[2009/May/29] All good things must come to an end; University motors will close on 1 July 2009.

[2000/Jul/2] I had the generator for my TC rebuilt by University Motors. About a year later I got the car running and the generator quit working after about 30 miles. Initial inspection revealed that the brushes were installed crookedly, I set them up correctly and it still didn't work. I bought another generator in the meanwhile. Further, I shipped the front fenders off my TC to this concern for repair. They were in fairly bad shape. I did this for I expected they would do a very good job on them, such a getting the correct contour on the tips etc. When I got them back the job was about half finished. The repair work was very rough. I sent a letter to John Twist and he replied with a very sarcastic and personal letter. With the shipping and crating involved, along with the exorbitant price, I could have almost purchased reproduction fenders, not to mention that a local shop would have done at a better job at half the price. -- Tom Caperton <caperton@cybermesa.com>

John is one of North America's foremost MG experts, who has lived in England studying with Lindsay Porter. He wrote the portion of Porter's Sprite-Midget DYI book on reversing polarity in the marque, and writes numerous technical articles for various magazines. Runs an MG Summer Party every year. John's wife is Carolyn Robinson, who has made a complete study of all MG colors. Both are very involved in the North American MGB Register. - Roger Garnett

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