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Hello, everybody! I've been lurking here so long I feel like I know many of you already. This site has been invaluable in getting the newest member of my family sorted out, so I finally made the plunge and joined up myself.

I live in North Carolina, just outside of Charlotte. Last Sept. I bought my first LBC, a '76 Midget. (I've owned an Alfa and a Fiat before, so I have a passing familiarity with cantankerous sports cars.) After a half a year living with the lil' guy, I'm convinced the MG's reputation for unreliability is undeserved. A few months sorting out the DPO's "repairs," and I love it! It's so simple, so straightforward, so <span style="font-style: italic">honest</span>. Italian engineering has a certain logic, they say, but English engineering has a <span style="font-style: italic">better </span>kind.

Looking forward to contributing to the ebb and flow here.
See you in the Spridget forum!
--Bill.
 
Come on over to the Spridget Forum & jump in!! & don't forget the big show iat Lake of the Ozarks in a couple of weeks!
 
Hi, Tony! Boy, do I wish I <span style="font-style: italic">could</span> go to the Spridget 50th; it sounds like a lot of fun and the area looks beautiful. Unfortunately, I just can't swing it. Guess I'll just have to do with all the pics you guys will post after you get back. :smile:
 
Hi, Bill, and welcome to the Forum!
 
Welcome to th' fray, Bill!

bthompson said:
It's so simple, so straightforward, so <span style="font-style: italic">honest</span>. Italian engineering has a certain logic, they say, but English engineering has a <span style="font-style: italic">better</span> kind.
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I've always considered Italian engineering the in-between: In between compulsive Teutonic complexity and the Anglo-Saxon "Get 'er Done" simplicity.

And English engineering ~IS~ <span style="font-style: italic">better</span>. :laugh: :cheers:
 
Welcome from another 1500 Spridget owner!
 
Welcome, glad you joined, seems like you already fit in :smile:
 
Hi There Tony,

"Welcome" to the wonderful world of "LBCs" on the "BCF" from the Pocono Mtns of PA.

Have fun here and with your "New/Old" toy.

Regards,

Russ
 
Welcome aboard,Bill. My wife and I thoroughly enjoy riding in our 1500. :thumbsup:
Too bad you can't manage to join us at the Lake.

Stuart. :cheers:
 
DrEntropy said:
I've always considered Italian engineering the in-between: In between compulsive Teutonic complexity and the Anglo-Saxon "Get 'er Done" simplicity.
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Well, that's pretty much brilliant...I'm gonna have to remember that the next time I hurl insults at my Alfisti friends. :wink:
 
I'll PM ya with the address to send th' royalty check. :jester:
 
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