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Re: MG Garage restaurant and Aussie MGBs

To: "Stuart MacMillan" <macmillan@home.com>, "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: MG Garage restaurant and Aussie MGBs
From: <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2000 19:45:37 +0100
One of the UK MG magazines featured it recently, and is the proprietor
really called 'Morris' or did he have to change his name?

----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart MacMillan <macmillan@home.com>
To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 8:38 PM
Subject: MG Garage restaurant and Aussie MGBs


> From the CNN travel guide:
>
> MG Garage-Formerly an MG dealership, now this site is one of Sydney's
> best modern Australian restaurants with a couple of beribboned shiny MGs
> parked beside the white-linen draped tables. A long dashboard serves as
> the bar, and padded leather seats continue the auto analogy. Lunch
> Monday-Friday noon-2:30 pm; dinner Monday-Saturday 6:30-10 pm. $$$. Most
> major credit cards. 490 Crown St., Surry Hills. Phone 9383-9383.
>
> Too bad they don't seem to have a Web site!
>
> BTW, I remember reading in one of my many history books that MG shipped
> partially built body sections and drive trains to Australia for assembly
> there.  It had interesting pictures of the sub assemblies being prepared
> for shipping.  They avoided someone's taxes by using this gambit.  An
> Australian MGB is somewhat unique because of this partial fabrication
> technique.
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Driven since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring)
>
> Assisting on Restoration:
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Parts cars:
> '68 & '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT


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