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Subject: [OM] Re: OT--new GTO?
From: Larry <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 17:04:30 -0500
The TF had headlights molded into the fenders. The TD didn't. These MG's are 
cooler cars now than back in the 50's when you had it. Definitely more fun to 
drive now than a stock '55 Chevy.

Larry


Walt Wayman wrote:

> Whatever!  I get 'em confused.  I still don't really know the difference.  
> But it was green, had spoked wheels, a cream-colored top that leaked, a 
> heater that didn't work, no gase gauge, so you had to poke a stick in the 
> tank to see how far you could go, vacuum-powered wipers that quit wiping 
> whenever you drove uphill, no turn signals, meaning you had to stick your arm 
> out in the rain to signal (nobody knows what arm signals mean anymore), and a 
> shift linkage that came loose ever week or so, necessitating a crawling under 
> and a loud cussing.
>
> I loved it, but not for too long.  After less than a year, I swapped it, with 
> a bit to boot, for a red and white '55 Chevrolet BelAir Sport Coupe, my 
> second all-time most favorite car.  College freshwomen liked it even better 
> than the MG!
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
>  -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: Larry <halpert@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > '54 MG was a TF. TD was only up to '53.
> >
> > Larry
> >
> >
> > Walt Wayman wrote:
> >
> > >  my first car, a '54 MG TD I got before I was old enough to get a license,
> > >
> > > Walt
> > >
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