I'll tell you one thing..MGC GT auto is a great grand touring car...peppy, roomy...if you ever get a chance, buy one!

I didn't know they never sold MGC's in Canada....I've actually seen quiet a few here over the years, guess they probably migrated up here.

Luke, I think they figured we had the Austin Healey, so that was enough. We also didn't get the Stag and Spites [after the merger] Too bad the V8 MGs never made it to N.A.
Hal

That Should Be Sprites. Hal

I don't know about the correction, Hal. I've had some of mine "spite" me on occasion.
Jeff

Just got back from the Steamworks - Gastown [Vancouver] Concours d Elegence [I'm A judge] On display--1911 Russell with English Daimler Knight engine,1911 RR Silver Ghost w 1921 Hooper body and electric upgrades,1929 Austin Chummy,,1930 MG-M,1928 Bugatti Type44 Roadster 1934 MG-PA,1937 Horch 853, 1946 Tatra 787,1951 Austin Atlantic,1953 Fiat 8V,1960 Morgan Plus4 DHC,1960 Alvis 7D21, 1966 Honda S600, 1968 Aston Martin DB6,some more RRs and Bentleys plus 50 or so NA cars. WoW --- came home and wisher I was rich Hal

My visitors from Suffolk have left after a great holiday [he just bought a new Skoda !!!] I gues they are VWs now, not like the ones sold here years ago. I lived in England for a year [75-76] and bought an old Morris Traveler. It was dark when I bought it and I wondered why the wood had been painted black. It made quite a thump when hitting a bump and the next morning I had a better look at the body. The wood had rotted to the point the roof was no longer attatched, so when I hit a bump,it bounced. The previous owner had sculpted the missing wood with fiberglass[glassfiber] and painted it to hide his handiwork. I was able to buy a good body for 15.00 pounds and installed it.
We put about 15,000 Mi. on the car and it was fine. Hal

Another Morris story My exhaust system was getting a bit noisy and I saw an ad for a complete new system installed for 9.99 pounds [I don't have the pound key] I was a bit sceptical, and sure enough--- he said the Traveler was more. How much more? I asked. 11.95 he said. So I told him to go ahead and I got the front pipe, silencer, tail pipe, hangers, clamps plus labour for 11.95 I wonder what the cost would be to-day Hal

I went to work for the local Ferrari dealer for a short while [ I got to take a used V12 home for a week-end] and was told about a customer who mangled his pass. side door. They ordered a new one from Italy, and after 5 weeks a crate arrived. They opened it and found a flat sheet of aluminum !!! bet the're still laughing. Hal

Ferrari V-12's are my fave Ferrari engines. Have an old V-12 piston right here on my desk as an ashtray!

Yoda, I was amazed at the Ferrari's low speed torque-- if you were in the wrong gear, it would still pull away briskly. It would do 50 MPH in 4 different gears. My 36 Cord would do 50 MPH in 3 different gears [quite something 60 years ago] The Cord had a 4 speed with both 3rd and 4th overdrive ratios.

That should be 70 years ago. Hal

Tony wrote a while back that the MGC-GT is a greaqt touring car. I have numerous Bs..roadsters and GTs..and a 69 MGC-GT..and a 68 C roadster that will probaly never be a driver again. The CGT is a wonderful car, have had it 20 years and is a ball to take out in the desert and let it go. Drive that..then hop in the non o/d B and its like nite and day...but at least the top goes down on the B.

Hey, Jack - I'm gonna put a Webasto in my '74-1/2 GT...I have an old one that I want to rebuild but need parts so I've been in touch with the folks in the UK for them....I'm also thinking about buying a new one for my '69 MGC-GT...maybe we need to do a group buy...

I never got to drive an MGC GT as they were not sold in Canada [some have been privately imported] Sales of the GTs took a dive after the 24 Oz. came out [also the GT6+] I guess that was the right car at the right time. but I wonder how many of them are left now. Hal