My Love / Hate Relationship with my MG

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My buddy asked me if I still had "that little sports car" the other day. I told him I never owned a sports car. It's an MG. Yes, I get many compliments. But for every "love that little British car you have" story, I have many stories of vapor lock, electrical problems and not being able to climb the most gentle of hills.

Why do the British drink warm beer?

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Because Lucas Electric also makes refrigerators.

You may be an MG owner if...

… you get your car going like Fred Flintstone.

… you speak soft caring words to your car everytime you try to start it.

… you fall into the fetal position and stare aimlessly when someone says Lucas.

… the street outside your house shows a rainbow of colors when it rains from all the oil.

… You’re turned on by the smell of mildew.

… you have multiple boxes in your garage labeled “parts”.

… you have a rack on your trunk because the trunk is full of tools and spare parts.

… you wait until the car’s running to fasten your seatbelt.

… you waterproof your luggage before any trip.

… you can identify at least three automotive fluids from 20 feet.

…. you have 4 large boxes of old original parts taken off the one car.

.. you get this feeling of impending doom when the car is running really well.

… you can drive top-down in the drizzle without getting wet.

… when purchasing a nice new roll-around tool cabinet from Sears, you ask if it comes with a trailer hitch.

… you know the parts falling off your car are the finest English quality.

… after months of deliberating you get in your MG to finally take to the garage to be sold, only to return home in it two hours later after a long drive along country roads.

… you get birthday cards from Castrol.

… you know better what the underside of your car looks like than the interior.

… you can’t help letting out a little cheer every time the ignition works.

… you know the store layout better than the staff at the auto parts store.

.. you have several 3 ring binders stuffed with MG catalogs, internet docs and manuals.

Collection from the internet. Thanks to Sam’s MG page.

 

The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark."

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The patent holder for the short circuit.

Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp.

The three position Lucas switch – Dim, Flicker and Off.

The Original Anti-Theft Device – Lucas Electrics.

If Lucas made guns, wars would not start.

Back in the 70’s, Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which did not suck.

Racing an MG? Get used to this view!

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Because that’s were most of the tools are stored. As well as the spare.

A Fistful of Muscle Car Steel

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Running an errand to get milk takes 3 hours on a hot, Colorado day.

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I owned, was owned by, a 1967 MG Midget 1275 cc high compression, I found that it kept me off the streets. I bought this car in Caribou Me. in 1968 for $1500 and lived with it, through the maine winters, for 4 years, some 75,000 miles. I found it to be a fun little car if one were an aircraft mechanic, which I was. I have thought about buying another, but finding a good one at a reasonable price is getting to be difficult. The MG cashed in its chips on 27 Jan 1972 when the right front suspension caved in sending me into the bushes. I walked some 5 miles and bought a 1972 Ford Capri.

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I’m showing this to my mom. Her first car was a white MG convertible.