- 1. MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: Marisa Emanuel <maemanuel@yahoo.com>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:30:27 -0700 (PDT)
- Hey, y'all!! Who knows the story behind MOWOG?? What it means, etc...it's been driving me nuts!!!! I need to know!! Marisa 76 MGB ==
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01247.html (6,806 bytes)
- 2. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: R&C Engelhardt <engel@metro.net>
- Date: Wed, 27 Oct 1999 17:57:53 -0700
- There's been no definitive answer when this question has been asked in the past. The two main "answers" have been MOrrisWOolseleyGroup and MOrrisWOolseleymG. Take yer pick! Ron 58 MGA
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01248.html (7,124 bytes)
- 3. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: Rocky Frisco <rock@rocky-frisco.com>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 00:50:42 -0500
- I got my version from a really old English mechanic I apprenticed under in Ontario, Canada in the 60s: Bill Dillon. Bill used to race the tiny Cooper racing cars at the same venues as Sterling Moss i
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01255.html (8,143 bytes)
- 4. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: eric@erickson.on.net
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 07:58:14 +0000
- Well, *I* was told it stood for.... nothing at all! It was just the product of a warped sense of humour - and they would have been thrilled at the consternation it was causing today. But... I really
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01257.html (7,108 bytes)
- 5. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 08:34:08 +0100
- This hasn't dropped up for quite a while. Some say 'MoWoG' is the name of a god that has to be appeased with many offerings of fluids and expensive new parts, otherwise 'he' (or more probably 'she')
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01259.html (9,569 bytes)
- 6. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: Ajhsys@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 10:18:18 EDT
- I vote for Paul's answer! At least he put some thought into it. Allen Hefner SCCA Philly Region Rally Steward '77 Midget '92 Mitsubishi Expo LRV Sport - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - << For
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01267.html (7,907 bytes)
- 7. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: David Hill <davhill@cwcom.net>
- Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 22:27:01 +0100
- As I understand it, MOWOG does stand for Morris Wolseley Group. Why? Well, MG stands for Morris Garages so the Morris part covers MG; the Wolseley part is obvious and two merged manufacturers are mo
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01275.html (7,735 bytes)
- 8. Re: MOWOG?!?! (score: 1)
- Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 1999 11:54:54 +0100
- As someone once famously commented "MG does *not* stand for Morris Garages, its stands for itself." MG was *derived* from Morris Garages but by the time Wolseley and MG became part of the same group
- /html/mgs/1999-10/msg01290.html (8,657 bytes)
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