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simon1966
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The week before Easter, I bit the bullet and purchased a 1977 MGB. Feeling brave, I drove the car from TX to IL and had a blast! 863 miles of joy and then.......at the last light..........0.8 miles from home late on Good Friday evening my car sputtered and stopped. :highly_amused: I have to say that this was a memorable end to the journey, but in some respects marks the start of my new venture into British Cardom.
In the early 80's, back in my homeland in England I purchased an Austin Healey 100 BN1. This fairly tired old car had seen far better days, but at 2000 GBP it was all I could afford. I drove it for some years and then one day parked it in a lock up, and headed to a new life living and working in NY. A 1971 MGB GT was to be my fun car in NY. What a disaster. I purchased cheap, and not well. The thing was destined to come apart in the middle from decay. Mercifully a large Ford pickup rear ended it and it was totalled. The last look I had of it, was it being towed away to the scrap yard in 1989.
In the mid 90's, with a new wife and a new home in Illinois I had my 100 shipped to the USA. Kids came, a deep affair with model railroads commenced and my BN1 just sat under a cover.
So the MBG becomes the catalyst to re-ignite the affair. The next few months will see me start to make plans for bringing BEV back to life. Next year she will be 60. Oct 24th to be precise. I don't think she will be back on the road by then, but I do hope that life will be returning to her beautiful form.
In the mean time the B will keep me smiling. My teenage boys will get to learn to drive a stick.
Life is good and I very much look forward to interacting with the members on this site.
Best wishes
Simon
In the early 80's, back in my homeland in England I purchased an Austin Healey 100 BN1. This fairly tired old car had seen far better days, but at 2000 GBP it was all I could afford. I drove it for some years and then one day parked it in a lock up, and headed to a new life living and working in NY. A 1971 MGB GT was to be my fun car in NY. What a disaster. I purchased cheap, and not well. The thing was destined to come apart in the middle from decay. Mercifully a large Ford pickup rear ended it and it was totalled. The last look I had of it, was it being towed away to the scrap yard in 1989.
In the mid 90's, with a new wife and a new home in Illinois I had my 100 shipped to the USA. Kids came, a deep affair with model railroads commenced and my BN1 just sat under a cover.
So the MBG becomes the catalyst to re-ignite the affair. The next few months will see me start to make plans for bringing BEV back to life. Next year she will be 60. Oct 24th to be precise. I don't think she will be back on the road by then, but I do hope that life will be returning to her beautiful form.
In the mean time the B will keep me smiling. My teenage boys will get to learn to drive a stick.
Life is good and I very much look forward to interacting with the members on this site.
Best wishes
Simon
