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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: Moderator
Date: July 09, 2013 10:00PM

It might be fun to share some of the oldest photos in our collections.
Got a photo of yourself in your first sports car?
Maybe a photo of your dad and his?
Scan it.
Post it here.

Compared to some of you, I'm new to this whole British car thing but I'll prime the pump the best I can.

Here's my dad and his MGB during the summer of '71. (I'm the youngest of five.)
Dads-MGB.jpg

It's your turn!


lars49
Larry Barnes
Colorado Springs
(177 posts)

Registered:
06/11/2009 02:12PM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB GM LA1 3400 V6

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: lars49
Date: July 09, 2013 10:52PM

OMG - In 1971 I was graduating from college!


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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 09, 2013 11:52PM

I'll find ya one from the 60s.


Jim Stabe
Jim Stabe
San Diego, Ca
(829 posts)

Registered:
02/28/2009 10:01AM

Main British Car:
1966 MGB Roadster 350 LT1 Chevy

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: Jim Stabe
Date: July 10, 2013 09:43AM

I got my first MGB in college in 1965. Unfortunately, no pictures of the first car survived. It was lowered with a built 11:1 compression engine that I drove during the week and autocrossed on the weekends. It was painted a pretty Cadillac Firemist blue.


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Mike Maloney
SW Ohio
(531 posts)

Registered:
12/09/2007 12:28PM

Main British Car:
1974 MGB Sebring GT, 3.9 Rover V8

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: RMO 699F
Date: July 10, 2013 12:30PM

These pictures of me in my 1964 MGB were taken in 1966....I was 23 at the time...as I recall this was just after I drove my MGB out west and down into Mexico....I removed the passenger seat and would sleep in the passenger side one night and then on a roadside pick nick table the next....I was a lot smaller then and not very bright...some things never change haha
MG Mikes First4.jpg
MG Mikes First1.jpg
MG Mikes First2.jpg
MG Mikes First3.jpg


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Rick Ingram
Central Illinois
(1523 posts)

Registered:
10/17/2007 09:36PM

Main British Car:
1974.5 MGB/GT 3.9l Rover

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: mowog1
Date: July 11, 2013 11:36AM

I bought my first MG in 1976......a (resprayed) black 1972 Midget.

Don't know where the pictures are.


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kelly stevenson
Southern Middle Tennessee
(985 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 09:37AM

Main British Car:
2003 Jaguar XK8 Coupe 4.2L DOHC/ VVT / 6sp. AT

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: kstevusa
Date: July 11, 2013 03:52PM

Guess I am late to this party! Only photo (Polaroid) I would have is from 1992 when I got the Blue B I own now. Wait!, I had a Spitfire in the Summer of 1969, for 4 months, purchased for $100 and drove it until I fried a Rod Brg. and sold it for $50. Never lost any of the Lucas Smoke or had any idea one needed to add oil to a carb. It provided my future wife and I a lot of fun.


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Phil Ossinger
New Brunswick, Canada
(346 posts)

Registered:
02/02/2009 07:58PM

Main British Car:
1977 MGB Roadster, Rover 3.5 ADVENTURE BEFORE DEMENTIA!

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: britcars
Date: July 11, 2013 09:52PM

Got some pics somewhere (???) of me and my 1966 Sunbeam Alpine bought new. My next LBC was a 63 MGB roadster that I owned for a short time from 72-74 until children started coming into our lives. Don't think I ever took pics of that one.


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Calvin Grannis
Elk Grove,CA
(1151 posts)

Registered:
11/10/2007 10:05AM

Main British Car:
74 TR6 / 71 MGB GT TR6/Ls1 71 MGB GT/Ls1

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: 74ls1tr6
Date: July 12, 2013 08:47AM

Well I guess I'm a late bloomer. We bought this the end of May 2013, started tear down after BV8 meet 2013. So this is having fun with British sports cars and where she sits as of yesterday!!



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Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
(1165 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 11:17AM

Main British Car:
1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: July 12, 2013 09:18AM

Here's my first car - it's a '64B purchased in September of 1967. The curious feature of this car was that it had 4 gear synchro transmission (which didn't become available from BMC until the '67 MY). I speculated that the dealership must have replaced the xsmn just prior to putting it in the used car lot.

Graham's 1964 MGB circa 1967.jpg

Keen observers will see my 2 wheel mode of transportation (a 1965 Yamaha 250 YDS3) parked behind. Needless to say, once I purchased the "B", the Yamaha went on the chopping block.


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Martyn Harvey
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
(189 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 10:09PM

Main British Car:
MGB Rover V8, TVR Chevy V8, MGB GT Ford V8

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: harv8
Date: July 14, 2013 01:28AM

OK here's 3 photos. The first is circa 1957 with my very first British pedal car! The second is 1972 in my mom's Mini 1275GT and the third is 1986 with my third MGB. Cheers, Martyn.
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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 14, 2013 09:24AM

Cool, Martyn!

I have a pedal car photo somewhere. Not sure of the make, though.


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Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: July 14, 2013 09:36AM

Here's one of my dad & his B that I grew up in. He just celebrated 50 years of ownership in March. As a NAMGBR member, this car is in these Registers: Original Owner, Pull Handle, 100,000 Mile, & 200,000.

Some of you may remember that I drove it to the 2000 MG V8 Meet in Ohio when my car was getting its transplant & my daughter was 2 weeks old.

Photo taken in 1965.

Dad & MGB 1965 small.jpg



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/14/2013 09:37AM by MGBV8.


ex-tyke
Graham Creswick
Chatham, Ontario, Canada
(1165 posts)

Registered:
10/25/2007 11:17AM

Main British Car:
1976 MGB Ford 302

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: ex-tyke
Date: July 14, 2013 01:35PM

Quote:
I have a pedal car photo somewhere....

But Martyn's is a right hand drive model.


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Bill Russell
Florda
(85 posts)

Registered:
11/18/2008 06:01AM

Main British Car:
77MGB 350 Chevy with LT1 heads

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: theonlyiceman53
Date: September 16, 2013 06:47AM

Just my old 65 in about 1977. I had swapped in a 283 with a hot cam and auto to start with but changed to 3 speed Saginaw when the auto didn't want to stop! This was before I patched the holes in the sides and painted it Glacier White. Bought the top on Oct 2, 1974. I remember the day clearly as my oldest daughter was born that early morning and I went to look at the top on the way back from the hospital. The door came from a wrecked B that I got from Lee Tilliston. Just ran across him by accident a few months ago at the Nature Coast British Car club meeting. We were making a day trip to Homosassa Springs on Memorial day this year and were only a couple of miles from the house when we saw a hulk of a TR6 up on a trailer with "British" spraypainted on the side of it and an arrow pointing down a driveway. I presumed it was somebody with some parts for sale so of course we pulled down the driveway. At the end of the driveway there were about 25 really nice cars on display! We had barged in on the annual Memorial Day meeting at Van Wilders house! We were warmly accepted and I went back to the house and got my Jensen GT. That's when I ran into Lee. What a great day! Joined the club that day and have been to a few events.
Bill
Old MGB picture only one Cropped (2).jpg


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John Renaud
Michigan
(35 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 01:46PM

Main British Car:
1980 MGB V8 Buick/Rover 3.5L

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: kayakjack
Date: September 30, 2013 12:37PM

Hi, All, My wife, Isabelle, and I left Detroit on our honeymoon in Dec. 1959. We bought our 1st MGA in Las Vegas on our way to Southern California. We headed north through Donner Pass in to the Rockies on our way home. Here is a picture of Isabelle and the 1960 MGA in the Rockies.
Jack
1960 Isabelle Honeymoon MGA.jpg


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Jim Blackwood
9406 Gunpowder Rd., Florence, KY 41042
(6468 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 12:59PM

Main British Car:
1971 MGB Blown,Injected,Intercooled Buick 340/AA80E/JagIRS

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: BlownMGB-V8
Date: September 30, 2013 03:11PM

With chains! I ran chains across the Rockies in December of about 1980 with my MGB. No pictures though.

Jim


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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
(4576 posts)

Registered:
10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: Moderator
Date: October 01, 2013 05:47PM

What a great photo!


MGBV8
Carl Floyd
Kingsport, TN
(4511 posts)

Registered:
10/23/2007 11:32PM

Main British Car:
1979 MGB Buick 215

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Re: Oldest photos of us having fun with British sports cars
Posted by: MGBV8
Date: October 02, 2013 05:46PM

Yes,it its!


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