Page 17 - April 2023

How can you not love Barney Gaylord whose
websit e st at es t he following as his mission:

"This web site is dedicated to the proposition
of having obscene amounts of fun with your

Little British Car. Fortunately this does not have
to include spending obscene amounts of

money. The less time and money you spend on
tinkering, the more you have left for driving, so
the philosophy is heavily loaded toward

maintaining your own car. There's even a short
section on Grapes of Wrath repairs for the very
frugal and that rare case of emergency."
Above: Russ Welty, far right, was delighted to expand what started as a home visit by
Barney ( center black ball cap) to Welty's garage, as Gaylord was passing through
"It was a ?no brainer? when I found out that Carl George was
middle Tennesse, to an impromptu opportunity for NBCC's members to meet and greet
willing to host us at his garage so we immediately switched
locations and asked Todd to invite interested club members, " the MGA Man, the Myth, the Legend. Asking questions and hearing stories about
said Russ describing how the pop-up opportunity took shape. Gaylord's adventures made this a great way to spend a few hours with like- minded
people and to dream of possible road trips yet to be made.
" As most of our club knows, Carl is a huge fan of MGAs and one
of our most gracious members. Seeing Barney and Carl together
was truly an epic event," Welty added.

On short notice an email to the membership produced a good
number of people who shared a passion for the MGA and some
who were just interested in meeting Barney, a man who is living
the dream.

Barney would be the most fascinating homeless person I've ever
met except for the fact that he considers his MGA his home. His
nine year continuous road trip has taken him Alaska to Florida
and coast to coast until he finally arrived on our doorstep in
Franklin, Tennessee. What a great visit," Wlty concluded. .

"no idea where I am

and no idea where I'm
going

just a tankful of gas
and the patter of rain
Above: Chip Hanback ( left) and Bill Baumgardner showed up for
just me and time and the Gaylord hour in the type of classic MG that started it all in the
space United States.

no plans, no 17
destination"
duck thru by Ashley Rimsky, 2019