Upside-down MG [cool old pic]

[GuyShark]

March 21, 1964, Nova Scotia, Canada.
My dad @ 28:

It was a 1961 MG. It was totaled.

Cool pic, IMHO.

 

[jlaird]

Oh man, what a parts car, Lots of good stuff there even.

 

[GB1]

Wow:

By todays standards that car would br no where near totaled.

About 20 years ago we fliped a midge on asphalt, the worse part was that the flat bed company dragged it on and off upside down.

We restored em.

Patrick

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[GuyShark]

He said he paid $2300 for it way back then.

There was a plastic/fiberglass convertible top on it, and the windshield was crushed.

He was given the opportunity to buy it back cheap, but decided an MG in winter in Canada was a bad idea.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

OK - I assume he wasn't hurt - what happened?

 

[apbos]

Where in NS? Looks like an average snowfall year /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/thumbsup.gif This California surfer had a great time driving in the snow during my years in the Maritimes. Here that car would be weighed down by tire chains and they would crawl at 10 mph in a snow flurry /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif . There it would be considered unusual to drive on dirt roads covered in snow at 60 mph (100k) with a little sand thrown in /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/driving.gif.


Paul

 

[R6MGS]

Great pic....poor car.

 

[gene johnston]

I joined the upside down club in my Mark I 1600 in 1969. Other than knocking down the high spots it wasn't in too bad a shape. Unfortunately mum didn't think too much of it so it was gone for ~$150.00 if I remember correctly. Oh I wish.

 

[brdave]

I love the white wall snow tires. Thats class!

dave

 

[GuyShark]

He lived in Liverpool, NS.

He said he hit a snow drift and flipped it right over.
I think he ducked down then crawled out the side door.

It was this pic that got me interested in British Convertibles in the first place! I thought the pic was pretty cool, although I do not wish to flip my TR6.

 

[tosoutherncars]

Gotta love the snows out back, and the old radials out front. I can just imagine how that'd handle in the drifts.

-D

 

[swift6]

Gotta love the snows out back, and the old radials out front. I can just imagine how that'd handle in the drifts.

-D

No imagination needed, the picture tells you all you need to know. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif

 

[Cowboy]

Hope your dad made it. I have to look under mine to make sure every thing is OK. Thanks for reminding me... /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/cool.gif

 

[DougF]

Interesting way to be drawn to the hobby.