British car Day 2016 Part 2
Rare MG F1 offers in Canberra Terribly British Car Day.
Va Va Voom Brian Oxley Garren with his MG 1931 F1 Photo Jeffrey Chan.
An Garran man-MG 83 will be one of the rarest and the most long film collection at the annual British Terribly day Canberra Sunday cars.
Brian Oxley, a former helicopter pilot in the army who later became a successful business consultant in Canberra, the first fell in love with the brand when he was younger staff in Duntroon in the 1950s.
We were allowed to buy cars in our last year and I went out and bought an MG TF, he said.
Part of the appeal of the TF was his anachronistic style, even by the standards of 1957, Mr. Oxley made her more if cars.
Flashback Brian Oxley 1931 MG F1 as in November 1997.
Its current fleet includes four very desirable 1931 F1 seats, it shows on Sunday, a 1933 MG J2 sports and a Morgan three-wheeler being restored.
The Terribly British Day, which is free, will be held at Patrick White Garden outside the National Library 10:00 to 3:00 p.M..
M. Oxley made the most of his own restoration and its cars are a tribute to his self-taught skills as a carpenter, ironworker, spray painter, mechanic and upholsterer.
F1, who came to Australia from England in the 1970s, took more than six years to restore.
It was full but abandoned, he said the car was sitting in a warehouse for decades that I have bought someone elses Unstarted project.
MG made about 1250 of these and there are several hundred left about 11 are in Australia.
What distinguishes Garran car is outside its unusual body with four seats, as opposed to the two most common places.
M. Oxley said the February 2 configuration makes it more of a sports car with an out and out sports car.
It is still great fun to drive The ride is firm, body roll is nonexistent and no synchromesh on one of the gears combined with sharp steering response ensuring the driver remains concentrated.
These F1 and J2 are cars that should be driven all the time; you can relax and not let your mind wander.
M. Oxley said the F1 featured personal qualities of detail and design that would not have been there on some of Bugattis, Bentleys and Mercedes of the day.
This is not the result of mass production or assembly line, he said that I get a lot of pleasure to the quality of engineering and retailer.
M. Oxley said early MGs were still popular even with people who knew little or nothing about them, because they represented the essence of the wind in the automobile hair.
When people see these cars they like, he said it is the lines, the charm and history.
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