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Nicecar Gary (ex "Harv") G
Victoria, BC, Canada   CAN
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1980 MG MGB "Red On Red On Red"
Heaven Is...
1) Schlemmerized dizzy / driving first time on highway.
2) Blue label OD. (Installed only last year).
3) Smooth new tires.
4) Nicely tuned ZS (paid $160 service last year).
5) Car 100% functional after 23 years of fixing this and that, and that too.
6) Surprise, a nice sunny warmish day, though rain was forcast.
7) My FAVOURITE composer "Sibelius"; his violin concerto playing on radio with 6 speakers sounding Great!
8) Found my stash of roasted unsalted cashews under passenger seat.
9) Ferry ride (short) included in day.
10) Dropped in on old acquaintance (not really a friend) and took him for a drive in country, and even let him drive and play with OD. The fact he was a commercial "bush pilot" for 15 years, and has FLOWN AS CAPTAIN TO THE NORTH POLE 7 TIMES!!!!!!!, I felt I could trust him to drive my little B.

Today, probably last nice day (sun. no rain) before insurance runs out on 28th.

All last weekend spent installing and tuning my 25D from Jeff. (Two seperate MGE threads and MUCH help). Drove only in city 3x until today.

Today hit highway with high anticipation. As title says felt like heaven. Running as smoothly and crisply as any (reasonably) expensive sports car.

I only took pictures because too many of you would doubt (chastise me) without. On Vancouver Island, north of Victoria BC is "The Malahat", (mountain range) where poor driving skills / techniques has led to too many deaths. View has Canadian "Saanich Peninsula" in foreground, and USA "San Juan Islands" in background. Mt. Baker (which I climbed on icefield to summit years ago) obscurred by clouds. How many of you have two countries in one photo? (rhetorical question).

Pic. #2 on ferry which eliminates Malahat back to Victoria. "Le Jacque" sitting between seats. "Hard" ("Hard Knocks" actually) on hood.



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warekl Gold Member Keith Ware
White Bear Lake Mn, USA   USA
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Nice ride!



USMC 1967 - Always ... Semper Fi
79 RB Lowered, HS4s by Dave Braun & "Schlemmerized" 25D Dizzy, 9.5:1 CR, Mild Performance Cam, 18V with OD Tranny.
78 Midget MK IV Pagent Blue
73 GT in Black Tulip.. Engine by Hap Waldrop, OD Transmission by Dick Moritz Distributor is "Schlemmerized"
72 Midget MKIII Red

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joron Silver Member Michel Joron
Roxboro, QC, Canada   CAN
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1977 MG MGB "Victoria"
2018 Jaguar XE "Meghan"
Sibelius is not bad, I'm going to listen to the symphony #2 by Orchestre Metropolitain of Montreal this Friday but I still prefer Beethoven the second movement of symphony #7 is remarkable.



1977 MGB Red 'Victoria' and 2018 Jaguar XE 'Meghan'
All Classics:
Married, 2 children, MG MGB May to December, Jaguar the rest of the year.



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Jim K James A. Krasnansky
Liberty, KY, USA   USA
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1970 MG MGB GT "Chloe"
1971 MG MGB GT "Roscoe"
1972 MG MGB "Camilla"
I have one I took from Stewart, BC with Alaska in the background when we took the Cassiar Highway south. Someplace... confused smiley

Taken in the days before digital.



Jim K is a grease-stained wretch

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vem Vic Myers
Hollister, Ca., USA   USA
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1975 MG MGB "SuperCharger"
1975 MG MGB MkII
1975 MG MGB MkII "Fredo"
mgbS MAKE MEMORIES! cHEERS vEM

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jramstad Jeff Ramstad
North Vancouver, BC, Canada   CAN
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Nice shots Harv, good to see you out and about!winking smiley

Sounds like you guys and Le Jacque & Hard Rock, of course, all enjoyed a great day!

Now back to regular programming with our wet coast monsoons, something our brethren on the "other" coast would gladly trade for right about now I'm sure.

Cheers,

Jeff



1974 MGB GT, 18V+.030, Richard Longman head, OD, HIF4's, rebuilt 25D w/points, ALTIMAX RT43-185/70's on Minotaurs.

Some days I wish I could go back in life. Not to change anything, just to feel a few things twice.

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sws615 Stephen Struck
Grand Haven, MI, USA   USA
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1975 MG MGB "Commission # G23N124120"
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Harv, that was the perfect description to post on a lazy Sunday morning in Tucson. Will have the B out for an errand run later today, but then that's the plan for the next 5 months before we head back north.

Steve

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gargol Ian Hewson
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Hi Harv
Last in Victoria in 82 around the time of St Helens explosion, my wifes uncle lived there then.
Got good memories of Victoria, just bought our GT the year before, hired a Camaro whilst we were over, really disapointed with it, no guts, must have been regulated for the hire market.
Love to drive the B around Rogers pass, Golden etc.
Going to try and revisit again before we get too old!
Still got the B, although we only intended to keep it for a couple of years, now the great neices and nephews want it!

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Nicecar Gary (ex "Harv") G
Victoria, BC, Canada   CAN
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1980 MG MGB "Red On Red On Red"
Michael #3 Sibelius #2 is my favourite Symphony. A rare treat to hear it live.

Thanks for comments all.

If I don't spend too much time here on MGE, I may get another ride into past Sooke. Trouble is, you often can't trust the weather report even from a few hours earlier. I look at the report and if barometer is rising or falling to refine my expectations.

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