Dodd, Kelvin had this to say:
>Max:
>
> I believe the car you are describing was my 65 MGB. It was running
>on 4 cylinders till I hit Hwy 17 during rush hour. Then one valve packed
>up. Luckily it broke free again somewhere near Salinas. The head on the
>car had been badly cracked for about 5 years, hence the shoe box over the
>distributor. The rear re-configuration of the car was by VW bus. The front
>by Hereford cow. I drove the car for the rest of the season, then it met
>it's maker (so to speak). Many of its parts continue to live on in various
>other cars.
>
"Met its maker" is apt, considering that the Abingdon factory has also
shuffled off this mortal coil...
No offense meant, of course... I was actually impressed by the driver's
fortitude at the time, not having given up and called AAA...
Are you going to make it to Palo Alto this year?
> Even as smashed up as it was, it was wonderful driving down the 101
>on Sunday evening at sunset with the wind in what was left of my hair.
>
>Kelvin.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Max Heim [mailto:mvheim@studiolimage.com]
>> Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 10:41 AM
>> To: MG List
>> Subject: Re: Palo Alto British Meet
>>
>>
>> Thanks, Richard... but I was being facetious. It was there as
>> recently as
>> '97. Since then it has added a crumpled bonnet to its outstanding
>> features, so it may be a contender... though I recall one car
>> that drove
>> up from the south coast on 3 cylinders that year that would have won
>> hands down.
>>
>> Max
>>
>> Richard Feibusch had this to say:
>>
>> >Max,
>> >Let it in?!? We welcome it! We've even added a best beater
>> award for cars
>> >that are "less than show quality."
>> >
>> >8888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888888
>> >original message:
>> >
>> >Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 18:40:35 -0700
>> >From: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
>> >Subject: Re: Palo Alto British Meet
>> >
>> >I'm planning to be there with the ratty B (if they let it in). I'm
>> >thinking about the tour... need to find time to do a tune-up
>> if I want to
>> >do it.
>> >
>>
>>
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>> Max Heim
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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