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Subject: Great Rememberances... Author: Jim Johnson [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 07:33:26 04/20/05 Wed In 1966 I bought the first car I ever had as sole owner. Previously I'd "shared" two cars with college chums and owned a long line of motorcycles. I was in the Air Force and stationed in England. One night while walking from the local pub back to the base, around the corner came a low slung looking thing with wing fenders, huge wire wheels, and a skinny little windshield. With nothing on but running lights (Do the Brits still drive that way?), it was the coolest looking and neatest sounding car I'd ever seen. It stopped about a block down the high street where I was able to ask the driver about it. MG-TC. 1940's. I resolved right then and there to own one. About a week later, a Brit friend announced that his brother had one for sale. I broke my arm getting to my wallet and forked out 300 Sterling Pounds for it as it was in pretty good condition and running reliably. It was a 1946 MG-TC, reg. KPP123, and I loved it. I drove it all over Europe. In 1968 I sold it in the heat of passion and used the money to buy a wedding ring for my first wife. Man, what an idiot I was!! Last year I bought a 1968 MG Midget just to try to bring back some of the memories of that wonderful old car and because I can't afford the $25K to $35K that a decent TC brings these days. Soon I retire. When I do, I'll be ready to sell the Midget and a few of my antique motorcycles, throw in a little cash, and buy another TC. I may never even drive it. I'll just park it in the middle of the shop, start it up from time to time, polish it, and sit for hours just looking at it. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]