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Re: [Mgs] Vintage MGBGT sighting

To: Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Vintage MGBGT sighting
From: Dan DiBiase <dan.dibiase@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2024 15:22:22 -0500
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And let's not forget Henry N Manney III....

Dan D

On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 2:58=E2=80=AFPM Larry Colen <lrc@red4est.com> wrote=
:

>
>
> > On Feb 28, 2024, at 9:05 AM, David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 04:45:47 AM PST, Dan DiBiase <
> dan.dibiase@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Man, I remember this. I was a CD subscriber for decades, starting
> around this
> > > time. Still have hundreds of them (and Road and Track, Hot Rod, etc).
> This was
> > > really great automotive writing and adventure. The magazines are a
> shadow of
> > > themselves these days.
> >
> > Yeah, I began subscribing to C/D in high school, so almost 50 years
> ago.  It stood
> > out from the pack because of its excellent writing and irreverent
> attitude.  I still
> > get it, but I don't think I've cracked the cover of one in over a year.
> It just isn't
> > compelling anymore.  A lot of the best writers got pulled away into
> David Davis'
> > Automobile Magazine, which later folded, and left C/D bereft.
>
> Yeah C/D was the most fun of the lot.  I thought that R/T had the best
> technical stuff, and but I loved Peter Egan's column.  His story of drivi=
ng
> a Frogeye from Wisconsin(?) back to Southern California was a classic.  I
> loved the line "65 MPH is 4000 RPM, All. Day. Long."  I also loved readin=
g
> Satch Carlson and Denise McCluggage in Autoweek.  It turned out that my d=
ad
> peripherally knw McCluggage when he raced MGs in the Northeast back in th=
e
> 50's.
>
>
> --
> Larry Colen
> lrc@red4est.com  sent from ret13est
>
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr">And let&#39;s not forget Henry N Manney III....<div><br></=
div><div>Dan D</div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" c=
lass=3D"gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 28, 2024 at 2:58=E2=80=AFPM Larry Colen &lt=
;<a href=3D"mailto:lrc@red4est.com";>lrc@red4est.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div=
><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border=
-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
<br>
&gt; On Feb 28, 2024, at 9:05 AM, David Breneman &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:davi=
d_breneman@yahoo.com" target=3D"_blank">david_breneman@yahoo.com</a>&gt; wr=
ote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; On Wednesday, February 28, 2024 at 04:45:47 AM PST, Dan DiBiase &lt;<a=
 href=3D"mailto:dan.dibiase@gmail.com"; target=3D"_blank">dan.dibiase@gmail.=
com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; &gt; Man, I remember this. I was a CD subscriber for decades, starting=
 around this <br>
&gt; &gt; time. Still have hundreds of them (and Road and Track, Hot Rod, e=
tc). This was <br>
&gt; &gt; really great automotive writing and adventure. The magazines are =
a shadow of <br>
&gt; &gt; themselves these days.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Yeah, I began subscribing to C/D in high school, so almost 50 years ag=
o.=C2=A0 It stood<br>
&gt; out from the pack because of its excellent writing and irreverent atti=
tude.=C2=A0 I still<br>
&gt; get it, but I don&#39;t think I&#39;ve cracked the cover of one in ove=
r a year.=C2=A0 It just isn&#39;t<br>
&gt; compelling anymore.=C2=A0 A lot of the best writers got pulled away in=
to David Davis&#39; <br>
&gt; Automobile Magazine, which later folded, and left C/D bereft. <br>
<br>
Yeah C/D was the most fun of the lot.=C2=A0 I thought that R/T had the best=
 technical stuff, and but I loved Peter Egan&#39;s column.=C2=A0 His story =
of driving a Frogeye from Wisconsin(?) back to Southern California was a cl=
assic.=C2=A0 I loved the line &quot;65 MPH is 4000 RPM, All. Day. Long.&quo=
t;=C2=A0 I also loved reading Satch Carlson and Denise McCluggage in Autowe=
ek.=C2=A0 It turned out that my dad peripherally knw McCluggage when he rac=
ed MGs in the Northeast back in the 50&#39;s.<br>
<br>
<br>
--<br>
Larry Colen<br>
<a href=3D"mailto:lrc@red4est.com"; target=3D"_blank">lrc@red4est.com</a>=C2=
=A0 sent from ret13est<br>
<br>
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