Monthly Archives: November 2014

We Pick Up Where Others Leave Off

Tom Hoy was a mighty lucky guy.  When he sensed a ‘lack of progress’ he pulled his MG out of the restoration shop shortly before the fire that burned the place down.  In fairness they’d done a pretty good job … Continue reading

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Incredible But True Repairs (cont.)

Well that TD crankshaft would have quite a tale to tell if it were a sentient being.  In addition to being marked .010/.010 on one side of the number one & two throw, it was marked .020/.020 on the other side … Continue reading

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The Lady Was Innocent

A favored MG trivia question is to name a seven letter work with all five vowels in it.  The answer is 1949 MG TC in the Sequoia Cream Livery like this one here, on its way back to Virginia soon after … Continue reading

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On The Road Again

Late in the summer I trundled down to Rumson, New Jersey to retrieve a 1965, give or take, MGB which had been sitting in a heated garage since about 1985. Thirty years of solitude will effect a toll on a … Continue reading

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