FINALLY, THE SECRET REVEALED

by Bob Forest (your roving reporter)

The year, 1998, the MGA was finally finished. I got it registered, and took a few little weekend trips.

Helen and I were thinking of taking a nice trip with the MGA, somewhere we had not been.

On a Tuesday morning in June we left with no destination in mind, and would stop and stay a while when the area suited us. Low and behold after 3 and a half days of driving we arrived in a little town, called New Orleans. Trip odometer showing 1786 miles.

We drove around the town to see where we were going to stay, we found a nice little hotel a couple of streets from Bourbon Street, which is very famous. It was amazing to see the people waving at us in our MGA, I guess they like the look of the car. No, I am sure it was Helen and I.

The next morning we got up, had a wonderful breakfast, which included New Orleans famous cat fish, laying over two poached eggs, with those Southern potatoes, I forgot what they called them. It turned out for something very scary to look at, but quiet good.

On leaving the Hotel Court Yard for our daily sight seeing, we noticed a movie set was going on just across the street from our hotel. As we were driving out of the Hotel, someone from the set waved to us to drive over to their side, which we did. It seemed they needed a car for the movie of our vintage, and wanted to rent it from us. So much if I drove the car, or 3 times the amount if the actor drove the car. Guess what, it was nice to see Julia Roberts driving the MGA. I take that word nice back, it was exciting to see her drive the MGA. The bad part is that when I use the Hyde Food for my leather, I do not do the seat where she sat.

After the two days of using the MGA, she wanted to buy the car from us, which in turn was very tempting, as she offered us a great sum of money, real money, US money. Helen thought I was crazy to refuse it, but all I was thinking, the longer I refuse, the longer I have her standing in from of me. Finally she did believe me that we were going back to Montreal with the MGA. She gave me a beautiful hug and kiss on the cheek and we said our good by's.

As this is the month of February and in a few months the car will be on the road again, I did not have much to write about, and knowing that it will be April, when you get the VEA famous Autosiaste and you all know what April is for, catching people and enjoying the fantasy. So Members of the VEA, April Fools month to all of you, and may the summer of 2002 be a wonderful one. Get those cars out on the road, and you never know who you are going to meet.

© VEA