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MG MGA - Breaking out the champagne

After 20-1/2 years, 61 MG EH is finally on the road! It passed its Ontario safety this morning. I had no chance to do test driving as it was registered "unfit" so had to be hauled to the test. So the lucky mechanic got to drive it before me! I had to help him find the headlamp posn. on the switch and had to persuade him that the paint blemish at the 4-way was not a current brake fluid leak, but during installation. It's been 45 years since I drove an MGA and the lack of P/S and P/B are very noticeable. I'm hoping the brakes will bite a bit harder as the pads wear in, meanwhile I'm going carefully. Oil is at 55 psi hot, water 170. I may be a bit advanced as it ran on a wee bit. It starts first pull every time. Now, where is that bottle....

Art Pearse

Nicely done; always good to hear that another A is on the road again. Like the plate as well; reminds me of the one I have on my car.

Nick Kopernik

Dominick, fully agree that the Euro plate would not pass muster in Europe, but here in the U.S. I do get a lot of questions about which country my MGA was imported from: few people recognize it as vanity plate! I actually have two sets of real registration plates from Connecticut. While I like the "62 MGA" plates, the key drawback for me was the "Early American" designation on the plates. I changed over to what Connecticut calls "Year of Manufacture" plates. This allows you to install original period plates from the year the car was made, in my case 1962, but I also need to keep the "Early American" plates in the car (not attached as per the photo). As of late, I usually run the YOM plates as they have become a conversation starter as well and they do add that period touch to the A.

Nick Kopernik

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