A Very Muddy Christmas -- Rubber Bumper MGB

Dave takes his ratty, roofless MGB out to spread a little holiday cheer—complete with a Christmas tree hanging out the back and a bell doing the job of a horn.


We started the day in fresh snow, ended it in pure mud, and somewhere in between remembered why we love doing this in the first place.

No polish. No perfection. Just old cars, bad conditions, and good people.

The TTAC Creators Series tells stories and amplifies creators from all corners of the car world, including culture, dealerships, collections, modified builds and more.

A transcript, summarized by AI and edited by a human staffer, is below.

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Michigan Automotive Relic Society | TTAC Creator
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  • Bd2 Bd2 on Jan 13, 2026

    So yeah guys that was last month. But knowing Tim Healey every month is Christmas when Hyundai delivers piles of gold bullion and crypto wallets to TTAC's loading docks.

  • Normie I don't travel for either work or pleasure. Since retiring I don't have to do that for work and where is the pleasure in spending lots of money only to find other places full of humans?
  • Big Al from Oz Gidday mites it yar man Big Alan from Oz here wildin out with me boys in the outback if yar brave enough for them terrible airports then you should come over where we are and be ready for the greatest adventure of a lifetime I reckon
  • Redapple2 Read my magazine and book. Eat drink and relax in the Admirals Club. It really takes the sting out of travelling. I aint no jive turkey.
  • Redapple2 If you have a sane car (one that averages 24 mpg) a $1 /gal increase costs you $41/month more. The average person spends $380/ month eating out.Can I learn anything from these facts? Hum. Give me a sec............
  • Redapple2 I realized the average person is stupid. 1---- i MUST have a vehicle 2 x as big as i really need (a massive pig up truck, or Tahoe pig) 2----- I am entitled to cheap gas. ENTITLED. It is the end of the friggin world as It has been alluded to above. But you see, gas comes from the earth in far away places. Sometimes events interupt the marketplace. I believe this war will last a short time and the markets will revert to lower levels. It s time this unstated - sotovoce war Iran has had with seemingly everybody, is ended. Before they have nukes. This is clear even to a child. (they already have near ICBM with the strike on Diego Garcia) Outside of CAL, gas this week averaged ~~ $3.85. (CA has insane taxes and gas is refined mostly - out the country (Japan, or trans shipped thru carribean ports)). >>>>>>>>The national average (after inflation adj.) for gas was HIGHER THAN THIS FROM 2005 THROUGH 2015. (except fot 2 years that were a tad lower than the bar i set above). Grow up please
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