In 1948 the MG TC was the sports car of the time.  As far as I can remember, you used to be able to tune them in 5 stages from mild to supercharged fury. Harry Firth, Graham Hoinville, and other gentlemen who had experience with the MG TC in those days, gathered at the Safety Beach Life-saving club rooms recently to recall some of their experiences.  Graham spoke about one time when he was driving a TC near Murchison, Victoria.  For some reason its original motor was out of the car, and an older one, borrowed from Harry Firth, had been fitted.  He was motoring along at the correct legal speed, when one of the new Holdens went roaring past him.  Two quite predictable events followed.  Graham took off at full speed to catch the cheeky bugger.  And at very high revs, the MG engine developed a death rattle. The engine was in need of repair, and that looked like being both difficult and costly, because the local Repco dealer didn’t have the right-sized bearings.  However, Graham did manage to find an old-timer who was good at re-metalling bearings, and work was begun straight away.  The method of determining the correct temperature of the molten metal was to put a piece of brown paper in the crucible, and when it came out charred, the metal was considered ready to pour. The now-repaired MG continued back to Melbourne, where the next day Harry raced it over a standing quarter mile, and set a time of 13 seconds.  Harry spoke up and corrected this, saying it was 13.6. Both men agreed that Davidson, Paterson, Whiteford, and Lukey all watched in disbelief.  

Chris Turdich's ex-Davison vintage Wanderer	MG display	MG display from the yacht club	Attractive MG followed us to meeting	Peter Gostelow's 1949 MG TC supercharged racing car
Peter Gostelow (left)	Ex GP MG TC	Best MG on show	Graeme Steinfort's ex- Les Murphy 1938 MG PA	Brian Hussey's Austin Healey