Tag Archive: MGA Twin Cam

I Went to Buy Parts…and a Car Show Broke Out

Mmm, yum, it's a "Twinkie."

Some time ago I had a note from our Virginia warehouse. They wanted to put a car in the lunch room, and would this be okay. Having over the years known more than one car enthusiast who kept a car in his living room, I wasn’t immediately opposed. Besides, the cafeteria in the building was …

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MGA: The Archetypal Sports Car

For many people, when someone says vintage sports car, the MGA is the iconic image that comes to mind. The flowing, curved body design with oval hood is one of the great automotive designs of all time, and it was a radical departure from the staid, upright MG TC, TD, and TF. Plus designers paid …

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SRX210: The Le Mans MGA Twin Cam

Moss Motoring Fall 1988 One of the advantages of being “in the business” is the occasional bit of informa­tion which floats my way. While I was in England, our manager at Moss Spares com­mented that he knew the whereabouts of SRX 210 and asked if I would be interested in taking a look. I’m not …

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Up Close and Personal with Customer Jim Alcorn

A native Californian, Del Mar resident Jim Alcorn has yet to suppress the “Automotive Urge” which first manifested itself some four decades ago. As a boy, Jim built CO-2 powered balsa-wood race cars, progressing to the excitement of constructing official Soap Box Derby racers for the annual hill challenge in San Francisco in the early …

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