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MG MG Y Type - Never trust (Dutch) MG history books

Yesterday I received a beautiful book issued by the Dutch MGCC commemorating it's 50th birthday. In it there are stories by long term members and I was pleased to be mentioned at least three times myself.

One texts refers to how over the years people started to restore their MG's and a few examples are mentioned;
first: the TF owned and restored by Henk Boerboom that won a historical first place in the Silverstone concours in the early 70's; shocking several Britons that a bloody foreigner got highest honour.

second: the stunningly beautiful TA Park Ward owned and painstakingly restored from a complete wreck by Hemmo de Groot. His website on this very important car says all: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/hemmo/start.htm

third: the Y owned by me, Willem van der Veer! This is where history is falsified because although I enjoy my decidedly tatty Y immensly, IT IS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF A DUTCH TOP RESTORATION!!!!

This comment on restoring MG's was echoed from a book about "80 years of MG in Holland". The writer of the article visited the same MG-meeting as I did in the Y and was apparently impressed by my polishing efforts. Long live tyre-shine!!

Anyway, I (again) cried with laughter about this mis-information but feel a bit embarressed and sorry for Henk and Hemmo to see their enormously impressive efforts compared to my polishing the car on a sunny saturday afternoon.
Willem van der Veer

Admit it Willem, you are just showing off !
If you come and see me I will show you the engraved tankard that I won for best in class at the Harrogate MG club Northern MG show where there were hundreds of MGs.
Andrew Coulson will tell you that I only won because in an entry of two, my Y was only slightly less shabby and unpolished than his.
Don't stop taking the tablets.
Michael
j m nicholson

Just goes to show that you cannot believe everything you read ... unless you read it on www.mgytypes.org!

:-)

Paul
Paul Barrow

This thread was discussed between 04/01/2007 and 06/01/2007

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