They Still Make MG Parts?

Those of us raised on Hondas, Subarus and Mustangs may not remember a time when buying a sporty car meant looking toward England. Go back to the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, and MG, Triumph and Austin-Healey sent a huge number of fun, inexpensive sports cars our way.

While you could say the run pretty much ended around 1980, there’s still a ton of these cars on the road. This weekend I’ll be at the British Motor Trade Conference meeting with shop owners, parts manufacturers and others who still cater to this market. And if the brands I mentioned sound totally foreign to you, one day you need to sample an MGA. As a Miata owner, I concede that it might be the best roadster ever.