>From your reporter on the scene:
Wednesday was the big combined car show. (voted) The weather was perfect. 80
and sunny, light breeze. About 700 MGs and a hundred or so other marques
were there. Mind boggling. I really should have had a note pad to jot down
impressions since there was so much it all ran together.
Just about every type of postwar MG was represented. No Farina Magnette
(although there is one in town) and I didn't remember seeing a TB but
there's one of those around here too.
Much interesting prewar stuff, all in fabulous condition, excepting a J
Midget that was trailered in with it's owner apologizing that it would be a
static display as he had snapped the crank. That car actually looked like it
got driven now and then. The boat-tail C-type Midgets with their sinuous
exhaust pipes were museum pieces.
Results from Mondays gimmick rally were in. Our very own Bill Eastman
finished just out of the money in 4th place, aided, as ever, by his lovely
and capable daughter Lindsay. he was happy though, as A's and variants took
four of the top five spots (the other went to a YB) so the members of the
Bill Eastman Society of Self-Congratulatory MGA Owners (BESSCMGAO) can hold
their heads high.
The modern ZT and ZT-T are much more tasteful than I expected. No big wings
or outrageous colors. My wife, who cares not one whit for automobiles
generally, loved the silver MGZT (it was a left hander, by the way) and
wanted them to sell it to her on the spot. They must be doing something
right. I picked up a rather nice key fob for filling out the "should we
bring these to America" survey.
More later.
Phil Vanner
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