Re: Update from Jim

[FDShade@aol.com]

WElcome to our 612th member:

Paton, Maurice & Heather ---maurice.paton@wam.co.nz
Fernside, Rangiora, Canterbury, New Zealand,
1949 TC 9357

who wrote:

I thought it was about time we sent you some info and pictures of our
TC. We purchased it in December 2003 from a deceased estate. The previous
owner had purchased it in 1974 but had apparently not used it for the last 20 odd
years. It had been sold new in Australia before being imported to New Zealand
in 1964. It appears to have been used for racing there as it was fitted with
finned brake drums and telescopic dampers and the battery had been relocated
behind the left side seat. There is also plenty of evidence of lock-wiring of
various nuts and bolts. Since purchasing the TC we have repainted it and fitted
an all new interior, hood and side-screens. I have also overhauled the wheels
and front suspension and replace virtually all the rubber components as well
as much of the brightwork. As far as we can tell the TC was probably RED
originally but had been fully stripped and repainted BRG when it was first imported
to NZ. We liked the BRG so elected to repaint it in the same colour but chose
to replace the very tired and unoriginal red interior with Green (purchased
from Moss Europe). We re did the original dash with walnut veneer because we didn
t want a green vinyl dash. We are now enjoying TC style motoring!

===and that's it from -

Jim Shade, West Covina CA, USA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 613th member:

Smith, Bob ----------bobsmith3@earthlink.net------Geneva, IL , USA
1947 TC 2869 87712

===but goodbye to Rick Hara - who wrote:

From: rikhara@ybb.ne.jp

Dear Jim, Walter and T-ABC Friends,

It is with great regret that I now have to bid farewell to this group of
nicest people who drive little open two-seaters (No, not Honda. They are
the two-wheel people).

Long illness and resulting problems forced me to part with TC-6903 who had
stayed with me for fifteen long years, sharing with me joys of driving (No,
she's never got along well with my wife but, she never phoned me at home nor
asked me for a fur coat and the like) such as revving through hilly country
roads coloured fresh green in spring and crimson in autumn or, pulling up
to a petrol station and suddenly noticing an attendant, a nozzle in one
hand, plying open the radiator cap.

I have Parkinson's Disease (No. Not Thompkins, Dear) and it has become a bit
of nuissance to get good hold of that devilish TC steering, with or without
a Thompkins. You need some muscle power which I no longer have and I
sometimes don't know whether the road is rough or my hands are shaking.

I have purchased a urethane B for better manageability, installed an
oversized electric fan myself and now am working to place a spare tyre in
the rear centre a la MG classique. I have assembled a 1/24 model and it
looks handsome. I more or less mean to maintain this B type as a
remembrance of the series of good old MG cars. The car was re-registered on
April 12th this year with a registration number of 4.12, Cecil Kimber's
birthday.

I have throughly enjoyed the conversations with many of the club members
during the past few years and above all I enjoyed reading the mails
wondering which way a discussion would turn or, when Thom or MrBadger would
enter to commence a hillarious battle of words.. I enjoyed and learned quite
a lot on MG-TABC. Plenty of mechanical information plus enthusiast's
attitudes, trivia and maybe a scratch of not-so-easy-to-follow humour as
well.

Jim, Walter, Don, Chip, thank you so much for all your help. Oh there are
too many nice people to mention. Thank you very much every one of you for
making me enjoy being a member of this wonderful club.

Wishing you all the best for a Happy Holiday Season and Happy MotorinG!.
I hope I have some time left to make efforts to enjoy MotorinG, too.
Thank you again and, Good Bye.

Rick Hara
exTC6903
Japan


=== and so Rick on behalf of us all - Best Wishes - we will miss you. I will
remove you from the roster on Wednesday.

Jim Shade, West Covina CA, USA



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[D&J Edgar]

> It is with great regret that I now have to bid farewell to this group of
> nicest people who drive little open two-seaters

Rick,

Thank you for your kind words. Makes me think, "You may be able to take an
enthusiast away from TC but you can't take take the TC out of the
enthusiast." I just looked at your pictures in the TABC's Forever Gallery
and you certainly look grand sitting in your TC. That is the way I will
picture you even if for some reason I ever see you in your B now.

Nice touch to put a rear mounted spare on the B (ala T series) but maybe
putting a fake bonnet hinge strip and a hex radiator cap on the B might be
worth investigating since that is what you see when peering out the
windscreen.

Best wishes and prayers to you fellow TC enthusiast,

David Edgar, TC 5108
El Cajon, California

[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 615th member:

Latta, Tom -------talatta@adelphia.net-------Rockport, ME

who wrote:

We do not at present own an MG TABor C. We do own an MG TD No. 1992.

(note from Jim - maybe Tom wants to move "up" ;- )

===and - concerning the content of several recent T-ABC messages:

I recently received this request from one of our members:

"---would it be possible for you to remind the membership that
sticking
more to the reason for the group's existence is preferred? I realize
that
self-policing of the site is open to abuses and that your admonition
may go
unheeded, but if these comments continue I believe many members will
leave
the group."

=== I agree - and also

It would also be helpful in searching the archives if members would
put the appropriate subject heading on emails sent to the group.

If you receive a message regarding "King Dicks Headlamp Emblem"
don't hit "reply" and then talk about some other subject.

Giving your email an appropriate topic will help locate it in an
archive search.

=== and that's my little bit for this time

Jim Shade, West Covina CA, USA


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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 616th member:

Horlick, Terry ----------- thorlick@sbcglobal.net--- -Grass Valley,
CA
1947 TC 2285 C 57875

===and 617th

Linder,Tom---------etl6@juno.com---------Monkton,MD,USA
1949,TC 9690,XPAG 10258

===and 618th

Hansen, Jorgen----knitmaker@mail.tele.dk----Herning, Denmark
1947 TC 3302 XPAG 3753

===and I have already received several requests for the new T-ABC patches

so, if you don't want to miss out on owning one or more of these
patches
better get your order in, as there are not enough for each member of
the group.
(If we run out, we can order more, but it might take a while to get
them)

And if you haven't yet got one of the T-ABC car badges, might as well
order one of those at the same time. (we have only 36 left) Just send
$35 check, cash or money order to Jim Shade, 2110 E. Mesita Ave.,
West Covina CA 91791, USA

=== and - that's it from

Jim Shade, West Covina CA, USA

OH yeah, Merry Christmas to all

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[FDShade@aol.com]

Welcome to our 627th member:

Burton, Marc _-----------marc@burtonsworld.de_
(mailto:-----------marc@burtonsworld.de) ------------Frankfurt, Germany
1946 TC 1245 XPAG 8131

===and 628th


Rowe, Steve & Liz --------- _Steve.Rowe@dyerandbutler.co.uk_
(mailto:Steve.Rowe@dyerandbutler.co.uk) ------Lymington, UK
1937 TA 1867 XPAG 545 (originally MPJG 2142)

===and # 629th

Hayes, Reed----------------trhayes@world-net.net ------San Antonio, TX, USA

Who wrote that he owns an MGA and two MGBs----and is looking for a T

===and - I my pc is down and I am working from a laptop so have no access to
my T-ABC
files ncluding the message that I send to new members. When
I get back my PC
I will send the entire New Member message to the group, and
all members then
will know more about how the group operates. In the meantime
- the username
and password for the Special Files and Member pages of our
_T-ABC_ (http://www.mg-tabc.org/) website =
mg-tabc and xpag.

===and that's it from

Jim Shade, West Covina CA




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[Donald Wilkinson]

Hey Jim:

RE:

"When I get back my PC"

digitaldon sez:
GET A MAC.

Don
TC 7993

[1939mgtb]

> "When I get back my PC"
>
> digitaldon sez:
> GET A MAC.

Any never have to worry about buying programs again!
Best,
Ray

"Charge 'em boys, there's cheese in their haversacks!"

[Donald Wilkinson]

----Original Message Follows----
From: "1939mgtb"
Ray sez: GET A MAC.

Any never have to worry about buying programs again!

digitaldon sez:

FINALLY you guyz are startin' to get it.

Don
TC 7993

[Charles Hill]

Then there is Linux......

Charles Hill

Donald Wilkinson wrote:

>----Original Message Follows----
>From: "1939mgtb"
>Ray sez: GET A MAC.
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>Any never have to worry about buying programs again!
>
>digitaldon sez:
>
>FINALLY you guyz are startin' to get it.
>
>Don
>TC 7993
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