<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi guys… long time no… anything.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Richard, well I have a new ‘B in the shed - a ’79 with a rather fast, race prepared 230KW Rover V8. But I have had little time to get it in the track. I have moved from Adelaide to Victoria (about an hour and a half out of Melbourne) so I have been tied up settling in the the new place and the new job (yes, still telco).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">BUT the good news is that I have a killer hillclimb (Bryant Park Hillclimb) track 30 minutes away, Phillip Island race track an hour away… and also an hour away, Sandown Motorsport Park (you can google those if you wish). This new car was built for Phillip Island.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I hope you are now able to spend lots of time working on your collection.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Fortunately, I wasn’t working at TH GP this year - because nothing much happened. They got a bit of practice in and a couple of support races before it was shut down.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">And Hans, Coffs Harbour is about a 15 hour drive away so with a bit of effort you can do it in a day with a lunch break :) </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">But I have a spare room here in regional Victoria so you are welcome to stay.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Now, I am going to try to attach a picture that Richard will understand. Pardon the sweat stains - it is still one of my favourite caps (with a genuine story behind it). Hopefully I have reduced the size of the image enough.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Keep in touch, y’all</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Eric</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="2443E0CF-8CAC-4A15-9B88-BBDA74670AB2" src="cid:7B39BD60-7A62-4263-9F55-4B9A422087F9@fritz.box" class=""><br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 13 Apr 2020, at 11:34 pm, Hans Duinhoven <<a href="mailto:h.duinhoven@planet.nl" class="">h.duinhoven@planet.nl</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hi Eric,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">If there is a chance that I go to Australia, I hope to be able to see you.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Australia is a very big country, so a meeting has to be planned.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">There are many nice things to do I believe and why not meeting a lister (or more), like I did 4 times now.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">When I go, I’ll be at Coffs Harbour, where my neighbor boy from the fifties – early sixties lives.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">He also is a car fanatic (drives a Peugeot SCZ noways), so lots mutual interests.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Cheers,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">Hans<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class="">’71 BGT recovering of a leaky cooling system (hose torn). Luckily no damage to head gasket.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><b class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class="">Van:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Richard Lindsay [<a href="mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com" class="">mailto:richardolindsay@gmail.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""><b class="">Verzonden:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>maandag 13 april 2020 10:58<br class=""><b class="">Aan:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Eric; Hans Duinhoven<br class=""><b class="">CC:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>MG list<br class=""><b class="">Onderwerp:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: [Mgs] Birthday<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Speaking of friends, met and not met in person...<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Hello Eric! Wonderful to hear from you. I think of you each year as the Australian Formula 1 race weekend approaches. Did you work the support races this year? Since the F1 race was canceled, we didn't hear about the V8s, Sport UTEs, or any of the other weekend's events.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Still racing your MGB? I'm guessing that Australia is as locked-down as we are here in the States? How are things down in Tasmania? Has the virus made it to your corner of the world? If so, I hope you and yours are well.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">Rick<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">PS: Yes Hans, Eric and I finally met face-to-face a few years ago while both marshaling the F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne.<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><o:p class=""> </o:p></p><div class=""><div class=""><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">On Sun, Apr 12, 2020, 11:36 PM Eric via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p class=""></o:p></div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0cm;" class="" type="cite"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;" class="">G’day, Rick<br class=""><br class=""><br class="">Eric<br class=""><br class="">> On 13 Apr 2020, at 4:56 am, Richard Lindsay via Mgs <<a href="mailto:mgs@autox.team.net" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">mgs@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Hans wrote,<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> > Rick Lindsay. Although I never have met Rick in person,<br class="">> > we daily exchange very nice emails.<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> True, and this statement re-defines the word 'met'. I'll add in that Hans is a 'friend'. The internet had defined some things in a good way too!<br class="">><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class="">> Rick<o:p class=""></o:p></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div><div id="DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class=""><br class=""><table style="border-top-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-top-color: rgb(211, 212, 222);" class=""><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td style="width: 55px; padding-top: 18px;" class=""><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><img src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelope-tick-round-orange-animated-no-repeat-v1.gif" alt="" width="46" height="29" style="width: 46px; height: 29px;" class=""></a></td><td style="width: 470px; padding-top: 17px; color: rgb(65, 66, 78); font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;" class="">Virusvrij.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(68, 83, 234); text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.avast.com</a></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></body></html>