Wilsons Sandbox

Awini-

I was 19 when I drove my first TC. I was in college and it was for sale
for $800 - couldn't afford it. A few years later I was in the Navy and
was offered a fully restored example for $6000 - couldn't afford it. At
29 my salary finally matched the price of a good runner ($4500). I've
owned TC 814 for 24 years now. That makes me 53 - is there a pattern to
the age of this list?!

Great to have you on the list!

Tony Bruno

TC 814
SA 1196
etc.

PS that 24 years went awfully fast - enjoy the TC any time you can!

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> > I was wondering how old the MG owners on the list are, I have just turned
> > 27,am i one of the youngest?with one of the oldest TCs?
> > regards
> > Awini A.Shanker
> > TC 0365
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I was 24 when I bought my loved clipper blue TC.
in those years I drove a '63 tartan red MGB, bought in 1987 which I still
have.
finance of an university guy were very low and the only way to buy the T
series (which still remains a dream) was in 'bit&box' and that I did. I
paied 10 milion lire (+/- 5000 dollars) asking a loan to my sister and to
my girlfriend, and I spent the following 7 years restoring the car to a
concours standard, with pubblications in the best italia revue.
.....story still continue.

ocTagonally
nicola

Hi everybody, i'm 16, and for my b-day my dad gave me a basketcase TD,
he said he'd help me fix it but he's still working on his TC. I Hope the
years don't go by quickly.

Katrina Charysyn



tony bruno wrote:

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> Awini-
>
> I was 19 when I drove my first TC. I was in college and it was for sale
> for $800 - couldn't afford it. A few years later I was in the Navy and
> was offered a fully restored example for $6000 - couldn't afford it. At
> 29 my salary finally matched the price of a good runner ($4500). I've
> owned TC 814 for 24 years now. That makes me 53 - is there a pattern to
> the age of this list?!
>
> Great to have you on the list!
>
> Tony Bruno
>
> TC 814
> SA 1196
> etc.
>
> PS that 24 years went awfully fast - enjoy the TC any time you can!
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > I was wondering how old the MG owners on the list are, I have just turned
> > > 27,am i one of the youngest?with one of the oldest TCs?
> > > regards
> > > Awini A.Shanker
> > > TC 0365
> >

Congratulations,Katrina. Best answer yet.

A friend of mine had a TC in 1948. I said to myself: I want one too. Did nt get one before 1994. Now I am 72. If you wait long enough you will get what you want.
Love driving my TC.


Hans Holtman,Charlottenlund.Denmark. TC 1095

Greetings Katrina & MG TC Listers;

I hope you get your TD a little sooner than I did.

Wanted a TC ever since my new wife (1952) and I looked at one in a little
used car dealership in Pensacola, Fla. on our honeymoon. Finally drove a
borrowed one in a gymkhana in 1958. Really hooked now. Spotted a derelict
in a open carport in the early '60's, drivers door torn off, instrument
glasses broken out by grandchildren, and was a bed for an English sheepdog.
Took me til '67 to obtain it and I immediately disassembled it with my 9 yr.
old son. Work, 3 childrens college, SCCA E-Production racing in Porsche
Speedsters, procrastination,etc.put off restoration until I attended my first
GOF in Kennebunk last June. From '67 to '99 it was moved seven times, sold 3
times for brief periods, and finally retrieved for good in '95. Little work
had been done, except sandblasting the frame and fenders, and amazingly
enough, few parts are missing, mostly bolts and nuts.

So here I am, a happy 70 year old retiree, finally putting back on the road a
car that I have never driven or even seen moving under it's own power and
really having a ball. And incidentally, the 9 year old (now early forties,
races Formula Mazda in SCCA, and moans that " My Dad introduced me to all
this, and didn't leave the trust fund to support it."

I am indebted to the list and all the information on it, and look forward to
seeing you'all at the various gatherings.

Pat Crowe TC 5135 XPAG 5712 NEMGTR #773 SEMGTR #151 (Former
Mid-South MGTR #32)
Chattanooga, TN USA

I'd sure like this new thread to be expanded if others are interested. It would be great to have a list of the ages of the members (birthdates are another matter.. we'd end up with website greeting cards cluttering up our list). For example: I'm going to be 71 in May. First TC was in '50 (a used '47... $600). Swapped it for a better one in '51. Have two different ones now, and I think it's great that some of you never parted with your first one. I wish that I hadn't, but A-H 100 and other beautiful temptations turned my foolish head. I'm also delighted to see some youngsters (under 60?) in the group, especially those of you that own a car that was built before you were born. If only our web site were big enough to hold old Speed Age and Road and Track articles (and I'm sure that some of the other old guys will remember many more), we could all enjoy the stuff that got our engines running. Don't intend to live in the past, but I wish I had sense enough to keep even more old junk... and jealous that some of you probably did. Austin PS.. the badge artwork is coming along very well... thanks for your patience. One thought that occurred to me (a few of you were interested in originals, or wall art) is that the ALPS Printer (used to make metallic inkjet prints on paper OR acetate (as well as to make decals) could be used to simulate the badge in 8-1/2 x 11 format for framing. I've contacted a couple of people that have them, and I'm going to make a couple of prints to proof the artwork before ordering the badges. I'll keep the list posted on the results.

AWINI In 1958/1959 I was in the US Navy, at Long Beach Calif, we usually had to anchor out because of our size, the M boat would bring us into the the pier, and at the end was a big parking lot, with alot of TC & TD's, I said this is what I want, while on leave in 59, when I was almost 21, I bought my TD, my TC in l978. We have a great group. Cheers to all Dean

This is the first time in my experience that the list has come close as
a topic to dealing with the the background of the members and their
personal involvement with MGs . I think it quite revealing. Firstly it
originates from half way around the world. Verifies the need for new
blood. Perhaps India is the only place where someone, at 27, can afford
to buy a basket case and find a craftsman to make the missing parts at
prices that can be paid. Perhaps we should look to India as a future
resource for spares.

For the rest of us we sort of fit the same mold, although I have a
slightly different spin. When I was a teenager, and a bit more, I
desperately wanted a TC. My father, who had to bankroll it, was not
enthusiastic. He thought the TC impracticable, only 1 passenger, no
luggage etc. ,etc. and I should have a Chev or the like. Then a one
owner YT came up and it had a back seat, a bit of a boot.The price was
no more than a poor example of a Chev. and he relented. I still have the
YT, it is now pushing 51 years, and I 66. I have had it since 1956 and
it is in about the same condition as new and much better than when I
first had it. Now I intend to finally fulfil my original goal and get a
TC; hopefully, for a couple of reasons, not that significant, one that
was sold locally .

As a temporary interloper on this site( that is until I find a TC) I
have to say that it is the best, most active and informative of any site
I have yet seen. For me the MG experience over more than 40 years (on
and off) has been about having good friendships, and the opportunity to
play with a Mecchano Set #1000 i.e. fun. I think even Badger might agree
with that.
Terry O'Brien

-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Collins [mailto:Bruce@idesign.com.au]
Sent: Friday, 28 April 2000 16:32
To: Terry O'Brien; MG List
Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Listers Ages


gentlemen.
there is a wise saying:-
you can never have too many british sports cars.
regards the other bruce collins in australia 47 TC,59 bugeye,69 mgb, 95
mgrv8. and my oldest car is younger than I but not by much.

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry O'Brien [mailto:hamptons1@home.com]
Sent: Friday, 28 April 2000 15:45
To: MG List
Subject: [mg-tabc] Listers Ages


This is the first time in my experience that the list has come close as
a topic to dealing with the the background of the members and their
personal involvement with MGs . I think it quite revealing. Firstly it
originates from half way around the world. Verifies the need for new
blood. Perhaps India is the only place where someone, at 27, can afford
to buy a basket case and find a craftsman to make the missing parts at
prices that can be paid. Perhaps we should look to India as a future
resource for spares.

For the rest of us we sort of fit the same mold, although I have a
slightly different spin. When I was a teenager, and a bit more, I
desperately wanted a TC. My father, who had to bankroll it, was not
enthusiastic. He thought the TC impracticable, only 1 passenger, no
luggage etc. ,etc. and I should have a Chev or the like. Then a one
owner YT came up and it had a back seat, a bit of a boot.The price was
no more than a poor example of a Chev. and he relented. I still have the
YT, it is now pushing 51 years, and I 66. I have had it since 1956 and
it is in about the same condition as new and much better than when I
first had it. Now I intend to finally fulfil my original goal and get a
TC; hopefully, for a couple of reasons, not that significant, one that
was sold locally .

As a temporary interloper on this site( that is until I find a TC) I
have to say that it is the best, most active and informative of any site
I have yet seen. For me the MG experience over more than 40 years (on
and off) has been about having good friendships, and the opportunity to
play with a Mecchano Set #1000 i.e. fun. I think even Badger might agree
with that.
Terry O'Brien

Well - in just a few days I'll be 54. I bought my TB when I was just 17,
with the 75 pounds (120 dollars) proceeds of two weeks sea trials bonus
wages on a Royal Navy Frigate when I was an Naval Engineering Student
apprentice.

It was my first car - I still have the same car today!

In the meantime I've had M, J PA PB, F, TAs TCs TD and driven most of the
others, except an R Type (HINT!) In addition to the MGs I've had the joy
of amongst many - an AC Ace, Riley, Sunbeam Talbot Triumph TR3, Various
Ferraris from a 212 through Dinos and 308/328, an immense Hispano Suiza, a
50's Formula 2 single seater, and a number of Connaught racers etc. Etc....

All have been great fun and all have brought new friends and experiences.

Biggest problem is always getting enough space (the new motor house is
nearly finished!!) - sometimes wish I'd taken up stamp collecting instead!

Clive Sherriff