Terry,
With the C in Portland, I'm in the process of rebuilding a BGT into a road
car, and I wish it were a C. Without that lump of cast iron in front, it
just seems too light for highway travel.
The pity is that the Austin Healey 6 has a lot more power than the C, and
handles better. With Donald and Geoff Healey to fight BMC's crazy ideas, the
car is a better sports car than any C will ever b. I only wish BMC had
learned from Donald and Geoff. Did you know that BMC wanted to badge the C
as the Austin Healey Mark IV? If you get a chance, look over a Healey to see
how nice it became. However, when I took a trip with the AH club in my C, it
was more dependable than the Healeys. That was probably a function of the
owner's interest.
Thanks for the reply,
Jack
----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Looft" <tlooft@earthlink.net>
To: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas@millenicom.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 9:36 PM
Subject: RE: Why buy and MGC?
>
>
> You are not alone, I have 6, 3 and 3 (GT, roadsters) My first C-GT I have
> had 25 years now and has been the best driving, most reliable MG I have
> ever owned. (And I have a bunch!) It now has about 140K miles and is still
> going strong and the engine has never been pulled that I can tell. A lot
of
> the time it's pulling the beer trailer (it was the one with the red back
to
> back MG trailer with the beer tap built in at Minn for the big one) as
well
> as most all of the Twist meets. I can run 80 with the trailer all day long
> and still have passing power. (it's stock) With MiniLites and good tires
it
> handles fine. Sorry I have none for sale!
> Terry MGC reg # 299
> Wilmington, Ohio
> >
> > Am I the only C owner on the list? No one mentioned the great yearly get
> > togethers with a number of wonderful people. It must be the people since
> the
> > same cars show up year after year. The usually are on the east coast,
but
> > there are occasional get togethers on the west coast.
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