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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hello Hans,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thanks for the heartfelt post. Although we never met, I’ve always enjoyed your comments and insights.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>David Darby<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Missouri<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></a></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-ligatures:none'> Mgs [mailto:mgs-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>h.duinhoven@planet.nl<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 7, 2023 8:15 AM<br><b>To:</b> mgs@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Mgs] Without my MG<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>We have moved home, which is much smaller than the previous one.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>This also was applicable for the space in the garage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>So I had to make a choice – either keeping my MG, or my 3 classic Puch mopeds from the seventies.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>I have been measuring a lot and came tot he conclusion, that the 3 Puch mopeds are to stay and the MG had to go.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>After 33 years of joy with my MGB GT from California, restoring it, driving it, and rarely being stranded because of a malfunctioned ignition rotor of only 9 months and <2,000 miles old) I sold it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>I want to thank the listers for their friendship.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Especially those listers whom I met during my several visits tot he USA and UK, or who came to visit me:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Rick Lindsay<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Rui Gigante<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Bud Krueger - special thanks to Bud for being twice my kind host of the day<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Carl French<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Mike Nadeau<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Frank Krajewski<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Steve Walker<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Trefor Delve<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Paul Hinchcliffe<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Denise Thorpe – who also did a lot of work on het MGB by herself!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Alex Gotfried<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Ed Kaler of Justbrits…<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Jim Goodwin of Colorado Springs very special thanks for organizing a fantastic tour around the Garden of the Gods in February 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Pics of the Boston area events at Bud Krueger’s site:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><a href="http://www.ttalk.info/Tech/hans_across_the_water.htm">http://www.ttalk.info/Tech/hans_across_the_water.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><a href="http://www.ttalk.info/hans2.htm">http://www.ttalk.info/hans2.htm</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Paul Hunt - special thanks to Paul, whom I met a the Heritage Museum Gaydon UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>My MG pictured during this visit in the UK in July 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Paul & me pictured with our cars in front of the museum:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>The list has helped me with the restoration of my GT and after learning on the job, I was able to help others. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Thanks everyone!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>If our moderator is o.k. with it, I’d like to stay in a more listing / lurking mode.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL>Cheers, </span><span lang=NL style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='mso-fareast-language:NL'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL style='mso-fareast-language:NL'>Hans Duinhoven<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></body></html>