December 2019
The collection spilled out of the main “If we discard things, they will become
building up the road (a tank, a fire truck, waste, but if we recycle them, they will
more cars) and across the road (a BMW become resources”. I’m not sure if it
sedan which I guessed dated back to may have lost something in the transla-
the 1930s; more Subarus; and a Rolls tion but I’d like to think it reflects a desire
Royce which looked very sorry for itself to preserve the past – which is what this
and was left in very poor storage ex- place definitely does.
posed to the weather).
But back to the MGTD. Your correspon-
dent just happened to be wearing his
MGCC baseball cap which helped over-
come the language barrier and allowed
a seat behind the steering wheel. With-
out being unkind, let me just say that its
condition would not make it a welcome
addition to any of our meetings! Like
many of the cars on display it really
needs a lot of TLC. Paintwork is aver-
age but the interior is badly dilapidated.
But at least it’s there, and it’s on display
in this extraordinary museum in a fairly
ordinary regional city. FACM has a
motto: .
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