By Susan Wilson, Special to the NavCo Chronicle
One hundred years ago, a car salesman left his desk job, headed into the garage in Oxford, England, and began working on his vision: to build a smaller, faster car thrillingly fun to drive: The MG Old Number One. Cecil Kimber founded the MG sports car, named to show respect to his boss and the garage, Morris Garages.
Kimber and his MG Motorcar Company Ltd. couldn’t have imagined the impact their first sports car would have on the automative world. By the 1930s, MG cars were winning races across Britain and Europe. The Model SJ could hit top speeds of 140 mph.
This weekend, May 16 – 18, Corsicana is treated to a show of these timeless beauties when the car club Texas MG Register rolls into town for a series of events, meetings, touring and car show. The club has close to 400 members, with 126 members bringing their cars to the events, as they have done for 40 years, with the first held in Salado at the Stagecoach Inn. The club draws from members in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee and Michigan.
While they are here, the group will enjoy Angelita Vineyard & Winery, get a tour of the original Collin Street Bakery, step back in time at Pioneer Village, see Richland Chambers Lake and lunch at Harbor Inn Restaurant, gather at Brick Streets Brewery, showcase their cars on Beaton Street, and finish with an Awards Banquet at the Corsicana Opry.
The “automative motor enthusiasts” as they were called in the 30s and today – sport car lovers, geeks and gearheads – are invited to the Texas Register MG Car Show downtown Corsicana, along Beaton Street, between 4th and 6th Avenues from 10 a.m. to Noon.
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