>From The Car Connection this morning:
MG Rover Auctions Its Past
The vultures are circling, picking over the bones of what used to be
Britain's last volume car manufacturer. MG Rover went to the wall last summer,
and
now all that remains - from the valuable to the trivial - is being split up.
The Heritage Motor Centre, one of the U.K.'s most prestigious auto museums
and based in Warwickshire, has revealed it's done a deal with Nanjing
Automobile, the new owner of MG Rover's Longbridge plant in Birmingham. The
move will
safeguard historically important artifacts, documents, and photographs. HMC
already owns a wide range of archive material - including the last production
car, a Rover 75 - which tells the story of the Longbridge site from its
beginnings in 1905. The newly rescued items will complete the historic record
and
form part of a special display later this year.
Meanwhile, there's to be an auction of everything that belonged to MG Sport
and Racing, the company's motorsport divisions. Taking place on March 25,
there's more than 900 lots of cars, accessories, and workshop equipment. The
sale includes race-prepared vehicles, support vans, and even an MGF concept car
that's only ever been seen before at motor shows. There's also merchandise
including clothing, mugs, keyrings, watches, slot-racing, and die cast model
cars - even limited-edition bone china tea sets. Visit _www.wyleshardy.com_
(http://www.wyleshardy.com/) for details of the event. -Richard Yarrow
Cheers, I guess,
Rick Feibusch
Venice Beach, CA
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