My Granddaddy was my best pal. I was pretty sure he walked on water. And he had the coolest car in the world—a 1952 MG TD. It arrived in his garage before I arrived on the planet so I guess I would say I’ve known MGs my whole life. Sometime around 1977, my dad found…
By Kenneth Walker In 2014 I had a brilliant idea. I owned a 1988 Merkur XR4Ti that was racking up the miles, but I felt I thought I needed something different, something older. After a few months of looking, narrowing my choice down to about 15 cars, test driving a few, and being rejected or…
…and only one pair of shoes. “Hello, my name is Rex. Oh! Next to me is my “cup holder,” Jeanine, wife of 49 years—plus three years of dating in high school.” That is how we started out a letter to the mayoral offices of the sixteen cities. We were hopefully spending one night and part…
Moss Tech 101 with guest lecturer, Eric Glomstad My brother Cal has owned his 1959 MGA since High School. It was his first car in 1974 and he cherishes it now as he did then. He called me to say that his beloved had developed a cough upon acceleration and asked for a little advice…
This year’s challenge was a little tougher than last year since as of January 8th we have a newborn! As with years past, we stuck predominantly to back roads and trying to find small towns since they tend to be more interesting than highways. Sometimes our daughter went along for part of the ride, other…
Despite the success of the Triumph TR4 and TR4A in sales and competition, as the end of the 60s approached it was clear that the company had to improve its performance with the introduction of a new engine that could offer not only greater horsepower, but also smoother operation than the relatively rough and noisy…
Prior to the much anticipated millennium, this my 15-year chronicle started to unfurl. It began innocently enough with a brisk drive here in North Idaho at an excursion with Northwest British Classics. The next day, I heard a knocking sound emanating from under the bonnet of my 1971 Triumph TR6 when I first fired it…
I have been asked to provide a female perspective about the Tech Team of our Ohio Valley Austin-Healey Club. My credentials? I’m a Healey wife who has observed this team at work. Now I can identify a transmission—when it’s out from under the car, that is. While I prefer things clearly labeled, these fellas thrive amongst…
When I bought my MGB, I knew just a fragment about the mechanical aspects of a car, but each day I would learn something new. One day it was how to set the gap on spark plugs and contact points. The next it was bleeding brakes and slave cylinders. By the time I had owned…
Cool stuff for cool cars. Our catalogs showed those words for a long time. While it’s true—ever since Al Moss started the company in 1948—that we aim to provide the best selection of British parts, I suggested that we adopt another tagline that reflects what we believe in as much as the previous described what…
