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All club members who attended know that BMITP was a hit, and as you'll read below, that feeling was shared by other participants and visitors as well.  Our thanks go out to all those who came from far wide to attend our event; without you it would not have been the success it was!
 

 

“Hi Lise and everyone at the Windsor-Detroit MG Club!

Just a little note to thank everyone for 4 superb days in your beautiful region!

 

I found a nice and very hospitable bunch of British nuts just like the bunch we have here in Quebec. We all share the same passion.

 

Everyone was very nice to my son David and I and made us feel at home. I appreciated how you came together to help Mike Jones when he had problems with his TVR.

 

I was impressed with the teamwork that your members showed to prepare the grounds and the BBQ at the host hotel, for the Funkhana and also all the work that went into preparing the actual day of the show: All the personalized envelopes, the signage, the items from the sponsors for the silent auction, the people guiding cars to their respective sections. INCREDIBLE and I took a lot of notes for our future events here for our own club.

 

It was too hot however with temperatures over 90F but that is in God’s hands and not yours. We were lucky enough to have a few trees and some shade to shelter us a little.

 

It was the icing on the cake to receive an excellence award in our category and you also made up a long distance award to recognize our effort in driving 10 hours to get to your event.

 

This was a very special trip for me since I was born in Windsor 47 years ago but my parents moved back to Montreal when I was 1 year old so I didn’t know my home town. With my mother’s instructions, my son and I went on a pilgrimage to find the hospital (Hotel-Dieu) where I was born and the house on Dougall Street where they lived back then.

 

Thank you all again for making this special trip a very memorable one for me and my son.

 

Sincerely,
Gilles

P.S. Here is a link to 16 pictures from our trip that I posted on our club’s website:

http://carvaq.org/photo/thumbnails.php?album=63 "

 

 

“Hi Lise: Well we made it back to Grafton in the TVR with no problems did it in 5hrs. I do not think the outcome would have been so positive had it not been for the help that was offered from the members of the Windsor Detroit M.G. car club, every one was so helpful. Your group really have the true M.G. spirit. I would also like to take this opportunity to let you know about a gentleman who was not a part of the car club he is Mr. Jim George the owner of the Autobon car wash at 4768 Howard Ave. at Hwy.3 were the TVR decided to die. He went out of his way to help me let me use his hoist worked on the car with me not for a few min. but all day and found the problem with the fuel injection. He drove me around to get parts used his cell phone to call Toronto TVR to try and get some advise on tracking down the problem/ and at the end of the day would not let me pay him. He said he likes British cars and has two Jags. That he runs and knows what its like to break down far from home. He is a true gentleman and if any of your members need a car wash they should go to Autobon car wash and say TVR Mike sent me. I know you will get a warm welcome and a great car wash to boot. See you all next year.

 

Cheers,
mike jones  
1968 TVR 280i ”

 


"Didn't want another day to go by without writing: your car show was fantastic! We felt very welcome from the moment of arriving. The funkhana was great fun & enjoyed the BBQ in the evening. In spite of the heat we had an interesting time next day at the car show and silent auction.


Our congratulations on a well organized, fun event! We will certainly be promoting your next years show to our club.
  
Les & Carolyn McGaw.... British Sports Car Club of London."
 


" Dear W-D MG Car Club;

I am writing this letter to let you all know how much I enjoyed your Marques In The Park car show!

For a "first time" event I believe, I think it was very well attended and very well organized.  The location was very nice as well although a few more shade trees would have been very welcomed by all!

There were no delays and parking directions on the field were quite good.

Although it was exceptionally warm which drove many of the spectators and participants in search of shade instead of looking at the cars for very long, the weather is the one thing that no one has control over.  Better too hot than pouring rain though!

The silent auction donations were excellent and there was things for men and women to bid on which was also nice to see.  My only problem would have been how to stuff a large carton in a very small car had my bids held up!  I wasn't successful however and in the end, I did help drive up the price for the hospital's donation.

The BBQ and "funkhana" in the parking lot were quite nice and I enjoyed participating and watching the others racing around the course.  Surprising how nimble some of these cars are!

I will be writing up an article about the show for our club's newsletter, "Octagon7' and will send a copy down when it comes out.

I found everyone very friendly to a stranger and am looking forward to next year if you hold it again.  Maybe this time I can drag a few of our club members along.

Thanks for a really great weekend!

Yours sincerely,

Clive W. Reddin
Social Director.
MG Car Club of Toronto "
 

Britannia rules this car show
by Sharon Hill

The Union Jacks were flying Saturday as 161 British sports cars and a dozen motorcycles were put on display at Malden Park.

Dave Doolin, a Northville, Mich., man who brought his red 1960 MGA to the show, said the two-seater, open-air sports cars attract a lot of attention.

"People love to see them. They're always yelling to you. Beeping to you."

Doolin said he thinks his MG -- the MG stands for Morris Garages and the other letters mark the car's series -- can reach 100 mph. It may have cost about $2,500 when it was built and he estimates it is worth about $12,000 to $15,000 now.

LIKE SIMPLICITY

He said most MG owners like the simplicity of the British design and their durable nature.

"Most of us are guys that like to work on engines," he said. "It gets in your blood."

It wasn't a great day for the sports cars to sit in the sun. Some owners worried about the leather in the open-air cars and Doolin said the MGs don't like the humid heat.

He said they were built for the British countryside.

Bruce and Anne Snowdon of Windsor brought their 1959 green MGA to the show. Anne said people ask her at intersections what kind of car she's driving.

"It's a wonderful car to drive. It's fun," she said.

 


 

 

 

 

The oldest British car on display Saturday was a 1934 Rover that was built in Coventry. Owner Doug Horton of Windsor, formerly from England, said it's one of only two such Rovers he knows of in North America.

He said it was called a six-light saloon because it has three windows on each side.

Horton brought what had been his brother's car over from England in 2002 and spent more than nine months restoring it.

He said he gets lots of stares when he drives it.

"Kids like it. They think it's a Chitty Chitty Bang Bang kind of car."

The British Marques in the Park, an all British car and motorcycle show, attracted about 500 people including more than 300 owners, said Dave Hornby, the chairman of the event's organizing committee.

The Windsor Detroit MG Club, which put on the event for the first time in Windsor, raised $10,000 for the Windsor Regional Hospital oncology unit, Hornby said.

This article first appeared in The Windsor Star on Monday June 27, 2005 and is reprinted here with permission of The Windsor Star.

 

 
 
 
Thanking you for your support !
 
Proceeds from this event benefited
the Windsor Regional Hospital Foundation - Oncology Program


 

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