Paul, I am doing a screen saver of that mg ad, (I have it scanned) , and I
am looking for several others, do you have any idea where I could obtain
full size copies of the originals ?
thanks, Ted Stowe
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Hunt <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
To: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>; mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, January 15, 1999 11:44 AM
Subject: Re: MG Article
>I remember that ad and have laid my hands on some thumbnails of that and
>many other MG ads of the period that I am in the midst of creating a web
>site for. When I first saw the ad I must admit the phrase "chapel hat
pegs"
>sprung to mind for some reason ...
>
>PaulH.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: William M. Gilroy <wmgilroy@lucent.com>
>To: mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: 15 January 1999 04:07
>Subject: MG Article
>
>
>>I was scanning through the December issue of "Practical Classics"
>>and they had an article on the MGB, MGC, and V-8, the B-line as they
>>called them. I have not read the article yet, but the pictures
>>look good. Lots of old ads, pictures of the factory, etc. I
>>liked the ad titled, "Your Mother Wouldn't Like It". It
>>shows a MGB under a movie theater marquee, with a, shall we
>>say, healthy young woman walking in front of the car. The
>>small caption at the bottom of the ad says, "But your dad
>>probably be quite interested..." BTW, the theater was
>>showing the "Last Tango in Paris".
>>
>>Bill Gilroy
>>77 Midget, no MGB, but liked the ad
>>
>
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