When I was in college I became the unexpected owner of a Maverick (I think
it was a '70, but don't recall for sure anymore). This was because my '72
VW Bug had died (okay, it needed a new spark plug, but I didn't know that,
not that it probably would have passed many more inspections anyway), and a
friend sold me her Maverick cheap. What a boat. About the polar opposite
of the MG.
I would buy another MG. I don't think I'd buy another Maverick, although
thinking back there was something compelling about a big American car. But
I grew up on "weird" cars (for New England) like Renaults, Saabs, Fiats,
even a Citrven, all of which (and more) my dad owned at various (not
concurrent) times in the 60's and 70's. Where the hell he got these things
fixed in Vermont I have no idea, but he went through quiet a variety.
Oddly enough, it wasn't until I got my MG that I found out he used to have
a Triumph (which I sort of remember), an Austin Healey, and an MG Magnette
(again, at different times). Must run in the blood, I guess. And he said,
out of all of those cars, he disliked the Austin Healey the most, and the
best car he had was the MG Magnette.
- Tab
At 04:15 PM 4/2/02 -0800, Max Heim wrote:
>A few weeks ago I made a disparaging comment about the Ford Maverick (on the
>topic of collectable cars). Well, on today's cross-bay jaunt I saw two primo
>Mavericks, and no LBCs. I don't know what that might mean...
>
>I also saw, in a bookstore, a new coffee-table-type volume on the subject of
>garages. Many of the featured unique garages belong to car collectors, as
>you might expect, and several of the collections featured MGs. However, the
>author also persistently misidentified a Datsun Fairlady roadster as an MG
>(it appeared two or three times). I was looking for garage ideas, but many
>of these garages made my house look like a hovel.
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