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Like Father, Like Daughter

Ready-to-Go

Club tours are a great opportunity for father/daughter time. I am not by nature a club-type person. I was active in sports car clubs when I was single, but now I find that work, family, and trying to keep a motley assortment of cars on the road keep me busy enough without adding club activities …

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A Dear School

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.” Ben Franklin may not have owned an MG, but he was wise enough to leave that advice for MG owners. Recently I took bits of my MG engine to a machine shop to be examined, ground, bored, and otherwise refreshed, and I realized …

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Wake Up, Maggie!

From Moss Motoring Fall 1998 Maggie Mae is on the road again. After nine years of storage, Maggie, a 1957 MGA, is back where she belongs. Rousing her from her slumber and putting her back on the road proved to be almost effortless, thanks in part to a little care and forethought taken when I …

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