Certainly MG owners did walk around with a chip on their shoulders when
Triumph got the nod to produce the TR7 which effectively meant the end of
the MG sports car. I'm not sure why they think the Wedge killed BL? There
is just so much blame to go around. The high value of the pound,
under-funding, poor engineering, outdated factories and labor practices,
twits in management and labor had much more to do with killing BL.
Certainly not the Wedge
Besides, they still build a car called the MGF and the company is called
MG/Rover. The only Triumph still built has two wheels so I don't know why
they still have a chip on their shoulders?
Mark Ascherl
1981 TR8 DHC FI
1985 Bertone X1/9 FI
Raleigh, NC
> Well, the story I have heard from various sources, one of them the mouth
of
> an MG owner in Vancouver here was that a percentage of the hardcore MG
folk
> blame British Leyland for killing off the MGs, and further they blame the
> TR7/8s for killing BL, ending any hope that BL would have brought out new
> MGs... I must say I have run into my share of this as well. I used to
find
> it quite puzzling.
>
>
> Barclay McInnes
> 82TR7 DHC
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