Re: Update from Jim

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to new member # 419

Van Malder, Harry---------harryvan@eresmas.com----------Vera,Almeria,Spain

who wrote:

I still don t have a t model, but are getting to buy one
Carl Fritz Florida recomended me to join the list

===and # 420

Curren, Richard-------- richard.curren@valeo.com -----Solihull, UK
1936 TA 0514 MPJG 798

who wrote:

The car's in good working order & participated in the Kimber run 2000,
and the Wings run 2000 & 2001. It was also on the MG Octagon Car Club stand
at the Classic & Sporscar show at the NEC last year. I'll send you a photo
when I have one.

===but goodbye to:

Stubgen, Wally -------- wallystubgen@ibm.net --Kitchener, Ont, Canada
1949 TC 8939 BMC C57235
and

Thelander, Pete & Fran--mgpete@telocity.com --Westminster,CA,USA
1948 TC 5890 XPAG 6374

Their email addresses are no longer valid.

===and did you know that

You can revise your membership to "read on the web only". You will no longer
receive T-ABC email, BUT you can read T-ABC email on the T-ABC website
whenever you want. In fact, you can search all the T-ABC mail by subject
matter. Just go to http://www.yahoogroups.com/ click on mg-tabc, then click
on messages and type in the subject that you are looking for.

==If you watch the way that many motorists drive you will soon reach the
conclusion

that the most dangerous part of a car is the nut behind the
wheel.

===and that's it from :

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member # 420

Chambers, Ian ------Stoneedge@btinternet.com ------Cumbria, UK
1937 TA 1139 MPJG 1384

===and # 421

Zeraldo, Ron --------rjzer@sprynet.com -------Mississauga, Ont, Canada
1948 TC 5911 XPAG 6691

===and # 422

Broadstone, Larry----------Larry@minitstop.com-----------Kihei, Maui, HI
1936 TA 0521 G143

===I haven't spoken to my wife for 18 months.

I don't like to interrupt her.


Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member # 423

Fielder, Steve--steve.fielder@talk21.com--Horsham, West Sussex, England
1947 TC 4219 XPAG A71853

===and #424

Siegers, Harry--------harrysiegers@hotmail.com------Dedemsvaart, Holland
1948 TC 6396 XPAG 6881

===and remember

Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted.

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member #427

Glen Richmond--------HGRichmond@aol.com------Tampa, FL, USA

who writes:

Ardently Searching for 1937 MG TA.
MG Cars Formerly Owned: 1951 TD, 1958 A, 1955 TF1500, 1972 B.

===and #428

Collum, Malcolm------MalcolmC@hfmgv.org------Gainsborough, Mim USA
1949 TC 9136 XPAG 9885

===and #429

Medhurst, Russell --RMedhurs@pacificaccess.com.au --Melbourne, Australia
1948 TC 4889 XPAG 5524
1946 TC 0330 XPAG 1027

who writes:

Both cars are pictured on the Australian T Type site
http://people.enternet.com.au/~rmillington/index.html

===T-ABC member Tim Jackson bought another TC

He wrote:

From: TimothyRJackson@cs.com
To: FDShade

I have bought another TC - details as follows:

Tim Jackson
hometown Seaford, UK
year of car 1946
car model MGTC
car # 0999
engine # XPAG 1638

(PS from Jim - Just two more and you will catch up with Bob Grunau

===I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary.

"Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.

So I suggested the kitchen


Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to member #432

Starkweather, Rick------rstarkweather@scottmadden.com--Raleigh, NC, USA
1949 TC 8424 XPAG 8961

===and #433

Clout, Malcom & Ann -----annclout@freezone.co.uk--Albrighton, England
1947 TC 3034 XPAG 1250

===and you might want to shoot Bin Laden at http://www.fieler.com/terror/


Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member #

Miceli, jOHN ------------JGGTR3@AOL.COM------Gainesville, FL

who writes - Currently I do not own a T series, but I do own a '69 MGCGT!

=== and here's an interesting article on the MG X80
which will cost about $74,000
and boasts a top speed of 175 mph.

MG Rover to Produce Car in England

aol://4344:30.L100gQDm.5246886.686334102

===and fiinally;

I asked my wife where she wanted to go for our anniversary.
"Somewhere I haven't been in a long time!" she said.
So I suggested the kitchen.

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member # 437

Hancock, John------mg.john.brenda@actrix.co.nz---Auckland New Zealand
1938 TA 2597 MPJG2820

---and you can see some nice mgtc stuff at

http://images.google.com/images?q=mgtc

---and I just returned from a visit to the

Hearst Castle http://www.hearstcastle.org/welcome.asp

Stopped on the way to say hello to T-ABC

McKarney, Bob ----- Cambria, CA., USA ----- bmckarney@thegrid.net
1948, TC 5443, XPAG 5920

Nice car Bob !!

---that's it for now from

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to new members # 437

Cihak, Jerry -----JerryCihak@aol.com -------------- LaGrange, IL, USA
1946 TC 1534 XPAG 2173

===and # 438

Overfield, William-------doverfield@geotec.net--------Tulsa, OK, USA
1948 TC 6107 XPAG 6629

===and # 439

Leigh, Egbert ---------l_egbert@bellsouth.net ----Clarksville, TN, USA
1946 TC 0485 XPAG 1096

=== the last fight with my wife was my fault.

She asked me "What's on the TV? "
I said, "Dust"

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our new member # 440

J.F.van den Berg-------janfvdberg@hotmail.com---The Netherlands
1949 TC 8296 XPAG 9055

==and that's it for now from

Jim Shade West Covina CA

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to new member # 441

Riggs,James,jsr@soc.soton.ac.uk,Southampton,UK,1937,TA,chassis and engine numbers unknown

who writes: "I have just inherited a restoration project - I know next to nothing about
the vehicle as yet, only that it is likely to be many years before it is
back on the road.

===and #442

Zimmer, Juergen-----jzimmer14@aol.com-----Lampertheim, Germany
1949 TC 6261 XPAG 8013

===and #443

Rundell, Paul -rundell.byways@bushinternet.com-Alresford, Hampton, UK
1949 TC 9965 XPAG 10663

===and regarding the email from Harry Van Malder ( harryvan@eresmas.com ) who recently wrote:

"Hope very much to join you as a future tabc owner ( If not,bull fighting also is a very fine hobby"

Now there can be no question - This guy belongs to the T-ABC group !!

===and that's all for now from

Jim Shade West Covina CA