" Be'Gone " Sad indeed. knew Mal back in the early 1970's when he ran a Mark 3 Zephyr in Northern Sports Car Club events,[ way before the P6B Rover and the Mark Parsons TR7 V8 and others ] when I was running a Mini 1971 -74 then the Yellow Sprite 74-75 and on the the Triumphs GT6 and TR4A.Originally Posted by ERC
MGCC day at Pukekohe.
Dave Mallin's MG BV8 (an original car, not a conversion) came to a halt at the hairpin on the first familiarisation lap. Brakes locked on. Master cylinder failure.
As an aside, Mal Clark's By'Gone Autos will be Be'Gone Autos in three weeks. Sad that our nearest garage looking after classics will be no more. So many well known cars have passed through By'Gone over the years, some total rebuilds, some conversions and many basic maintenance. Mal rebuilt my Marcos engine and the Rover V8 in the Magnette.
Will be sad, pity he didn't have a young fellow as an apprentice who could now take it over.
That is what happened with Absolutely British in North Los Angeles, that started in the early 1980's, and is now run by " The Apprentice " Eric Grunden, who ' Ken H ' knows well.
Where to now Ray ?? for your car(s) !!.
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