Hello From Essen / Germany

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rotgnom
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Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by rotgnom »

Hello all,

I think it might be nice to introduce myself.

after being registered in 2008 for getting rid of a laygear 22G83 I couldn’t use in my MG Midget (it is still there if someone might need it) I started to read the message board regularly this year.

My 1972 Midget Mk III is feeling a bit lonely and I agreed with my wife to have a Morris Minor as a special treat for our silver wedding and many happy years to come.

Now we are looking for a really good Traveller. When we got the Midget a few years ago we had to learn the hard way, that the better car is usually the less expensive one on the long run. I don’t mind to spend some time in my garage but got a strong feeling, that it is nicer to spend more time in the car driving than under the car with the spanners.

It is really great fun to drive in RHD classic car here in Germany with all the Volkswagen and Japanese cars around. Scarlet Rotgnom – our little red Midget – has been back to England on several occasions by now and last year I organised a week for some friends of our MG club and we went to Lands End. We love to travel to England and to attend various rallies in our Midget or a Moggy. The bug has spread by now and our son is driving a modern RHD MG.

If someone knows about a Traveller with no patchwork and not too much rust I’d be glad to hear from you.

Kind regards from Essen / Germany

Achim
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stevey
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by stevey »

Hello from Northern Ireland

Best of luck with your search.

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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by paco »

Hello From San Francisco
I'm going to Wuppertal in August and was wondering if you know about the availablity of MM parts in Germany.
Hoping to hear from you.
Thanks
paco
RobMoore
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by RobMoore »

Hello from North East England and good luck with your search.
I used to pass by Essen very regular when I lived in Germany quite some time ago.
Moggieless :(

Another great Moggy orientated Forum.
http://mog.myfreeforum.org/index.php
carlosramalho
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by carlosramalho »

Hallo From Portugal!
Good luck
Cheers
carlos :wink:
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Ondergard
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by Ondergard »

paco wrote:Hello From San Francisco
I'm going to Wuppertal in August and was wondering if you know about the availablity of MM parts in Germany.
Hoping to hear from you.
Thanks
paco
That's odd - one of my best friends moved to Wuppertal today, from Ipswich!
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by ColinP »

Hi,

there's a group of enthusiats in Dresden - LHD etc - I met one of the members at ESM (came over for some work on the car!)

Try "local" German/dutch/norwegian ads!

Colin
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by pjh56 »

Hello from kent ( The Garden of England)
Hope you find what your looking for?


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santadawes
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by santadawes »

Hi from Sunny South Wales.

ferret76
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by ferret76 »

G'day from Australia's tropical north.
SteveandKelly
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by SteveandKelly »

'Ow be on from windy Somerset !

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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by MaltaMM »

Hi from sunny Malta!
Declan_Burns
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Re: Hello From Essen / Germany

Post by Declan_Burns »

Hi,
from sunny Düsseldorf! It's ony down the road from you!
Try joining MMRD (Morris Minor Register Deutschland). Their forum is nowhere near as good as this one.
Regards
Declan


Regards
Declan
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