You are absolutely right. It was the TC that many GIs brought back to the
USA after WWII that created the sports car craze here. Before that, the
sportiest drive in the states was a 1941 flathead Ford. We didn't make many
cars during the war years. Therefore, the MG-TC is considered the start of
it all.
As we all know, what the USA does, so follows the world. Except, perhaps in
guv'ment regulations that stifle performance, handling and economy...and
make cars look like jelly beans, and...
Allen Hefner
Norristown, PA
*Current:*
2006 Chebbie
*Former:*
1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
1964 VW Type I
1967 VW Type II
1967 Rover 2000TC
1977 MG Midget
On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:47 PM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman@gmail.com> wrote:
> Ummm Allen... The MG line goes back well before the T-series... The
> first "Midget" was the M-type in 1929....
>
> http://www.mgabingdon.co.uk/timeline/index.html
>
> That said, the TC was the first MG imported into the US post WWII....
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Guy R Day <grday@btinternet.com> wrote:
>
>> Allen,
>> You may well be quite right.
>> There is no hot air at this end.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Guy R Day
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allen Hefner" <lbc77mg@gmail.com>
>> To: "Spridgets list" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 3:18 PM
>>
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Best Spridget for a condo owner
>>
>>
>> Haysoos marimba, kool yer jets! I only asked about the best car for me,
>>> living in a condo with no garage or place to work on a car.
>>>
>>> I don't think anybody seriously believes the Miata or the Jeep are Brit
>>> Cars. They both have tenuous connections to the wonderful heritage Great
>>> Britain brought to sports car history, but NO newcomer will ever be more
>>> important or more loved than the early MG T-series that started it all.
>>> The
>>> Spridget is a DIRECT descendent of the MG-TC.
>>>
>>> The Miata and Jeep are "world cars."
>>>
>>> End of line
>>>
>>> Allen Hefner
>>> Norristown, PA
>>>
>>> *Current:*
>>> 2006 Chebbie
>>> *Former:*
>>> 1963 Sunbeam Alpine Series III
>>> 1967 Triumph TR4A IRS
>>> 1964 VW Type I
>>> 1967 VW Type II
>>> 1967 Rover 2000TC
>>> 1977 MG Midget
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 4, 2011 at 4:31 AM, Guy R Day <grday@btinternet.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> Well thought through David.
>>>> However, I don't think you can make a serious claim the Jeep was a
>>>> British
>>>> design and I would suggest Nippon Miata groups whilst acknowledging the
>>>> Miata to be generally based on British design would not claim it to be a
>>>> LBC. Bits of it may well be improved (and other bits not improved)
>>>> copies
>>>> based on LBCs but it certainly sticks in my throat to say a Mazda is a
>>>> British car - just as it would to claim a Jeep is British.
>>>>
>>>> Guy R Day
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Lieb" <72spridget@gmail.com>
>>>> To: "Guy R Day" <grday@btinternet.com>; "Spridgets" <
>>>> spridgets@autox.team.net>
>>>> Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 7:53 PM
>>>>
>>>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Best Spridget for a condo owner
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you follow this argument then you can make a WWII Jeep to be derived
>>>>
>>>>> from
>>>>>> a British design!!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> Well, the original WWII Jeep was designed by the American Bantam
>>>>> Company of Butler, Pennsylvania, which had built Austin Sevens under
>>>>> license (like BMW had), so maybe there is a relationship there...
>>>>> David L
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