Re: Update from Jim

[m_e_jablonski]

Clem

I have a couple of map reading lamps which are used but restorable.
You are welcome to these. Let me know if they are of any use and
I'll post them out to you.

Mark Jablonski
Melbourne Australia

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 529st member:

Turner, Alan---------alan@g4uut.freeserve.co.uk------Paignton, Devon, UK
1949 TC 9752 XPAG 10295

===and # 530

Gilbert, Ben----------- bfgcinc@bellsouth.net --------Miami, FL, USA
1948 TC EXU 7878 XPAG 8455

who wrote:

I bought the car in 1969 from a USAF airman, stationed in Cape Canaveral
(Cape Keenedy missle range). He would spend time in the Bahamas Out Islands,
where at the time the US had missile tracking stations. The car was in the
Bahamas with him, and had a Bahamas Out Islands license tag when I purchased
it. He was temporarily re-assigned back to the US, brought the car back to
Cape Canaveral, and when he was sent back to the Islands, left it in care of
a "friend". By the time I found the car, the friend had abandoned it in a
vacant field, and the car was in terrible condition. It took 6 month to track
the owner down, and complete the sale. I towed the car to my home, worked on
it a bit, and got it running. Although the engine and running gear were in
good condition, it needed a complete body restoration. I disassembled the car
in late 1969, re-did the chassis, and promptly got myself transferred to
Miami. Since then the car has been stored dis-assembled, waiting for the
proper time to re-start the re-building process. We are now (my son & I)
planning to start on it by the end of the year, after we finish a "project"
on a 1953, 80" Ser. I Land Rover. As soon as I can scan some of the 1969
pictures of the car, I'll send them in.

Ben Gilbert

===and - you may notice that our roster is now at 530

The previous count (570) included members that have apparently
changed their email addresses and are no longer receiving
T-ABC email. They may still appear in the http://mg-tabc.org/php/members2.php">Members page
of our website, but since they are not receiving T-ABC email
I have dropped them from the list of active members.

===and - here is a TA Tickford for sale

From: Bert van Amstel bamstel@allin1.nl">bamstel@allin1.nl

See: http://www.allin1.nl/mg.htm">[url=http://www.allin1.nl/mg.htm

[Victoria]

Hi Mark,
these will be most useful.
Thanks
Clem

-----Original Message-----
From: m_e_jablonski [mailto:m.jablonski@unimelb.edu.au]
Sent: 07 May 2003 05:29
To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [mg-tabc] Re: Update from Jim


Clem

I have a couple of map reading lamps which are used but restorable.
You are welcome to these. Let me know if they are of any use and
I'll post them out to you.

Mark Jablonski
Melbourne Australia




Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 533rd member:

Star, Len--------lstar@ljstar.com----------Hudson, OH, USA
1939 TB 0440 spag 706

This was Harry Pyle's car. It is now being restored. The interior will be
biscuit with fawn hood.

===and you can see Len's website at

http://www.ljstar.com

===and you can see Clem Vernon's fire damage

on his page in the T-ABC Gallery
http://mg-tabc.org/c_vernon.htm

===and - that's it from

Jim Shade West Covina CA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 529th member:

Pearce, Roger -----emgee@mweb.co.za -----Johannesburg, South Africa
???? TC XPAG-1724

who writes:

All indications are that this is a 46 car.The chassis has been repair upfront
and there is no visible number.Any ideas on what the Chassis no would have
been? I make it somewhere between 1045 and 1092.

===and # 530

Graham, Frank------frankgraham@msn.com-----Teaneck, NJ, USA
1946 TC 1862 XPAG 2529


===and, considering the fact that Yahoo is largely a mystery to many (me
included)

I have now added the following paragraph that I send to all new
members:

Occasionally members have experienced problems accessing our Yahoo site
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mg-tabc">[url=http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mg-tabc

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 531st member:

Jones, Ken--------- jonesks@optusnet.com.au ---- Sydney, Australia
1948 TC 4885 replacement eng# 66299

===That's all

Jim Shade West Covina CA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 533nd member:

Clark, Charles --------MGTC1946@aol.com-------- Florence, AL, USA
1946 TC 1612 XPAG 2253

===and - our 534th member

Abbott, Bob ---------HealeyBJ7@aol.com -------Greenland, NH USA
1947 TC 3741 XPAG 4431

===and - that's it from

Jim Shade West Covina CA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 528th* member

Nitz, Frederic----fnitz@pacbell.net -------------Scotts Valley, CA, USA
1946 TC 1353 XPAG 1944

===and welcome back to

Star, Len--------lstar@ljstar.com----------Hudson, OH, USA
1939 TB 0440 spag 706

=== * as you may have noted, we have lost 6 members recently - I wonder why.

=== and - following is a message that I send to all new members:

PLEASE restrict your messages to T-ABC related matters. With over 500
members, extraneous email messages can become distracting.

===that's all from

Jim Shade West Covina CA



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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 535th member:

Endicott, Matt -------- mte55@msn.com ------- Schaumburg, IL, USA
1946 TC 0755 XPAG 973

===and - I hope to see some of you at http://vintagemg.com/gof_west_2003.htm">GoF West 2003

www.vintagemg.com/gof_west_2003.htm


Jim Shade West Covina CA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 540th member:

Petersen, Poul ------poulpetersen@yahoo.dk--------Slagelse, Denmark
1946 TC 1725 XPAG 1857

===and # 541

Haile, Larry --------SaltyDoggy@aol.com------------ Long Beach, CA, USA
1948 TC 5454 unk eng #

===and # 542

Davis, Bill --------bdavispics@yahoo.com---------Nashville, TN, USA
1938 TA 2190 MPJG 2428

who wrote:

I purchased the TA on the 4th of July, 1974 from a young man in
Huntsville, AL. It was in relatively good, original, condition with
exception of the leather which was soon to be replaced with vinyl for
the convenience of my young children and I drove it home to Nashville
with no problems. I had look at the bearings, removed a shim or two,
and we all began enjoying it. It seemed to have a smoother ride than
the TC I'd recently sold but with a little less power perhaps. I've
driven it on several long trips covering most of the states in the
Southeast. Sometimes to M.G. meets and other times simply for pleasure.
Over the years I've only 'maintained' it, replacing things that wore
out or broke -brake shoes, wheel bearings, a piston, a half shaft, a
water pump shaft, a burned valve, etc.- but having never been honestly
restored (I did respray the rear fenders and running boards) it retains
a great amount of originality for a car built in 1937. The wiring needs
replacing now (for safety) and the rubber at the firewall is beginning
to 'run' (I guess we're both getting long in the tooth) but I still
enjoy driving the back roads through the hills and valleys of middle
Tennessee. I have no idea how many miles we've covered since '74 but
they've all been a pleasure. It seems to be happy at between 50 and 55
mph and I've seldom found reason to exceed that. As an illustrator and
painter I have used the TA, as well as several other M.G.s in a number
of pieces including the oil on panel shown here of my cluttered
"Garage". Anyone interested in more M.G. art can visit the website;
http://www.billdavisart.com

Bill Davis

===and - I had better luck viewing Bill's art by going to:

www.billdavisart.com

Some GREAT paintings Bill !
I especially liked the one of your garage !
(click on "Automotive Illustration)

===that's it for now from

Jim Shade West Covina CA


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