Maggie took to the road again for the first time in exactly 40 years in June 2017 and has been in regular use ever since …
The last time before this that my wife Kim rode in Maggie was in 1977 when she was 20 – 40 years later and it still brought a smile to her face!
My first grandson, Hal, witnessed the final stages of the restoration and was a regular in my workshop and the cockpit.
The more recent grandson arrival Felix, also reckoned Maggie to be pretty exciting.
My mother at 96 also enjoyed a ride out and loved it!
Maggie on the famous starting grid at Goodwood motor Circuit.
My restoration came under serious scrutiny by some extremely knowledgable classic car people and thankfully got the thumbs up – two of the group were MG employees at Abingdon, one serving an apprenticeship when MGA’s were still in production.
2019 Update: Ray, centre shot in black jacket, great friend, fellow MGA owner and restorer, died in July after a long illness. The week before he died, a mutual friend and I got his 1956 Coupe out of a two year hibernation and gave Ray a run around the block. It was a great moment and one to cherish.
Classic v Future ClassicI was asked to do a talk on car technology to groups of 10 year old local school kids and did a comparison between a 50’s sportscar and a current BMW i8.It was great fun and I was amazed at the level of knowledge of some of the kids, although none of them, including their teachers had ever seen a car started with a starting crank handle.They liked the i8, but were fascinated by the MGA
A Good Friday run to collect my mother, now 98, for lunch. She loves it … makes me feel so young.
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