Hay Lawrie,
You've never seen any of the moonshine-runners cars of days of yore?
American to the bone... (BG)
CR
Lawrie Alexander wrote:
>
> Achingly obvious, Mike!
>
> The TC is often described as "The Sports Car America Loved First". While,
> mechanically, the Corvette owes nothing to the design of the TC, surely the
> spirit of the Corvette was inspired by the MG's ability to be driven in a
> sporting manner at that time quite unknown in American cars?
>
> Lawrie
> British Sportscar Center
>
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> Date: Saturday, October 30, 1999 1:29 PM
> Subject: MG at Covette Muesum
>
> >While at The state FOP meeting we were taken on a tour of the
> >Corvette museum in Bowling Green Ky.
> >I was surprised to discover that the first car that ones see is a
> >red 1947 MGTC.
> >None of the immediate staff could tell me why a 57 MGTC would be
> >given one of the places of honor in the Corvette museum.
> >Mike R
> >
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