>>Not only did I have a blast, only
>>get mildly frostbitten around the ears,...
>
>I concur on this 100%. My best such top-down in bad weather jaunt was in me
>Mog actually (67 4/4) in a pretty heavy summer rain (okay, it *was* about 80
>degrees so my ears didn't frostbite). ...
OK you weenies, listen up and listen good. I'm only going to tell
this story once. (don't you wish?)
Back in 1970 I purchased my MGA on a student loan and went back to
University. The car was in pretty good shape but being young, dumb, and
etc.I decided that I need to "restore" it. I ordered a new top from London
Trimming Co. in October and expected to wait two weeks for it to fly across
the ocean before I took off the old top.
The middle of an extremely mild November arrived with no top but I
figured it would arrive any day and so removed the old one. -- You guessed
it. I spent the entire winter in Alberta (Home of the "Alberta Clipper" to
all you folks south of the border.) driving my beloved MG without a ragtop.
The top arrived in March by surface mail from England, but I had
gone everywhere in my car. Boy, you get a lot of strange looks with your
skis poking out of the back of the tonneau cover and 2 inches of snow on
your hat and shoulders. I figured that I looked quited dashing and
expected hordes of girls to agree. I was doomed to disappointment.
It was shortly after this that I realized the truth, that girls
really are much more intelligent that men. No girl in her right mind would
volunatarily freeze her parts off just to go for a ride in a sports car
with an intellectually suspect male.
Any one got a better winter MG story? Let's hear 'em.
Michael MacLeod From Alberta - Where the beer and the antelope freeze!!
'68 BSA Spitfire '60 MGA '63 Jag Mk 10
'83 BMW R100 RS
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