I had a red MG TD when I lived in Stratford-on-Avon, England. I was 19. It was about 60 years ago. It had a white hood and white wall tires
I was a car salesman at Warwickshire County Garage then (Morris, Austin, and Jaguar). Memorably I sold a supercharged Mini Traveller with wicker panels to the wife of Peter Hall, the Director of Shakespeare Theatre. My company car was an Austin Mini. They asked me to get something more appropriate for my personal car instead of my Triumph TR2, hence the MG.
In those days I had a succession of cars, including a 1937 Morgan 4/4, a 1937 Austin 7, an Austin Healey Frog-eye Sprite and a Rover 60. When the tires became worn it was cheaper to buy another used car than a set of new tires. Since coming to America (Baltimore) in 1974 I’ve owned two MGBs, a TR2, a Triumph TR6, and now my daily drive, a 2008 Jaguar S-type. I bought my numbers matching 1952 MG TD from a classic car outlet in NC where it was on consignment. It had been restored in 2011 and the engine had a partial restoration in 2017.
I live in Hunt Valley, Maryland. I’m a Professor Emeritus of Art, Towson University. I’m still pursuing research in the geometry of composition in art, specifically the Meta-Golden Ratio and exhibiting my paintings.
I was a car salesman at Warwickshire County Garage then (Morris, Austin, and Jaguar). Memorably I sold a supercharged Mini Traveller with wicker panels to the wife of Peter Hall, the Director of Shakespeare Theatre. My company car was an Austin Mini. They asked me to get something more appropriate for my personal car instead of my Triumph TR2, hence the MG.
In those days I had a succession of cars, including a 1937 Morgan 4/4, a 1937 Austin 7, an Austin Healey Frog-eye Sprite and a Rover 60. When the tires became worn it was cheaper to buy another used car than a set of new tires. Since coming to America (Baltimore) in 1974 I’ve owned two MGBs, a TR2, a Triumph TR6, and now my daily drive, a 2008 Jaguar S-type. I bought my numbers matching 1952 MG TD from a classic car outlet in NC where it was on consignment. It had been restored in 2011 and the engine had a partial restoration in 2017.
I live in Hunt Valley, Maryland. I’m a Professor Emeritus of Art, Towson University. I’m still pursuing research in the geometry of composition in art, specifically the Meta-Golden Ratio and exhibiting my paintings.
