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**Ryan** · 12-30-2009, 09:59 AM

I woke up this morning sick as a dog. I'm not up to writing much or figuring out today's topic, so you guys are stuck with a random video. It's 1951 and a British dude that goes by "Goldy" is hammering his piss-ant little MG down the salt to the tune...

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**JeffreyJames** · 12-30-2009, 10:45 AM

You know part of me wishes that we could stand as close to the Black Line as shown in the video to really taken in the speed that these cars are traveling at instead of being a quarter mile out and seeing it from a distance......but the other part of me says that that would only take one accident to have me back at a distance again.

Old Crow brought (for me at least) the Belly Tanks back into the lime light a few years back. Who is going to step up and run a Vintage 4 or Flathead V8 in a old streamliner body? I would love to see these things scream across the salt like yesteryear. I am sure there are a few right now that I do not know about.

Thanks for the Video Ryan and hope you feel better tomorrow!

catdad49 · 12-30-2009, 10:55 AM

Stayed home myself this morning, hope you're feeling better. Did you ever notice all the racecars sounded the same in most of the old footage? Soup time for me. Later,Cat

rstanberry · 12-30-2009, 10:56 AM

Old hell, at 60 he was just a spring chicken!

TV · 12-30-2009, 11:00 AM

Ryan, thanks that was very cool. Have a Happy New Year.--TV

**fur biscuit** · 12-30-2009, 11:07 AM

HAHA. (there is an MG thread somewhere on here that has lots of good info in it)

**Slim Pickens** · 12-30-2009, 11:17 AM

60 years old, 139 mph. That would make my day. I got 6 years left to pull that off. THANKS Boss. Feel better. Slim

DaveInc · 12-30-2009, 01:03 PM

Hope you feel better soon, Ryan! As an MG guy who knows a little of their history, they may not have been American, but those folks really were hot rodders in the truest since of the word. They were stuck with the small engines because of how cars were taxed so they really worked hard to wring the most out of them.

acerods · 12-30-2009, 01:38 PM

Hope it's not the flu!!
Thanks for the vid.
Get well soon.
Big al the hillbilly

Jkustom · 12-30-2009, 03:18 PM

Thanks for taking care of us Ryan. Feel better homie.

Half-Fast Motors · 12-30-2009, 07:56 PM

Been feelin' a lil crappy myself. Hope you feel better soon & thanks for all you do on this freakin' great site Ryan!!

seatex · 12-30-2009, 10:49 PM

Hope it's a hangover and not Cedar Fever! Get well, Bossman..........

Bad Bob · 12-30-2009, 11:08 PM

Pretty cool,Ryan! Can't believe how close the people are standing to the car as it goes by!!!!

**mctim64** · 12-30-2009, 11:27 PM

MGs had been breaking records since the '30s, maybe a little O/T but if Ryan wants to talk about it here is a little video about some realy fast MGs.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VxXaCJU_2A

El Brown-O- · 01-11-2010, 12:17 PM

With the white stuff outside my window being too unsalty, your choice was a great get-away. Thanks and get to feeling better ASAP.

**HEMI32** · 04-05-2010, 01:35 PM

I stumbled upon yet another video of "Goldy" & his MG @ Bonneville ... this time in 1952:

Video clip from the J. Willard Marriott Library: excerpts from a silent film from the Burton Musser Audio Visual Collection. This film shows Goldie Gardner's preparation with his crew in Wendover and his speed trials on the Salt Flats at Bonneville Speedway. This item is protected by copyright. For more information regarding this film, please contact the Moving Image
& Sound Archivist by email at justin.riley@utah.edu or by phone at 801-585-3073.

12-30-2009, 09:59 AM	#1
Ryan Administrator Join Date: Jan 1995 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 13,623	MG at Bonneville - 1951 I woke up this morning sick as a dog. I'm not up to writing much or figuring out today's topic, so you guys are stuck with a random video. It's 1951 and a British dude that goes by "Goldy" is hammering his piss-ant little MG down the salt to the tune... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

12-30-2009, 10:45 AM	#2
JeffreyJames Alliance Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: SUGAR CITY Posts: 15,920	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 You know part of me wishes that we could stand as close to the Black Line as shown in the video to really taken in the speed that these cars are traveling at instead of being a quarter mile out and seeing it from a distance......but the other part of me says that that would only take one accident to have me back at a distance again. Old Crow brought (for me at least) the Belly Tanks back into the lime light a few years back. Who is going to step up and run a Vintage 4 or Flathead V8 in a old streamliner body? I would love to see these things scream across the salt like yesteryear. I am sure there are a few right now that I do not know about. Thanks for the Video Ryan and hope you feel better tomorrow! __________________ I PLAY WITH TIGERS WWW.SUGARCITYSPEEDSHOP.COM CHECK OUT MY INSTAGRAM IMAGES

12-30-2009, 10:55 AM	#3
catdad49 Grenade Inspector Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Portsmouth,Va. Posts: 210	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Stayed home myself this morning, hope you're feeling better. Did you ever notice all the racecars sounded the same in most of the old footage? Soup time for me. Later,Cat

12-30-2009, 10:56 AM	#4
rstanberry Grenade Inspector Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: terrell tx Posts: 202	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Old hell, at 60 he was just a spring chicken! __________________ Ron "Fortys are forever"

12-30-2009, 11:00 AM	#5
TV Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dairy Valley ,ca, USA Posts: 1,360	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Ryan, thanks that was very cool. Have a Happy New Year.--TV __________________ outa the car longhair!

12-30-2009, 11:07 AM	#6
fur biscuit Alliance Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: corner of 23rd and Cutting Posts: 7,286	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 HAHA. (there is an MG thread somewhere on here that has lots of good info in it) __________________ "Zounds! Zorched by Zarches, Spaceman Spiff's crippled craft crashes on planet Plootarg!"

12-30-2009, 11:17 AM	#7
Slim Pickens Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Bloomfield, NJ Posts: 3,310	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 60 years old, 139 mph. That would make my day. I got 6 years left to pull that off. THANKS Boss. Feel better. Slim __________________ http://backstreetwheels.blogspot.com/ May, 2013 UPDATED my BLOG My other site. www.rtoonkel.com

12-30-2009, 01:03 PM	#8
DaveInc Newbie Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Richmond, Virginia Posts: 68	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Hope you feel better soon, Ryan! As an MG guy who knows a little of their history, they may not have been American, but those folks really were hot rodders in the truest since of the word. They were stuck with the small engines because of how cars were taxed so they really worked hard to wring the most out of them.

12-30-2009, 01:38 PM	#9
acerods FNG Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: CALIF. Posts: 32	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Hope it's not the flu!! Thanks for the vid. Get well soon. Big al the hillbilly

12-30-2009, 03:18 PM	#10
Jkustom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: west seattle, wa. Posts: 1,554	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Thanks for taking care of us Ryan. Feel better homie. __________________ "where you goin', city boy?" "Thanks for the big burnout you done leaving JCustom,they heard it on the third floor." - Hambandy

12-30-2009, 07:56 PM	#11
Half-Fast Motors Grenade Inspector Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Western Washington Posts: 196	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Been feelin' a lil crappy myself. Hope you feel better soon & thanks for all you do on this freakin' great site Ryan!!

12-30-2009, 10:49 PM	#12
seatex Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: outside o' Austin Tx Posts: 1,520	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Hope it's a hangover and not Cedar Fever! Get well, Bossman.......... __________________ Nobody is tighter than the "Loosers" !

12-30-2009, 11:08 PM	#13
Bad Bob Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: O.C. Baby Posts: 22,957	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 Pretty cool,Ryan! Can't believe how close the people are standing to the car as it goes by!!!! __________________ "I ain't nobody,DORK!" HAMB Merc Club Townsends Customs & Hotrods

12-30-2009, 11:27 PM	#14
mctim64 Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California, somewhere just below Fresno. Posts: 5,004	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 MGs had been breaking records since the '30s, maybe a little O/T but if Ryan wants to talk about it here is a little video about some realy fast MGs. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VxXaCJU_2A __________________ Y-Block Powered Model A Tudor project http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=667198 "it looks just like a Tellafunkin U-47" http://yblockguy.com/

01-11-2010, 12:17 PM	#15
El Brown-O- FNG Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Nicholasville, KY Posts: 6	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 With the white stuff outside my window being too unsalty, your choice was a great get-away. Thanks and get to feeling better ASAP.

04-05-2010, 01:35 PM	#16
HEMI32 Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bay Area, California Posts: 3,789	Re: MG at Bonneville - 1951 I stumbled upon yet another video of "Goldy" & his MG @ Bonneville ... this time in 1952: Video clip from the J. Willard Marriott Library: excerpts from a silent film from the Burton Musser Audio Visual Collection. This film shows Goldie Gardner's preparation with his crew in Wendover and his speed trials on the Salt Flats at Bonneville Speedway. This item is protected by copyright. For more information regarding this film, please contact the Moving Image & Sound Archivist by email at justin.riley@utah.edu or by phone at 801-585-3073. __________________

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