As far as we can tell, this is not associated with the M & G that has taken over the former Moss Europe holdings such as TriumphTune.

I've known George Medynski since Nixon was in the White House. I bought my first MG in the early 70's, by the way, in its restored version, I have passed it on to my son Tal. George has been the only foreign car mechanic I have ever needed to know. George helped turn my interest from a hobby to a passion, his capabilities and integrity are simply beyond question. Over the decades he has patiently taught me lesson after lesson while explaining to me how these internal combustion beauties work. He has inspired me and bolstered my confidence to be as hands on as I am today. George has involved me in all of the problem solving and decision making exercises that come up over time. He has coached me with the finding and the restoration of what has become my ultimate foreign car- a 1954 Jaguar XK 140 coupe Over the years I have owned many vintage English cars, I don't know if I ever found any other outlet that has offered me so many moments of enjoyment. George has been my teacher , my guide, my mechanic and my friend. -- Dr. Myron Finkel

I have known George Medynski of M&G Vintage Auto/Tuxedo Motor Sport since the mid 70s, back in the era of what we call the hay days of restoration maintenance of the new MGs and all those great brands of cars like Jaguar, Triumph, Austin Healey Porsche etc, we were among many shops working on beloved cars. Our passion soon turned to actually going to England to the Great national Auto Jumble at Beaulieu in the New Forrest. Back then we were able to literally ship containers of cars and parts to the USA, which we did. I have known George for many years and still admire and respect the restoration work performed by George and his crew in tuxedo NY. After supplying an MGTC to then JRT (Jaguar Rover Triumph) MG OFFICIALLY GAVE THE CAR AWAY AS THEIR very last endeavor as a car company and awarded M&G VINTAGE AUTO the first official title of BRITISH HERITAGE SUPPLIER AND RESTORER by the Heritage group in the UK. -- Joe Curto, SU Carb Service

5/17/97 I ordered a fender mirror from them. Since it was the first time I had dealt with them, I asked about their return policy, turnaround time, etc., the usual things you ask a new vendor. I was told I would have the mirror in ten days and everything else seemed fine so I said OK, send it. Over two weeks later and no mirror, I called to ask on the status. On the first call I was told "I'll check on it and call you right back". Several hours later I called back and was told most of the shop had gone to a car show last week and the remaining staff had just not sent it out, but "I'll check on it and call you back in ten minutes". Half an hour later I called back again and asked to speak to the owner, who I had been told was George Kroupp. I got connected to a George Madinsky, who said HE was the owner. He told me "When you ordered your mirror, my parts guy came back to the shop to ask me about it, and I told him you were just some joker who was just going to return it because you didn't like the finish, and told him to blow it off". When I protested, He said "I pay my parts men $15 an hour to pack up a $20 mirror just so a yutz like you can send it back and restock it? How am I supposed to stay in business?" He then hung up, (I was being charged $45.) I called back the next day to talk to George Kruopp. He said HE was the owner and took the same tack, bitching me out for objecting to the $25 restock fee, (I hadn't) and when I told him that with this kind of treatment, I was going to inform the BBB about their practices, he told me (verbatim) "Well, you'd better write it on a piece of brown paper and shove it up your ass". I called Moss, found out they did indeed have the part, and ordered it for $5 less. When I informed the list about the incident, every message I got from anyone who'd dealt with them complaines of the same or worse. -- Glenn Schnittke (schnittke@mindspring.com)

Imagine how I felt when the "low mileage, good condition" TD engine they sold me wound up having a cracked crank and cams worn down to nubs. As they said to me, "tough, you bought used parts". I certainly wouldn't go near them again. -- Bud Krueger

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