
>
> In a message dated 1/23/2010 9:03:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> spitlist@cox.net writes:
>
> It came down to a difference in personality:
> Triumph were raucous, snarly
> little things, all torque and attitude, while
> MGs were more refined, often
> slower, but usually better built
>
>
> Hey Joe,
> I
> know as an owner of multiple Triumphs that for much of the glory days of
> the
> competition between the two marques, one had a lot of choices of
> different
> models with Triumphs. Triumphs evolved over the years that they were
> produced. Three distinct changes in the legendary Hairy Chested TR
> series,
> several changes in the Spitfire series and then modern Shape of Things to
> Come the last of the TR series. Not to mention Stags, Heralds, etc.
> "Variety
> is the spice of life." With MG it basically came down to two types. You
> had chrome bumper and rubber bumper in midget or regular size. Ha! No
> comparison!!!!!
> Darrell
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