Well, of course, you have to realise that comment applied only to the
extremely rare 1953 TF. When the MG company actually introduced the TF, in
1954, it was quite a nice little sports car, and in 1955, with the 1500 cc
engine, it was even quicker.
Lawrie
British Sportscar Center
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Erickson <eric@erickson.on.net>
To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 3:24 AM
Subject: MG a "dead cat"?
>A client of mine was so happy that I spent some time getting him up and
>running successfully with our service that he gave me a nice present.
>We had somehow started talking cars when we waited for his computer to
>complete various tasks. It turned out that he had owned a few sports
>cars in his time - and indeed had a nice stable at the time, so he gave
>me a wonderful little coffee-table book called "Sports Car Classics - A
>marque-by-marque guide to over 35 dream cars", in case any of you have
>it.
>
>It is a pretty book about pretty cars and certainly gives MG its due
>(with a rave about the MGF), but I thought some of you might be amused,
>infuriated or intrigued by one quote, used as a caption under a picture
>of a very nice little TF.
>
>"MG originally signified one more carburettor than normal and a sports
>body. The MGTF (1953), the last of the old MG Midgets, carried on the
>tradition: pretty, amusing but very slow. One American journalist
>described it as a 'dead cat slightly warmed over'".
>
>
>Hmmmmm
>
>
>Eric
>'68MGB MkII
>
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