Don & Kevin -
I'm in the process of restoring my 67B and am intrigued by the color you
describe. I would love to get a look at the magazine and pics. Can either of
you scan in the images and distribute or post them to a web page? I have
access to a scanner and would offer my services of scanning in the images
for you. I don't know if you'd be willing to trust the USPS and/or me, for
that matter, with the treasured R&T magazine but perhaps I can convince you
of my trustworthiness somehow. Open to suggestions :) I'm located in Menlo
Park, CA and it sounds as though Don is located in this area being a regular
at the Palo Alto All-British Car Show. Maybe we can arrange something more
local. In any event I'd sure like to get a peek at the magazine and can
assure you it would be treated with great care and respect.
Any idea on how I can get a copy of my very own? :)
Thanks,
Kevin Rarick
67B
-----Original Message-----
From: don [mailto:brgmgb@napanet.net]
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 1999 7:53 PM
To: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Missing: Iris blue '63 MGB
Kevin,
I have that magazine also. It really is the prettiest color (Iris blue) for
a B. I would love to find an early B just like that one. There is an Iris
blue early B roadster that shows up at the Palo Alto All-British Car Show
most years- and it's a real beauty. The car (and owner!) weren't there at
the last show. In fact, three years ago, I sold the owner of that car a
duplicate copy of that November 1962 R&T since it looked as it was his car
that was featured in the magazine.
At the last Palo Alto show, I was going to try to buy the B from him, but
neither the car nor its owner were at the show. I tried to locate him
through Rick Feibusch, the guy that puts on the car show, and he had no
record of the owner or car. I'll be looking for him and the car at the next
Palo Alto show.
Don Scott
At 05:51 PM 1/27/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Mid 50s and sunny, pretty nice for late January in Kansas City. A
>perfect day to sit outside and read my "new" November 1962 issue of Road
>& Track. This is the issue where they first drove and reviewed the new
>MGB. It has a picture of a baby blue MGB, with wires, whitewalls and
>what looks like a blue soft top, on the cover. Inside there is an
>extensive road test of the "new" MGB complete with a lot of good
>pictures and specs. They also have another article that contains a nice
>technical review of the MGB, comparing it to previous MGs, and the new
>MG 1100. In the center of the magazine, there is a nice full color four
>page insert from BMC, on nice quality heavy weight paper, showing off
>and advertising the new MGB. It shows a lot of good color pictures of
>the same baby blue MGB that is on the magazines cover. R & T seemed to
>really like the car. The articles contain a lot of great information.
>The magazine is in really good condition -- its well worth the $6 that I
>paid after having the high bid for it on eBay.
>
>Other LBCs featured are the new Austin Healey 3000 ("roll up windows
>have been added") and the Cooper Formula I. The magazine also had a lot
>of great ads for accessories -- I wish that I could some of those parts
>for anywhere near the price in the ad! Now if I just had a scanner I
>could post it on a web page -- sometime!
>
>Kevin Brown '64 MGB '71 MGB '74 TR6 '76 TR6 '89 MR2 '98 GTP
>Odessa, MO
>
>
>
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