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Editor of British Marque Car Club News in Harrisville, RI

British Marque Car Club News, latest issue

We also got to visit the headquarters (home office) of British Marque Car Club News in Harrisville, RI, followed by Rhode Island Wiring Services in West Kingston, RI. And we got to the new location for Abingdon Spares in Deep River, CT (previously in Walpole, NH). They now service vintage MGs as well as supplying parts. We ran cross Motorcars Inc in Plainville, CT where they have about 60 Jaguars in stock (woo-hoo) and service and restore the things as well as sales. New England Classic Car Company in Stratford, CT was an interesting place with an older

Rhode Island Wiring Services, tons of wire of course

Cable jacket winder machines

Dash harness for MGA

Motorcars Inc in Plainville, CT, 60 Jag's in stock

NECCC has loads of MGB, MGA and other British cars

Wood dash for MGA at CG Autowood in Norwalk, CT

unassuming building stuffed with at least 50 cars, heavy on MGB and MGA with more vintage British stuff mixed in. We also stopped briefly at Sports and Classics in Stamford, CT, the place that supplied the rocker

Father & son at Michael's Euro Auto Services, Hopewell Junction, NY

panels for my MGA in 2008. And C & G Woodcraft in Norwalk, CT where they make wood dash panels and shift knobs for most vintage British cars.

In the big city we sawUptown Motors in Bronx, NY, Gullwing Motor Car in Astoria, NY, and on Long Island we visited Joe Curto Inc (the carburetor guy) in College Point, NY. Heading up state we stopped at Michael's Euro Auto Services in Hopewell Junction, NY, where we found two Michaels (father and son) working on vintage British race cars, primarily Elva and Lotus but other "orphan British" as well. We stopped at Morgan Motors of New England in Copake, NY, a new car dealer still selling and servicing Morgan cars. Another shop visit was EM Motors in Stanley, NY servicing vintage British cars for decades, as well as building a new generation British (style) sports car in kit form. Our more recent (successful) shop visit was

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