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Over at the MG forum a chap has posted a 21-year-old graduate school paper he wrote about the Little British Car phenomenon. Sort of a anthropological assessment of the hobbyists.
Makes me wonder: what might a grad student think of us?
Thanks Ed,
Not many surprises in the paper, but still, a fun read. I think that an interesting study could be written on the interest in “kit cars”.It seems that our (replica owners) primary draw is the way they look. The look. Euphoric recall? Nostalgia?About 35 years ago, my brother who does ALL his own work restored a TR3 that still turns heads today. He took it to a prominent “show” and was marked down because the shade of the blue interior was not offered by Triumph. I personally thoroughly enjoy the freedom that a kit gives me. The marque purists who may say “yes but that shade of green was not offered by Morris” are absent. So, it seems that with our TD’s almost anything goes, just so long as our cars retain a clear TD “look”, even if not offered by Morris Garages. Having once been a long time owner of an MGTF-1500, I do so enjoy telling the onlookers that “I don’t have to worry about termites with my TDr.”
Thx EdThat is great paper share. Thanks so much .I see myself falling into the first group in #6.That was spot on ..
what group does everyone else fall into ?BTW I still believe the T series MG’s are the most beautiful and most fun cars to own .. and drive daily.At 68 years old I am just wise enough to understand that I am too poor, have no mechanical tickerness /ability to own the real TD ..coz i want a dependable daily driver-not a show car .Why do I say this ? I owned a ’36 Rolls Royce 20/24 and a 1958 Bugeye Sprite in the mid 60’s . Lady Luck was on my side then ..believe me I escaped with no horror stories..But I love my MG TD replica today with all the compromises a replica has.jebarry2013-01-13 12:42:17
Interesting paper. And like Royal mentioned the same can apply to kit car um…officianados. It would be interesting if he or someone else wrote an addendum on kit car owners. It was a good read.
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackEd could do it justice. Roy’s over the writing-hill. Not to mention that I tend to write like an engineer. But just read Ed’s Bridget Blogs….they’re well researched, factual or contrived, interesting or boring, but always fun.
I’ve never found Ed’s Blog to be boring. He truely is a writer. Way different that the writing I do professionaly. He could do my kind but I could never do his kind of writing. I don’t have the creative juices he does. But hey…he’s younger!
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackSee what I mean? I mis-wrote and did not mean that I found Ed’s Blog boring. He’s our wordsmith. Besides, he’s the guy that found the original paper.
Along the line of this thread, did anyone see the two articles on the MG TD in Moss Motoring magazine? First article is titled “A Life Well Lived” and the other is “My Little Red Therapist”. If you can get a copy it a good read. try http://www.MossMotoring.com
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The Shack
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