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McLish Garage Ramblings continued You teach at Dorsey then go over to Mike Goodman’s after school- relatively close over on Venice in those days. You can’t help but be impressed by all the parts. He had bins of every possible thing you could need after years of parting out T-Series cars. The simplest things are not simple or known in the Midwest. For example, in Duluth, no one knew for sure what the round hole in the latch was for. The closed door was so far off; you can’t imagine it ever going into that second hole. Maybe there was a missing safety something, who knows. No one knew. In L.A. of course, you learn quickly about these fine details, and spend a long time marveling on the correctness of other cars at Mike’s. I had a rare period accessory- a single unit compact Al Davis Custom classic AM tube radio. It’s sound must be heard to be believed. It had a four inch speaker, and Hi-Fi response flat from about 4000 to 8000 Hz. Wait a sec Don. Hey, the perfect design for blasting over the car noise of any early sports car with nasal ball park horn crispiness. It said Los Angeles on it and sure enough, Mike Goodman knew where the Al Davis Custom Radio place was over on Pico and one day I went over to get a new original knob for it which they still carried. The guy went upstairs, and actually found one. Since you are teaching electronics, keeping the radio working was no problem. Nothing happened to it anyway. It was made for pounding about and severe vibration daily, not that any classic MG roadster would ever do that but you know whipping around corners, just in case. It becomes obvious you need a good daily driver because so much freeway driving in Los Angeles and finally a 1968 Plymouth Fury was purchased. What a barge that thing was. The TC guild had the nicest people. Everyone’s TC was so beautiful. It was constantly inspiring just being around folks who enjoyed, worked on these cars, and knew things. Harvey’s car had a wonderful hard to find carefully matched original red. Joe Douglass’ car was pure original and had the real original clipper blue. Mike had a beautiful British racing green one with a pristine TF-1500 engine in it. There was Frank Mason’s amazing black square TC, and Earl Sargent’s outstanding black and engine turned TC. There were so many beautifully restored TCs of all the original colors. Ron Simon and his brother would do concours cars continuously, because their appliance parts industry taught them you need five of everything, each make and model. To them that meant cars. (ducking) You could look at correct upholstery detail, and study correct bits on all the cars that various members owned. People like Al Moss had come up with original two tone snappy color combinations that defined their cars. People knew about and had found various accessories for their TCs. The gold lens British Bus Turn Signals, large, potent, industrial, extremely valuable when fitted on the TC. It was simply the best of the options they had then. They were around if you knew who to talk too. It always amazes how some folks pay hundreds to have these things made when if you would just join the guild, meet folks, and talk to the right people, you find originals because after all, a REAL car requires REAL turn signalsthose fitted on period British Busses. People had tripod headlights; Phil Marino was making beautiful luggage racks with polished wood and chrome, and many other custom parts. Bob Goldstein had an awesome polished Shorrock Supercharger on his. Earl Sargent had his marvel mystery oil oiler on his with all manor of racing engine enhancements. My problem after being corrupted by all these people was an out of control love for classic MG’s. They would tell me about what good deals they had gotten, and eventually, I found deals myself which resulted in accumulating various classic British cars- the TF, the TC, a TF-1500, an R type Bentley, a spare TC engine, various blocks, carbs, starters, generators and other parts from swap meets and British Car events, you know, just your daily essential spares. The problem with getting good deals on early British Cars, you can get a good deal that needs lots of restoration, or you can pay a high price for a car that has been well restored. It comes down to time, and what you are willing to put into a project. Each of us have our own history stories with our TCs and TC restorations. That is what makes the TC Guild such a fun and dynamic group. Unfortunately if you are a perfectionist, but we will get into that next time… Don McLish Harvey Schnaer’s Bentley Michael Schnaer shipped Harvey’s Bentley over to France. He wrote Allan Chalmers that the Bentley has been working overtime. A wedding for Irene’s son Victor for one. Then went on their first Rally (first with their OWN CAR they say). This rallye was at Chambourd (see photos). 100 cars showed up and they were the only Bentley. Someone else brought a TC. Then they drove the Bentley 500 miles up North (Caen - D-Day) for a real Concours. Harvey’s TC is also in France and will be driven around in style too after freshening up some of the mechanics.
June 16th Picnic & Meeting Five TCs at the picnic: Simmons, Shapiro, Yett, McLish and Spiegel showed the rest of us how to arrive in style. Three little TC sitting in a row Gene Wescott with son, Brian, and Gorden Bundy Welcome to Tony’s Garage. Service with a smile. Tony checks tire air on Don Yett’s TC David & Debby Spiegel’s TC all sparkling clean. Don Yett, Gorden bundy and Stan Roman catch up Don Yett with friend, George & Kevin Kershaw and Joel Shapiro Gorden & Fumi Bundy, Stan & Anita Roman and Ron & Bobbie Simon Tony Henkels, Steve & Linda Simmons, David Coleman, Larry & Kay Einhorn. And Cindy Henkels is behind the camera. Photos by Cindy Henkels and David Edgar David & Joyce Edgar, Gene & Brian Wescott and David & Debby Spiegel Joe Douglass, Larry & Ann Haile plus Lloyd & Caroline Hendrickson Thank You Tony & Cindy for another wonderful picnic. Venue and desserts were spectacular as usual. Also attending but somehow missed in the photos was Ron Wong. President Don and First Lady Jan McLish
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