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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 02:56PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

we had a few friends over yesterday several brought LBCs closed the street, grandson was lead trumpet in the jazz band fun time for all

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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76mgdriver Gone Drivin' Beautiful downtown Wanatah, IN, USA 1976 MG Midget 1999 Chevrolet Camaro 2001 Ford Mustang Bullitt	Posted: May 13, 2012 04:39PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 423

WOW--almost as old as some of the posters here!

How about some more pictures?

Honor, Animus, Vis Equorum

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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 05:21PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

It was a grand birthday party for our old house

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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britcars Phil Ossinger Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada 1977 MG MGB V8 Conversion	Posted: May 13, 2012 05:30PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 1,839

Great way to celebrate a major milestone. Old homes have lots of character and presence. Our home won't have its first birthday until October, 2012!

A friend is in the middle of a major renovation of an old three story home. He stripped layers of wallpaper and found this written on the plaster underneath. "W. Lockhart [&] T. Strickland painted and sanded the house in the fall of 1885".

Adventure before Dementia.
The older you get, the more important it is not to act your age.

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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 05:35PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

and a few more from the festive occasion where the old speckled hen was flowing

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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Re: and we think are cars are old our house is 100 #6
Rod H. Amity, Oregon, USA 1964 MG MGB 1968 MG MGB GT	Posted: May 13, 2012 05:48PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 14,987

We had the 100th for ours back in 2008.

Then completed a companion building for it last year.

To the pure, all things are pure...

'63 MGB
'68 MGBGT
'80 VW Vanagon Kombi
'09 Mazda 3 with 5 speed manual

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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 07:07PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

Rod,
yours sure looks good

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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29desoto Wayne Sanders Outside Otis, OR - in the woods!, USA 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Tubby" 1977 MG MGB "Ole Yeller" 1979 MG MGB "Kermit" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Posted: May 13, 2012 07:16PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 6,200

PJ, back off and give us a full shot of the house! (Mine is approaching three years, a mere babe in the woods!)

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

77 MGB - Four tone paint - some kind of electronic ignition - hood props - cheap tires - new springs all around - mixture of poly and rubber bushings - original exhaust - fuzzy seatcovers - stereo out of old F150 pickup - virtually no rust - right front wrecked and semi well repaired - just about right for me!

78 MGB - Done right by a good PO, and I only bought it. Tell Jim how nice it is. But I did put in a Datsun 5 speed.

79/65 MGB - Tubby - Carmine Red - V-6 - T-5
Going to do this one more right, less rat rod!

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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 07:25PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

ok

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: May 13, 2012 08:14PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

wow...it's georgeous...

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DaSpyda Don Alexander Lakeland, FL, USA	Posted: May 13, 2012 08:19PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 828

I married a wonderful woman last year who lived in a 90 yo Crafstman Bungelow. Suffice it to say, this is my new hobby!

BTW, I love the posts on your porch rail.

Don
1970 MGB
2000 MR2 Spyder

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lawnvett P.J. Lenihan Winston-Salem, N.C., USA 1973 MG MGB GT V6 Conversion "Roxy" 1978 MG MGB "Dora" ~ For Sale ! ~	Posted: May 13, 2012 08:27PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 1,544

this may be a new trend we can call it the real estate forum,
Don,
Your "new hobby" looks like several in our neighborhood

Don't postpone joy

Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved MG , but rather to skid in sideways - body and drive train thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!!"

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Re: and we think are cars are old our house is 100 #13
gooser Drake Myers Danville Va, USA	Posted: May 13, 2012 09:01PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 6,995

the one i'm living in now is fairly new. it's around 90 years old. the house i lived in before this is about 110 years old.

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John D. Weimer Cape Girardeau, MO, USA	Posted: May 13, 2012 09:01PM Registered: 13 years ago Posts: 21,577

I think my place is about 80 years old. I'd have to go down to the safe and check the deed and abstract to be sure. I know the property started off as part of a Spanish land grant.

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HL Miller Henry Miller Chair City, NC, USA	Posted: May 13, 2012 09:23PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 860

In reply to # 2066753 by lawnvett this may be a new trend we can call it the real estate forum,
Don,
Your "new hobby" looks like several in our neighborhood

Great looking house, and congratulations on it's first 100 years. Is there a neighborhood historic home tour this year? Preservation Greensboro's is next weekend and is usually really good .
http://www.blandwood.org/TourofHistoricHomes2012.html

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29desoto Wayne Sanders Outside Otis, OR - in the woods!, USA 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Tubby" 1977 MG MGB "Ole Yeller" 1979 MG MGB "Kermit" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Posted: May 13, 2012 11:00PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 6,200

PJ and all the others, you live in nice old houses! I appreciate the old well built houses. But prefer the new modern conveniences!

My first wifes parents lived in a house in southern Utah that was supposed to be 125 years old at that time. Would make it over one fifty now. Walls were river rock and mortar. Probably eighteen inches thick.

Interesting to look in the attic and see 'real' two by fours and the old post and spindle electricity.

More power to ya, and may they last another hundred or so!

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

77 MGB - Four tone paint - some kind of electronic ignition - hood props - cheap tires - new springs all around - mixture of poly and rubber bushings - original exhaust - fuzzy seatcovers - stereo out of old F150 pickup - virtually no rust - right front wrecked and semi well repaired - just about right for me!

78 MGB - Done right by a good PO, and I only bought it. Tell Jim how nice it is. But I did put in a Datsun 5 speed.

79/65 MGB - Tubby - Carmine Red - V-6 - T-5
Going to do this one more right, less rat rod!

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Rod H. Amity, Oregon, USA 1964 MG MGB 1968 MG MGB GT	Posted: May 13, 2012 11:44PM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 14,987

Thanks P.J! Your place looks great, and the MGs are the perfect touch!

To the pure, all things are pure...

'63 MGB
'68 MGBGT
'80 VW Vanagon Kombi
'09 Mazda 3 with 5 speed manual

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AmishIndy Seth Jones Wheaton, IL, USA 1971 MG Midget MkIII "Guenevire" 2007 Mazda 3 "Porco Rosso"	Posted: May 14, 2012 04:17AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 3,139

the house I lived in from 5th grade up untill 4 years ago was built in 1892. Looks like yours survived a bit better.

Seth Jones

1971 MG Midget

www.SpridgetGuru.com

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melbaver Chris Howells Broadwater NSW, Australia 1968 MG MGB "Moneypit" 1996 Jeep Cherokee "Shopping Trolley"	Posted: May 14, 2012 06:02AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 5,087

110 this year

Chris Howells

1968 MGB Purchased already dis-assembled which is why I'm often ignorant about what some parts are, and even more ignorant of where they go.

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Simon Simon Clowes Salem , Oregon, USA 1979 MG MGB "Big Red"	Posted: May 14, 2012 02:18PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 7,579

That's young, when you compare it to some British houses that are 700-800 years old. Still, not a bad age for a house

1979 Roadster (Big Red) daily driver.
unknown GT somewhere in the future.
09 Accent

Don't got to bed made - stay up all night plotting revenge

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