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September 24, 2011 at 6:08 pm #233711
Having postponed the long-planned Roast Beef Run I decided to risk a trip 40 minutes up RT 24 here in Maryland to check out MGs on the Rocks, the 32nd annual meeting and all-Brit show by MGs of Baltimore.
Great show, despite the threat of rain. Plus, it didn’t rain.
Here’s a few snaps:
Overall scene was B-heavy, as is usually the case:
Beer was served…or smuggled in. Not sure.
This one’s by far my favorite car on the lot: ’53 club racer with patina to spare.
-Dig that crazy cut-off switch . . . you could actually do it from outside the car!There was lots of other great stuff there, including some better-preserved TDs. This one was hands-down the cleanest–another ’53:
My entry for best shift knob:
This badass V-8 B:
Several very nice E-Types:
And such uncategorizable awesomeness as this:
with its awesome 2-cylinder, air-cooled, race-ready, awesome powerplant . . .This guy drove from York PA. Morris Minor has 38 ground-pounding horsepower! He says it’ll do 65 mph as long as there are no hills:
Dude even has the original “Club” for it:
. . .turns out the “Club” originates in the ’50s. And it was called the “Krookloc.”My favorite plaque/sticker:
September 24, 2011 at 6:47 pm #246671Thanks for the memories.
Did you see an MGA coupe?
September 24, 2011 at 6:48 pm #246672Nice pics Ed.
thanks!Paul Mossberg
Former Owner of a 1981 Classic Roadsters Ltd. Duchess (VW)
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September 24, 2011 at 6:51 pm #246673Most excellent photos Ed. Thanks. Not sure if I like the cleanest dash or the best shifter photo the best. Now if the TD had THAT shifter, oh wow!
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackSeptember 24, 2011 at 6:55 pm #246674Several Nice MGA’s there but I did not notice any A coupes.
September 24, 2011 at 10:24 pm #246675OK, guys, take me to school. What in the heck is that slick little red beauty with the big No. 5 on the door and boot? And does it really have only two cylinders?
1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engineSeptember 25, 2011 at 9:27 am #246676I think it’s a Berkeley, probably an SE-328 “Deluxe.” The owner wasn’t near it when I passed so I just spent a half hour on the Google.
Air-cooled, 18-horses, and a fiberglass body. Maybe I should’ve said “yes” when the guy at the gate asked me if I wanted to put Bridget on the show field.
Here’s another shot of that engine, through the grille:
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September 25, 2011 at 3:13 pm #246677Just when I thought I had a pretty good handle on the postwar British sports car scene, along comes something like that. Wow. Just . . . wow.
Thanks, Ed. I’d never have known even where to start looking for that.
1981 Lafer TI
1600 cc Type 1 engineSeptember 25, 2011 at 4:36 pm #246678Here is a little more info on the berkeley
http://microcarmuseum.com/tour/berkeley-b65.html
TDREPLICA Map
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?webmap=7f9174ad614e43b680deba085b0abf48
September 26, 2011 at 12:14 pm #246679OK, I’ve just added Madison, GA, to my list of must-see places.
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1600 cc Type 1 engineSeptember 26, 2011 at 8:01 pm #246680My BIL lives in Madison, GA. Just 60 minutes north of me. They have a lot of cars there. It started by collecting Bubble Cars. Not sure but they used to only be open on week days and not weekends.
Allen Caron
VW based 53MGTD - "MoneyPenny"
"If one thing matters, everything matters" - from the book The ShackJanuary 30, 2012 at 10:22 pm #246681Super nice resto & some neat old slides of racing Berkeleys from back in the day.
Again I say: British fiberglass cars with air-cooled engines. These things are our blood brothers.
January 31, 2012 at 12:22 am #246682Awesome Ed, thanks for sharing and being our eyes when we can’t be there!
January 31, 2012 at 11:51 am #246683Ed Thanks fo rthe pics awesome !.. jebarry40939.4962384259
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