I was offered a chance to drive the Moss Motors’ TD pickup to GOF this year, and considering the state of my MGA. I accepted. There is nothing like driving a car to find out what they are really like… and after talking to lots of people about their experiences in a T-type, I thought…
It was asked of me for probably the 985th time in our 34 year marriage – “What on earth did you buy that for”? The answer was simple. I thought it was cute; I always loved its prominent headlights, and it was such fun to drive. All reasons why I recently undertook a 3500 mile…
Maybe the sunrise in Santa Barbara on August 28th was especially beautiful, or maybe it was just our excitement at being up so early to set off for GOFWest ’92, this year’s annual gathering of MG T-series owners in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. My friend from Ohio, Paul Johnson, had flown out to join me on…
This story starts with the purchase of a 1974 Spitfire body two years ago. The owner of the car body tried to install a 20R Toyota engine and five-speed tranny. This didn’t work at all, so I sold the Toyota gear and purchased a 1972 Spitfire parts car for $250. This car had an engine…
I’ve lost count of the number of times the following phone conversation has taken place: “Hi Ken, the wife and I are off to England and we’d like to know where to go and what to see, automobile-wise.” “When are you going?” I usually ask. “Thursday,” is the reply, this conversation taking place the previous…
Recently me and the missus drove our 1962 MGB out to Phoenix from Santa Barbara. (I say 1962 even though technically it is known as a ’63 to the DMV. However, as it was built 37 years ago on April 18, 1962, that’s what it is—a ’62!) We battled our way round the eternal freeway…
Last spring I cried from sheer terror on this pass. I just wanted to get down off Red Mountain before a great chunk of the melting snow that was dropping on the road in near-MG-sized snowballs decided it wanted a ride down with us. I’d wanted to take more pictures, I wanted to put the…
So we come to the end of a century which, among other things, has seen the birth of flight, man on the moon, the extinction of the traditional British motor industry, plus many other momentous events. But it’s not all doom and gloom. (Although, according to some pundits, this may be the last column you’ll…
By Robert Goldman “You’re doing what? In a Mini? It’ll never make it out of the foothills, much less up the Alps!” they all said. Shortly before my 40th birthday, the AARP sent me a membership card. It wasn’t a real one, but a cleverly disguised “invitation to join.” I never really thought of 40…
Or, How I Spent my Summer Vacation By Rick Malsed Ever since I was a teenager, I dreamed about owning a T-Type MG. After 40 years, I finally bought my dream: an Austin-Healey blue/gray-bodied, black-winged TD that I named MaGgie in honor of Maggie, my little black-and-white Shih Tzu companion and navigator (she thinks). But…
