Mark sez----"> This will be my last editorial of the year, I promise."
Except the one you send to the editor of the magazine that wrote this stuff!
tom
> [Original Message]
> From: Mark and Kathy <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
> To: <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
> Date: 12/24/04 3:51:23 PM
> Subject: Who Writes This Stuff?, sort of Non Healey
>
> While I was on my manly hunt today in search for the Octane mag. that this
> list has been raving about (sold out of course) I did find the "Classic"
mag,
> so I decided to have a sit and a good read, I thought.
>
> Who writes this stuff? The author states that the later MGB( rubber
bumper
> type) was a very low sitting car and hard to get into. He had to back
into
> the seat and pull his legs way up and swing them around in order to get
in.
>
> Now anyone the least bit familiar with the later MGB knows that the raised
> ride height to accommodate the new "bumper height requirements" was one
of the
> main negative adjustments that was made to these cars and added greatly to
> pour handling of the later models. This was not by any means a low car
> especially compared to the low ride that this list deals with on our
Healeys.
> Also the fact that he backed into the seat made me aware that this guy
knew
> nothing about what he was writing. Everyone knows that you "step into"
these
> cars , "foot - then butt- then last foot".
>
> Further into the mag. another author is comparing a Marcos GT to a
Triumph
> GT6 of which he continues to refer to as a Spitfire. I realized that
the
> car looks like a Spitfire with a hard top but the performance and
mechanical
> makeup is not the same at all. Six cylinder vs. four cylinder. I can
> honestly say that I can never remember the GT6 being referred to as a
Spitfire
> in any advertisements, books or manuals.
>
> This lack of British car knowledge in these books and mags has really
started
> me to second guess what I read about our British cars . Not to keep
harping
> on the MGB and BGTs but another instance came up while reading a complete
> book on the MGB and MGC. In it the author states that their were no
"rubber
> bumper MGB-GTs " imported to North America. As I look up from the
book, out
> the back window of my house , I am staring at my "rubber bumper MGB-GT"
> waiting for restoration. It is a left hand drive North American car.
This
> book is suppose to be written by a knowledgeable MG guy but he obviously
> didn't do his home work very well.
>
> I guess my point here is that we should consider ourselves fortunate to
have
> very knowledgeable people on this list, like Gary Anderson, Roger
Moment, the
> Nock family , Mike Salter, Chris Dimmock and a host of others that give us
> tried and proven information to use towards our restoration projects,
and to
> solve our problems and , IT'S FREE. I feel that they are not just
shooting
> from the hip. We can pretty much trust what they say.
>
> So thanks to you all.
>
> And I'm sure ( I know) with all the changes throughout the years on our
> Healeys there's a lot of "Fluff" out there that shouldn't be taken as the
> gospel truth. So readers beware of what seems to be the truth about our
cars
> just maybe someone's simple observation or opinion.
>
> This will be my last editorial of the year, I promise.
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