[Mgs] Old Barn Find?

[Max Heim]

Well, one explanation comes to mind, considering how difficult it is to find
a B in a crowded parking lot... They may just be parked in the back and
impossible to see in order to photograph (or even to approach).

Or, the article hints that most of these cars were acquired as trade-ins at
this fellow's dealership -- perhaps nobody traded in MGAs or Bs, because
they were having too much fun driving them. Although the presence of
Spridgets tends to belie this theory.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 6/28/07 6:52 AM, Bill Saidel at saidel at camden.rutgers.edu wrote:

> After I sutured my jaw back up,  I realized there were very few MG's
> and none of A or B vintage. Anyone have an idea as to why that
> was?  Since there was a TR-4, it cannot be because of the age of the
> collection. Is this lack a political expression of a
> British-Portugese relationship????
> 
> So why?
> 
> Bill Saidel
> '76B
> '74B, under restoration
> 
> At 07:50 PM 6/27/2007, Max Heim wrote:
>> Just for fun, here is the list that SCM magazine compiled from the photos...
>> 
>> So, What's In There?
>> All the cars are dusty and the lighting is pretty poor, but searching
>> through photos of these cars on various web sites, I was able to identify a
>> fair number. Here is a partial list:
>> 
>> Abarth 1300 Scorpione
>> Alfa GTV
>> Alfa 1900 SS
>> Alfa Bertone
>> Alfa Giuiletta
>> Alfa Giulietta Sprint
>> Alfa Giulia Sprint Speciale
>> Alfa Sud 1.5
>> Austin A30
>> Austin A40 Somerset
>> Austin Healey Sprite
>> Austin Mini Cooper
>> Austin Mini Cooper S
>> BMW 2002
>> BMW 1800
>> BMW 501 V8 Sedan
>> BMW Isetta
>> Bristol 404 Saloon
>> 1931 Chrysler CD
>> Citrokn Traction Avant
>> Datsun 240Z
>> DKW 1000SP
>> Fiat Cabriolet
>> Fiat Topolino
>> Fiat 500
>> Fiat 508 Balilla
>> Ford Cortina
>> Ford Taunus
>> Hillman Imp Californian
>> Lancia Aurelia B20 2+2
>> Lancia Aurelia B24
>> Lancia Appia
>> Lancia Flaminia Zagato
>> Lancia Flaminia Coupe
>> Lotus Elan DHC
>> Lotus Elan FHC
>> Lotus Elan +2
>> Lotus Europa
>> Lotus Super 7 Series IV
>> MG Midget
>> MG Magnette
>> Matra Djet
>> 1923-4 Maxwell
>> Mini Moke
>> Nash Metropolitan
>> Opel GT
>> Opel Rekord
>> Peugeot 202
>> Peugeot 404 Cabriolet
>> Peugeot 505 Cabriolet
>> 1939 Plymouth
>> Porsche 356B
>> Porsche 356C
>> Renault Dauphine
>> Rover P5 Saloon
>> Rover P6
>> Saab 93
>> Simca Coupe de Ville
>> Singer Gazelle
>> Steyr Puch
>> Triumph TR4
>> Volvo PV444
>> VW Beetle
>> 
>> Dozens of American sedans, from a 1932 Ford 2-door sedan to 1970s Olds
>> Cutlasses;
>> Dozens of 1950s and 1960s Mercedes sedans;
>> A couple of Formula race cars;
>> 
>> There may be more than one example of each of the cars listed above.