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44th MGs On The Rocks, Street, MD - (September 30, 2023)
Running late, so we grabbed breakfast on the fly, thrn met the Darrell's Garage gang at the Village Green Family Restaurant in York, PA. Taking some side streets, our first stop was Ore Valley Elementary School in York Township, PA to collect some more cars. One LBC died in the street obstructing traffic, pushed it into the car park at the school for more attention before moving on. That fiasco is documented in our travel log. Half hour later we were in line to register for the car show, and soon parked up in line with other MGA.
There was a little bluff at front of the field that would provide a good overview for the cars on display. But first, on that bluff was the Premier class, the group of cars that had won their individual clsses last year, ten of the finest examples of restored British Cars. Eye candy, vintage car porn, go ahead and drool.
Turn around and try to get a panoramic in three shots across the entire field. Being several aisles deep, there was no way to get it all in without wading right into the sea.
Back for another look at the MG T-types, at least ten of them, with a lonely MG TF at the far end. At the near end of the second row, two MG ZB Magnette Varitone.
Follow this with a row of 1968-1974 MGB roadster (maybe 11), and a continuing row of 1975-1980 MGB roadster (maybe 14). This may be the first time I have seen more rubber bumpers than chrome bumpers.
I think 10 MGB GT, all chrome bumpers (pretty large group), and one more chrome bumper MGB. Two MGB V8, one GT and one roadster, and one MGC GT.
The MGC GT had interesting Realm aluminum wheels with spline mount center hubs. I finally found the 1962 to 1967 MGB roadsters, two views of the same six cars.
1961-1974 chrome bumper MG Midgets, seven in a row. The yellow fellow with numbers is actually the first of the 1974-1/2 and up rubber bumper Midgets, just stripped down to be a race car, so six in that group.
Taking a break to check out the peripherals before going on to the large number of "other British" (non-MG) cars. Say hello to the hard working registration folks at he entrance gate, they deserve a rest by now. Then a look at the cars presented for sale. One of those drove away as I was walking around to the front side.
Checking out the parts vendors, not quite as much as I've seen in past years.
Just one food vendor this time, but I think they were busy. Plenty space to snack and rest. Fifth Generation Customs restoration service display was better than it may look. They have a nice Facebook page.
Back to the show field. Half a dozen Jaguar rag tops, four of them E-Types (no sedans?).
Five Triumph "other" including three Spitfire (three different generations), one TR7 and one TR8 (nice).
Triumph TR3 and TR4 in one class, four 3's and two 4's, two views of the same six cars. One Range Rover, not going to guess, but something fairly new.
Ten Austin (Big) Healey, two AH 100's in the middle of the line. Two AH Sprite bug eyes with only themselves to keep them company. Pretty sure there were no flat bonnet Sprites today.
One vintage Mini, one modern Mini, one Sunbeam Alpine, one Sunbeam Tiger, one Aston Martin, one TVR 280I.
Another Tiger for sure. Then I didn't want to guess at these, which is when I stated taking pictures of the placards. That sleek modern red super car looking thing is a 2018 Lotus Evora. The dark red Coupe would be a 1976 Jensen GT (I was thinking Intercepter). Next was a Lotus Elan Series 3 SS Coupe, 1963-1968. The real Lotus 7 was easy, followed by the 1961 Mini Pickup.
This one I'm pretty sure is a Jaguar F-Type, so not sure why it's not with the other Jags. This may be from the recent era when Ford had a controlling interest in Jaguar for a short time (before selling it off to Rover). I kept saying, "Why does a Jaguar have to look like a Mustang"? At least it's sitting next to a nice Morgan Plus-4. And I found the Triumph TR250 and TR6 sitting all the way in the back row, at least eight of them.
They were calling out door prizes all through the show, and my number came up. I snatched a nice black and white "Velocity" T-shirt from Casterol GTX Magnatec, a replacement for one that was getting old. Turns out it is same as one I picked up here last year.
While announcing the show awards, they mentioned "Diamond In The Rough" award, and I had to check that out. This is a 1976 (or 78) MG Midget. Not too bad. How long will it take to restore this one?
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