Darn, I didn't include my ol' 1964 MG in my old sig -that I can't find anymore- that read something like:
Pentax, Beta, Laserdisc, Tubes, Apple Mac (add MGB here) Living large with the best, but out of sight of the rest My first wife had a Hunter Green 64 MGB with a black canvas and leather top. Mine was baby blue, until I got T-boned by a cab in San Francisco driving home after work at 2 AM. Once repaired it was an eggshell white with a broad blue racing stripe on either side of the centerline, blue leather top and tonneau (sic). Susan got T-boned by a trolley car in the Avenues one day, but insisted on driving it even though the rear axle was about 15 degrees off from the front axle, causing it to crab along. Both cars had wire wheels. Kept me busy with my spoke wrench, vacuum gauge to balance the two SU downdraft carbs, and little funnel to get the proper oil into the dashpots. Downside? The transmission on both cars went bad within days of each other in 1969, prompting two weeks off work for me whilst I rebuilt them both in the landlords garage, equipped with one 75 watt bulb hanging from the ceiling. Never done any of that kinda work before, so I followed the instructions in the Clymers. About $275 per for first and reverse gears, new shifting forks, seals and a couple of brass syncros each. Fun times (I was stoned a lot in those days) !! Ending? I traded mine in on a lease of a brand new beige VW Westfalia On Aug 1, 2012, at 11:02 , [email protected] wrote: > Both Pentax an MG are brands that hardly anyone knows today, but which pretty > much defined the market for low cost performance 45 or 50 years ago. > > Darren Addy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sheesh! What is it about Pentaxians and MGs? I've got a 1979 MGB >> convertible under wraps in the garage, tormenting me for funds to whip >> it into drivable condition. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
