Re: Digest Number 2059

[1939mgtb]

The cars have been on this road. Best regards, Ray "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud."

----- Original Message ----- From: "fnitz" fnitz@pacbell.net> To: "'David Lodge'" archie_ponsonby@post.cz>; lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk>; 1939mgtb@comcast.net>; arundell@ghs.com.au>; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com>; ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk> Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 12:22 AM Subject: RE: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 But this is a forum about cars, not roads unless the cars are on the roads. Fed TC1353 -----Original Message----- From: David Lodge [mailto:archie_ponsonby@post.cz] Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 10:18 PM To: lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk; 1939mgtb@comcast.net; arundell@ghs.com.au; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com; ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Hello Liz (or is it Tweed?) Yes indeed! Ages after I moved "dahn Sarf", I attended a wedding reception in the Old Bell Inn at Barnby Moor, one of the old coach stops in what was highwayman territory between Newark and Retford. And evidently those ghastly Eurocrats have decreed it be named the "A1(M)" Yet I have to admit I still get a lump in my throat to this day when I see the signs which simply say "The North". Regards, David Lodge ---- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- From: "Liz Harris" lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk> To: "David Lodge" archie_ponsonby@post.cz>,1939mgtb@comcast.net,arundell@ghs.com.au,mg-tabc@y ahoogroups.com,ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Date: 8.4.2005 - 23:26:07 > Hi guys, just another little tug on the `Great North > Road` thread....I first started to travel this way > back in the mid 60`s when I cut loose from Mum`s apron > strings in Bishops Stortford Herts, and got a job in > Darlington Co. Durham...and for all our listers across > the waves, the `h` is silent...( like the `p` in bath > )...and the `u` is short. > It was a lovely journey when I look back on it, > possibly because there was`nt the fixation with speed > then....and I don`t mean mph. As you say David, it > passed through many lovely old towns even then... > interesting about the Eurocrats deciding to change it > to Motorway status...does that mean we shall then have > two M1`s... > > David Lodge archie_ponsonby@post.cz> wrote: > Hello Ray, > > You never fail to astonish! You mean you know the Great > North > Road! Many a fog-bound mile I've trundled up and down > that thing > from temporary exile in the East Midlands up to the > ancestral pile > in Yorkshire! I hear the Eurocrats have legislated it > to become > a Motorway and have thus stricken off much of the > charm! An > interesting challenge for those so inclined is to try > to follow > the ORIGINAL GNR aka the A639 - a coach and horses road > - from > the site of the old General Post Office in London to > York, > passing through all the old coaching towns, Huntingdon, > Peterborough, Stamford (a dead giveaway is a REALLY > wide main > street , wide enough to turn a coach and four around), > but there, > you've got me rambling and majorly off-topic AGAIN! > > All the best, David Lodge > > > > ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- > From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> > To: > arundell@ghs.com.au,mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk,lizandt weed@yahoo.co.uk,"David > Lodge" Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest > Number 2059 > Date: 7.4.2005 - 1:14:00 > > > Ah! > > But remember the Great Northern Highway that could > > whisk you to Scotland > > from London quickly?!?! > > Of course, then you had to get off onto the Scots' > > roads, and grope your way > > along with few signs! > > But the scenary was wonderful, the folks seemed > > friendly (even when we > > couldn't understand them) and it was a grand > > adventure! > > At least for a 12 year old American boy! > > Best regards, > > Ray > > "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud." > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Lodge" > > To: ; ; > > ; > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > > > > > Hello Murray, > > > > But the funny thing is, it really does seem like a > > long > > way over > > there. I remember my father driving us all from > > Northants to > > Devon and Cornwall in the family tumbril back in the > > dark days > > and we used to take two days! For a what, say, three > > hundred > > mile trip? > > > > Regards, David > > > (just-driven-600-miles-in-a-weekend-from-Vancouver-to-Portland-for-the-swap- meet) > > Lodge > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- > > From: "Murray Arundell" > > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,"Ron Benson" > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] > > Digest Number > > 2059 > > Date: 31.3.2005 - 0:22:29 > > > > > > > > >It is a long drag from N.Yorks to Sussex! > > > > > > C'mon Ron, how far can anywhere be from anywhere in > > > the > > > UK? > > > Drive it mate!! > > > > > > Murray Arundell > > > > > > From Oz where its a 300 mile drive to the corner > > > store......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ron Benson" > > > To: > > > Cc: > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:15 AM > > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Most interesting thread on towing a T Type. > > > > Had toyed with the idea > > > > myself as would like to take the TB to Goodwood > > > > this > > > > year, but had'nt > > > > figured on the legalities. It is a long drag from > > > > N.Yorks to Sussex! Had > > > > thought of putting it on a trailer behind the > > > > LandRover but that would be > > > > even slower. Could always put a tow bar on the > > > > good > > > > wifes Z3, well maybe > > > > not. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ron Benson > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:38:29 +0100 (BST) > > > > From: Liz Harris > > > > > Subject: Re: Towing frames.. > > > > > > > > Thanks Kevin for your `final word` as it were, > > > > and > > > > indeed to everyone that > > > > commented on the `towing frame` idea, it`s very > > > > interesting to hear all > > > > the > > > > pro`s and con`s...especially from you guys in the > > > > `land of the free`!!!... > > > > but as I suspected, the practice is deemed > > > > illegal > > > > here by some faceless > > > > Eurocrat..... seems a shame that my > > > > brother-in-law > > > > and myself wasted an > > > > afternoon in the pub discussing the design....but > > > > hey > > > > ho!...so I guess > > > > it`s > > > > back to the caravan chassis plan.......suitably > > > > braced and strengthened I > > > > hasten to add....not quite so easy to store as a > > > > frame, but when the devil > > > > pees on your stawberries.....etc..etc... > > > > Thanks again all of you............Tweed TC2259 > > > > ...... > > > > > > > > Carl, I have`nt forgotten about the 144 gearbox > > > > installation...can`t get > > > > to > > > > the stored items yet.... look forward to perhaps > > > > meeting you on your trip > > > > here... > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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[Liz Harris]

..Sorry Fred...errrrrmmm.....er....ermm... fnitz fnitz@pacbell.net> wrote:But this is a forum about cars, not roads unless the cars are on the roads. Fed TC1353 -----Original Message----- From: David Lodge [mailto:archie_ponsonby@post.cz] Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2005 10:18 PM To: lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk; 1939mgtb@comcast.net; arundell@ghs.com.au; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com; ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Hello Liz (or is it Tweed?) Yes indeed! Ages after I moved "dahn Sarf", I attended a wedding reception in the Old Bell Inn at Barnby Moor, one of the old coach stops in what was highwayman territory between Newark and Retford. And evidently those ghastly Eurocrats have decreed it be named the "A1(M)" Yet I have to admit I still get a lump in my throat to this day when I see the signs which simply say "The North". Regards, David Lodge ---- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- From: "Liz Harris" To: "David Lodge" ,1939mgtb@comcast.net,arundell@ghs.com.au,mg-tabc@y ahoogroups.com,ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Date: 8.4.2005 - 23:26:07

> Hi guys, just another little tug on the `Great North > Road` thread....I first started to travel this way > back in the mid 60`s when I cut loose from Mum`s apron > strings in Bishops Stortford Herts, and got a job in > Darlington Co. Durham...and for all our listers across > the waves, the `h` is silent...( like the `p` in bath > )...and the `u` is short. > It was a lovely journey when I look back on it, > possibly because there was`nt the fixation with speed > then....and I don`t mean mph. As you say David, it > passed through many lovely old towns even then... > interesting about the Eurocrats deciding to change it > to Motorway status...does that mean we shall then have > two M1`s... > > David Lodge wrote: > Hello Ray, > > You never fail to astonish! You mean you know the Great > North > Road! Many a fog-bound mile I've trundled up and down > that thing > from temporary exile in the East Midlands up to the > ancestral pile > in Yorkshire! I hear the Eurocrats have legislated it > to become > a Motorway and have thus stricken off much of the > charm! An > interesting challenge for those so inclined is to try > to follow > the ORIGINAL GNR aka the A639 - a coach and horses road > - from > the site of the old General Post Office in London to > York, > passing through all the old coaching towns, Huntingdon, > Peterborough, Stamford (a dead giveaway is a REALLY > wide main > street , wide enough to turn a coach and four around), > but there, > you've got me rambling and majorly off-topic AGAIN! > > All the best, David Lodge > > > > ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- > From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> > To: >

arundell@ghs.com.au,mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk,lizandt weed@yahoo.co.uk,"David

> Lodge" Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest > Number 2059 > Date: 7.4.2005 - 1:14:00 > > > Ah! > > But remember the Great Northern Highway that could > > whisk you to Scotland > > from London quickly?!?! > > Of course, then you had to get off onto the Scots' > > roads, and grope your way > > along with few signs! > > But the scenary was wonderful, the folks seemed > > friendly (even when we > > couldn't understand them) and it was a grand > > adventure! > > At least for a 12 year old American boy! > > Best regards, > > Ray > > "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud." > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "David Lodge" > > To: ; ; > > ; > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:02 PM > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > > > > > Hello Murray, > > > > But the funny thing is, it really does seem like a > > long > > way over > > there. I remember my father driving us all from > > Northants to > > Devon and Cornwall in the family tumbril back in the > > dark days > > and we used to take two days! For a what, say, three > > hundred > > mile trip? > > > > Regards, David > > >

(just-driven-600-miles-in-a-weekend-from-Vancouver-to-Portland-for-the-swap- meet)

> > Lodge > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- > > From: "Murray Arundell" > > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,"Ron Benson" > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] > > Digest Number > > 2059 > > Date: 31.3.2005 - 0:22:29 > > > > > > > > >It is a long drag from N.Yorks to Sussex! > > > > > > C'mon Ron, how far can anywhere be from anywhere in > > > the > > > UK? > > > Drive it mate!! > > > > > > Murray Arundell > > > > > > From Oz where its a 300 mile drive to the corner > > > store......... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Ron Benson" > > > To: > > > Cc: > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:15 AM > > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > Most interesting thread on towing a T Type. > > > > Had toyed with the idea > > > > myself as would like to take the TB to Goodwood > > > > this > > > > year, but had'nt > > > > figured on the legalities. It is a long drag from > > > > N.Yorks to Sussex! Had > > > > thought of putting it on a trailer behind the > > > > LandRover but that would be > > > > even slower. Could always put a tow bar on the > > > > good > > > > wifes Z3, well maybe > > > > not. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Ron Benson > > > > > > > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:38:29 +0100 (BST) > > > > From: Liz Harris > > > > > Subject: Re: Towing frames.. > > > > > > > > Thanks Kevin for your `final word` as it were, > > > > and > > > > indeed to everyone that > > > > commented on the `towing frame` idea, it`s very > > > > interesting to hear all > > > > the > > > > pro`s and con`s...especially from you guys in the > > > > `land of the free`!!!... > > > > but as I suspected, the practice is deemed > > > > illegal > > > > here by some faceless > > > > Eurocrat..... seems a shame that my > > > > brother-in-law > > > > and myself wasted an > > > > afternoon in the pub discussing the design....but > > > > hey > > > > ho!...so I guess > > > > it`s > > > > back to the caravan chassis plan.......suitably > > > > braced and strengthened I > > > > hasten to add....not quite so easy to store as a > > > > frame, but when the devil > > > > pees on your stawberries.....etc..etc... > > > > Thanks again all of you............Tweed TC2259 > > > > ...... > > > > > > > > Carl, I have`nt forgotten about the 144 gearbox > > > > installation...can`t get > > > > to > > > > the stored items yet.... look forward to perhaps > > > > meeting you on your trip > > > > here... > > > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Zkous ejte vysokorychlostn nonstop internet VOLNY > > ADSL > > 14 dn > > ZDARMA! Jiz d le nev hejte! Prvn ch 500 z kazn ku? > > nav c > > z sk > > tric ko. > > V ce informac na > > http://adsl.volny.cz/adsl-na-zkousku/ > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Ochrana proti pr esme rov n na drah linky. Jil l dn > vysok c ty! > VOLNY internet alarm - jea te bezpec ne ja surfov n ! > Stal en i poul v n je ZDARMA na http://alarm.volny.cz > > > Send instant messages to your online friends > http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com >

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[Ron Benson]

Hi Liz, Don't you mean Durrum, And can you recite all the verses of the Lampton Worm? Regards, Ron

----- Original Message ----- From: Liz Harris To: David Lodge ; 1939mgtb@comcast.net ; arundell@ghs.com.au ; mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com ; ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 10:26 PM Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Hi guys, just another little tug on the `Great North Road` thread....I first started to travel this way back in the mid 60`s when I cut loose from Mum`s apron strings in Bishops Stortford Herts, and got a job in Darlington Co. Durham...and for all our listers across the waves, the `h` is silent...( like the `p` in bath )...and the `u` is short. It was a lovely journey when I look back on it, possibly because there was`nt the fixation with speed then....and I don`t mean mph. As you say David, it passed through many lovely old towns even then... interesting about the Eurocrats deciding to change it to Motorway status...does that mean we shall then have two M1`s... David Lodge archie_ponsonby@post.cz> wrote: Hello Ray, You never fail to astonish! You mean you know the Great North Road! Many a fog-bound mile I've trundled up and down that thing from temporary exile in the East Midlands up to the ancestral pile in Yorkshire! I hear the Eurocrats have legislated it to become a Motorway and have thus stricken off much of the charm! An interesting challenge for those so inclined is to try to follow the ORIGINAL GNR aka the A639 - a coach and horses road - from the site of the old General Post Office in London to York, passing through all the old coaching towns, Huntingdon, Peterborough, Stamford (a dead giveaway is a REALLY wide main street , wide enough to turn a coach and four around), but there, you've got me rambling and majorly off-topic AGAIN! All the best, David Lodge ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- From: "1939mgtb" 1939mgtb@comcast.net> To: arundell@ghs.com.au,mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,ron@benson67.fsnet.co.uk,lizandtweed@yahoo.co.uk,"David Lodge" Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 Date: 7.4.2005 - 1:14:00 > Ah! > But remember the Great Northern Highway that could > whisk you to Scotland > from London quickly?!?! > Of course, then you had to get off onto the Scots' > roads, and grope your way > along with few signs! > But the scenary was wonderful, the folks seemed > friendly (even when we > couldn't understand them) and it was a grand adventure! > At least for a 12 year old American boy! > Best regards, > Ray > "There are no easy answers in this case m'lud." > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Lodge" > To: ; ; > ; > Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 2:02 PM > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > Hello Murray, > > But the funny thing is, it really does seem like a long > way over > there. I remember my father driving us all from > Northants to > Devon and Cornwall in the family tumbril back in the > dark days > and we used to take two days! For a what, say, three > hundred > mile trip? > > Regards, David > (just-driven-600-miles-in-a-weekend-from-Vancouver-to-Portland-for-the-swap-meet) > Lodge > > > > > > ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- > From: "Murray Arundell" > To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com,"Ron Benson" > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] > Digest Number > 2059 > Date: 31.3.2005 - 0:22:29 > > > > > >It is a long drag from N.Yorks to Sussex! > > > > C'mon Ron, how far can anywhere be from anywhere in > > the > > UK? > > Drive it mate!! > > > > Murray Arundell > > > > From Oz where its a 300 mile drive to the corner > > store......... > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ron Benson" > > To: > > Cc: > > Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 8:15 AM > > Subject: Re: [mg-tabc] Digest Number 2059 > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > Most interesting thread on towing a T Type. > > > Had toyed with the idea > > > myself as would like to take the TB to Goodwood > > > this > > > year, but had'nt > > > figured on the legalities. It is a long drag from > > > N.Yorks to Sussex! Had > > > thought of putting it on a trailer behind the > > > LandRover but that would be > > > even slower. Could always put a tow bar on the good > > > wifes Z3, well maybe > > > not. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Ron Benson > > > > > > Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 00:38:29 +0100 (BST) > > > From: Liz Harris > > > Subject: Re: Towing frames.. > > > > > > Thanks Kevin for your `final word` as it were, and > > > indeed to everyone that > > > commented on the `towing frame` idea, it`s very > > > interesting to hear all > > > the > > > pro`s and con`s...especially from you guys in the > > > `land of the free`!!!... > > > but as I suspected, the practice is deemed illegal > > > here by some faceless > > > Eurocrat..... seems a shame that my brother-in-law > > > and myself wasted an > > > afternoon in the pub discussing the design....but > > > hey > > > ho!...so I guess > > > it`s > > > back to the caravan chassis plan.......suitably > > > braced and strengthened I > > > hasten to add....not quite so easy to store as a > > > frame, but when the devil > > > pees on your stawberries.....etc..etc... > > > Thanks again all of you............Tweed TC2259 > > > ...... > > > > > > Carl, I have`nt forgotten about the 144 gearbox > > > installation...can`t get > > > to > > > the stored items yet.... look forward to perhaps > > > meeting you on your trip > > > here... > > > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Zkous ejte vysokorychlostn nonstop internet VOLNY ADSL > 14 dn > ZDARMA! Jiz d le nev hejte! Prvn ch 500 z kazn ku? nav c > z sk > tric ko. > V ce informac na http://adsl.volny.cz/adsl-na-zkousku/ > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > -- Ochrana proti p esm rov n na drah linky. Ji dn vysok ty! VOLN internet alarm - je t bezpe n j surfov n ! Sta en i pou v n je ZDARMA na http://alarm.volny.cz Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]