> Lee Calan
Really? I always thought his name was Allen, but the last time I was there
JFK was in the Whitehouse and MG's still had side curtains. I think I lost
interest in new MG's once the B came out.
> Lee Calan! On North Broadway. In what was one of S. H. "Wacky" Arnholt
> showrooms in the 50's. I went there in the summer of 1980 as JRT was putting a
> rebate on the MGBs to move them out as production wound down. I still have the
> MGB
> brochure I got from Calan's with the late Bs photographed with a number of
> older MGs from Syd Beers' collection. At that point I think they only had MG
> and
> Triumph and they were gone by '82 or so. The other dealer I went to in the
> city was Howard Orloff at who had MG, Triumph, Fiat, Volvo and Jaguar. Two
> outta
> five ain't bad and they're still in business. I ended up buying my Midget off
> of Orloff's used lot a year later.
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