From Moss Motoring 1983 A native Californian, Del Mar resident Jim Alcorn has yet to suppress the “Automotive Urge” which first manifested itself some four decades ago. As a boy, Jim built CO-2 powered balsa-wood race cars, progressing to the excitement of constructing official Soap Box Derby racers for the annual hill challenge in San…
From Moss Motoring 1984 l remember the day as if it was only yesterday. It seems hard to believe that it was over ten years ago. The sticker price was $4,255.35, including preparation and polish and inland freight. The TR-6 was one of two in stock. It was French blue, while the other one was…
Dear Sirs, I have Just read your Autumn 1983 issue of”The Moss Motoring News letter” and found it very interesting. I own a 1967 3000 MKIII Austin Healey and enjoyed in particular the articles dealing with the AH. I am also one of your customers and would like to receive future issues of your Newsletter….
That master automotive humorist and talented journalist, Peter Egan, penned some ‘Tech Tips’ for an issue of Road and Track several issues back. We enjoyed them so much, we are reprinting, with the gracious permission of R&T, an excerpt from Peter’s article. (If you don’t already subscribe to Road & Track, you should! Peter’s columns…
By Dave Ramstad I wear the ‘colors’. I believe it’s compulsive. Dudley Haines, writing from Juneau for the February Healey Highlights, states a fact known to all of us. The bonafide Austin-Healey lover is distinguished by the trait that he must have his beloved machine somewhere nearby at all times. Many others have proclaimed the…
By Dawn Nichols It was fall of 1980- the phone rang- it was my husband Mike- he said, ‘Meet me on Garrettson Ave.- I want you to see something!’ My first thought was,’ Oh boy!?!’ Another car to restore-I wonder what it could be this time! (I had put my order in years ago for…
From Moss Motoring 1984 Submitted by Judy Rohlfing Tulsa, OK A few months after I’d received my driver’s license, in 1965, my parents surprised me with a ’57 MGA. To a sixteen-year-old girl, this was perfect car in every way, from its wire wheels up to its convertible top. I wanted it painted canary yellow…
From Moss Motoring 1984 Submitted by David E. Harris Pasadena, CA You’ve been putting it off, but now you’re going to have to do it- rebuild your MGA Roadster’s transmission. You run to your Factory Workshop Manual and scream in horror as it tells you that you must pull both the engine and the transmission…
From Moss Motoring 1984 I received a call the other day from an MGA owner looking for used parts. He mentioned owning a couple of roadsters. Why is it, I thought to myself at that point, that most British sports car owners have more than one. It’s just like the old potato chip commercial. You…
Ruth and Len Renkenberger recently resigned their positions with the North American MGA Register. Along with Mac Spears and John Wright, Ruth and Len established the Register in July of 1975. At that time, Len took over editing the newsletter and Ruth was secretary/treasurer. The first issues of the NAMGAR newsletter were printed in Len’s…
