Towing?

[Terry McGrath]

A friend built up one MG TA from two (which I foolishly swapped him for a tatty Nippy) in the 1960s. I helped him tow the remains of one TA to the nearest scrap yard (honestly!). He towed with his modern and a short rope, and I stood on the stripped wreck for 3 miles. The MG had two flat tyres on opposite corners, no bonnet, radiator, windscreen, seats or floor, so I placed one foot on each chassis rail and rode the "bucking bronco" along main roads in Solihull, without brakes. I only hit his car twice with very little damage.