I've pondered something. How were Spridgets orginally sold new? Were they sold through one of the "Big Three" dealerships, private BMC/BL dealerships in the US, or how? I'm almost 36 and dont ever r
Most were sold thru Austin/MG dealerships although some of those dealerships carried other makes of cars. I know Volvo was sold at the local Triumph dealer where I bought my Spitfire back in 73. And
Mike, I'm a lot less qualified to answer than many on the list, but I'm a little older than you, and as a kid if I behaved my father would take me to Sportique motors to let me look at the British ca
My favorite Dealer was Lee Allen Imports in Chicago. Lee carried MG, Austin Healey, Triumph, Jaguar, Mercedes, and Studebaker. I think in those days you had to take Studebaker to get Mercedes. BZ
There were a combination of exclusive import dealers as well as American car dealers that sold foreign cars. In Wallingford, the Oldsmobile dealer (remember those?) also sold MG's and Austin-Healeys.
Author: "Larry B. Macy, Ph.D." <macy@bbl.med.upenn.edu>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:17:00 -0500
I bought my first Midget (a 76) from an MG dealership in Denver. That was in 1978, had about 2300 miles on it. There were brandy assed new MGBs and Midgets in the show room. About six months later a
Author: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 9:42:03 -0500
There were 3 dealerships in or around Ottawa, that I believe were all owned by the same company/person, that sold and serviced MGBs, Midgets, Spitfires and Minis. I guess they were a BL dealership. T
"This is not only inedible, but there's not enough of it." Vivian Stanshall That story reminds me that when I first started fooling with Bugeyes it was the late 70's and I often went to Statewide Mot
At the time they were a Nissan and MG dealer and of course still had new cars on the showroom floor. That would have been a Datsun and MG dealer, no? Robert Houston Texan in NM 73 MG Midget 74.5 MGBG
Before 1986 the brand name was plain old "Datsun". There were parts and pieces on the cars branded "Nissan", but the vehicles were Datsuns. Then they decided the US market was sophisticated enough to
The story I heard was that the name Datsun was invented for the US market in case the venture into the US failed. The Nissan company did not want to have its name associated with a failure. Lost face
And that is one heck of a car to have. == Yeah, since then I have had some supposedly more desirable cars like a 65 Sting Ray convertible and a 911 Targa. I liked the 240Z the best. And I really don'
I heard the Japanese marketing guys thought they had 3 months to come up with a name, but it was a miscommunication and it was really 3 DAYS. The guys looked at each other and said "3 days??? Dat soo