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George Herschell Avatar
Webster, NY, USA   USA
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1966 MG MGB
My good friend, the late Jim Kreckvitch, tells this story and I can't vouch
for its truth but it still is good for a chuckle. This was supposed to be the
“Gospel Truth” but with Jim one never knew.
There was a wedding going on the same weekend as a T Register event
in Ohio and one of the wedding guests (who apparently had more than
enough to drink) was looking at Jims car (52 MG TD) and the conversation
(according to Jim) went like this:
Guest: “Thash a nice car ya got there budddy
Jim: “Thanks”
Guest: “Where you from budddy?”
Jim: “Kansas City”
Guest: “Kansash City Missooouri ?”
Jim: “Yep”.
Guest: “How’d you get it here buddy”?
Jim: “I drove it”
Guest: “Nnooooo you din’t”.
Jim: “Yes I did all the way.
At this point the guy looked the car all over again and then came back with:
“You coun’t cause, it ain’t got no buuugs on it”
Jim: “Yes I did”.
Guest: “Where’d all the buugs go”?
Jim: “I washed them off”.
Guest: “Everrry one of em”?
Jim: “Yep”
About this time the guy walked away but some time later he came back looking for Jim.
Guest: “ Hey buddy I foun a buuug.
Jim: “You did? Where”?
The guy walked around to the back of the car and pointed to the TD’s
rear mounted gas tank.
Guest: “I foun im right here, and I figured it out.
They kill emselves trying to pash you”.

As I said this is Jim’s story and I will not vouch for the
truthfulness but it is good for a laugh.

George Herschell
I still have to chuckle when I think of Jim and his telling me that story.
He was a very good friend and I miss his humor. And his cartoons

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Jack Long Avatar
Millsboro, DE, USA   USA
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1955 MG TF 1500 "Harriet"
1974 MG MGB "Lucy"
Good story, George - thanks for sharing.

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rufnek66 Gary McGovern
Hartwell, GA, USA   USA
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1954 MG TF
I first met Jim at a GOF South down in Florida in 1976. He was frying catfish in a big iron pot in Tony Roth's back yard and naturally he was telling tales. Jim was a bit salty in speech and I was amazed to discover that he was an accomplished artist as well as a true MG craftsman. He was a character who is missed.

Gary

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Dave Braun Avatar
Georgetown, TX, USA   USA
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1952 MG TD "Tommy"
1970 MG MGB "Maggie"
1974 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Sammy"
That's a hoot George. Thanks for telling it.

Warmly,
dave


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George Herschell Avatar
Webster, NY, USA   USA
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1966 MG MGB
Gary,

I lost a good friend when Jim passed on and I still think of him a lot lately.
He had a fantastic sense of humor and did some great MG related cartoons.
If I can put my hands on some of them I'll post them here. I think the
single thing that I remember most about him was that sense of humor.
We were at T Register event one year and Jim came walking across the
dirt and gravel parking lot dragging a wet towel and told me he was going
to help me wipe off my car. I thanked him but told him I had the situation well
in hand. He also told me that his (blue to match his car) pork pie hat with
the MG patch sewed on the top of it was for the benefit of low flying airplanes.
It's a great joy to be able to look back at some of the great MG times we
had while in his company and I have yet to find anyone with a better sense
of humor than he had.
He is missed a great deal lately and thinking about him always gives me a smile.

George Herschell

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