As long as we are on the subject of a trip to England.......
I will be there during the first two weeks of June for the Morris Minor
50th Birthday event at Blenheim Palace and MG'98 at Duxford. I was
wondering if any of our English friends could tell me if there are any
car rental agencies that rent older classic cars. Like a Morris
Minor..... I found a place up in Yorkshire, but that is too far to travel
just to get a car. What do you think?
Randell Kegg
1949 MGTC
1958 MGA
1966 Morris Traveller
On Mon, 8 Dec 1997 07:19:26 -0800 (PST) Chris Nevard
<spridgeteer@yahoo.com> writes:
>Heathrow is almost certainly the best choice for car hire and maybe
>hotels. You will probably be landing there anyway. All the major
>motorways are close by. It is the right side of town for Gaydon
>,Beaulieu, Oxford, Stratford Upon Avon (near Gaydon), Stonehenge,
>Salisbury etc. - max 1h 30min by car.
>
>Please don't do what alot of tourists do in London and carry your
>camcorder around your neck however - it looks daft and may attract the
>wrong attention.
>
>Do try the English ales (served by a tall hand pump) especially the
>ones from the smaller brewers . . . . .In London try Young's and
>Fullers (do not confuse with Younger's).
>
>Chris Nevard
>{Sad CAMRA and MG Car Club member)
>
>
>
>---dmeadow@juno.com wrote:
>>
>> One thing I forgot to tell you...
>>
>> If you follow Phillip's excellent to suggestion to rent your car out
>of
>> London, go to Heathrow. You can take 45 minute "tube" ride to
>Heathrow
>> and one of the courtesy buses to one of the rental car places. From
>> there you can get right on the motorway. Although this may sound
>> time-consuming, it will probably take you less time than trying to
>fight
>> your way out of London in the traffic.
>>
>> Be sure to reserve the car in advance.
>>
>> David Littlefield
>> Houston, TX
>>
>> On Mon, 8 Dec 97 09:26:46 -0000 Philip Raby
>> <philip.raby@eos-magazine.com> writes:
>> >On 8/12/97 12:44 am DANIEL RAY said
>> >
>> >>I thought about "hiring" (renting, in American, BTW, nudge,wink)
>an
>> >MGF,
>> >>even for a couple of hours. then I remembered ya'll drive on the
>> >other
>> >>side of the road and I'd hafta shift LEFT HANDED!!!! Hell, are the
>
>> >pedals
>> >>in the same #!!&%**#!* place??? (gas on the right and clutch on
>the
>> >left?)
>> >>8-)
>> >>Don't know how much that might take away from the driving
>experience,
>> >
>> >>concentrating on all that....not sure you folks would like a damn
>> >American
>> >>(I refuse to use the term "Yank", cuz I'm not one) skittering
>through
>> >the
>> >>suburbs of London, "all bloody confused and whatnot"...
>> >Driving on the wrong side is much easier than you'd imagine - I've
>> >done
>> >it a lot in Europe and the States, 20 minutes and it's second
>nature -
>> >
>> >honest! You may find the traffic in Central London a bit scary, try
>
>> >and
>> >hire a car from the outskirts.
>> >>Are there any good breweries or pubs in Gaydon? That way, maybe I
>can
>> >get
>> >>my boss, the Colonel, to go with....he's a homebrew beer
>> >Umm, don't thnik so, Gaydon is out in the stickc. Leave your boss
>in
>> >London to sample the many excellent ales :-))
>> >>fanatic...hmmm...? Not sure about how much of an autophile he
>> >is...being
>> >>that I'm new to the unit.
>> >><sigh>...probably only time for the car dealerships...hehe, wonder
>
>> >how
>> >>much havoc I can wreak on those poor, unsuspecting salespersons?
>> >>Maybe I can accost some poor Londoner owner of an MGF, or other
>> >sprightly
>> >>LBC, for a spin (in a friendly, albeit typically arrogant American
>
>> >manner.
>> >>hehe).
>> >Ha! Don't forget yer plaid 'slacks' and baseball cap for the full
>> >effect!
>> >;-)
>> >>Thanks for the Info!
>> >No problem.
>> >
>> >
>> >Philip Raby
>> >Editor, MG World
>> >PO Box 163, Bicester OX6 3YS, UK
>> >Tel: 01869 340061 Fax: 01869 340063 Mobile 0467 767361
>> >www.chp.ltd.uk
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>==
>Chris Nevard
>
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