The NYConn Progressive Dinner April 2010 &
The Gathering of the Faithful - Mk 87
Oneonta, NY May 2010
The New England MG T-Register

Early this driving season, a small group of MG stalwarts traveled to upstate New York's Oneonta for Gathering of the Faithful, Mk. 87, that included sun, rain, and snow showers. The Gathering was a small on by most Spring Gathering standards, probably due to the schedule over Mother's Day weekend and the early date, making it difficult for some to get away from work at that time.

NYConn members joining the Faithful from east coast states and Canada included Rich and Ann DiRenno, Ed & Dee Flax, John & Cookie Friedler and Jan and Sandy Hurd. Taking advantage of the location, John & Cookie, Ed & Dee headed off to the Fenimore Art Museum in nearby Cooperstown for a look at great American Folk Art, Native American art and fabulous photos of the second half of the 20th Century by photographers from the great Magnum Photo Agency.

This was a low-key gathering with mostly socializing, a signature Dick Knudson auction of rare and unique MG items and a car show featuring the return to the field of Frank Churchill's TD, lovingly restored and maintained by David Sanders of Jeffersonville, VT. It is an amazing restoration, which brought the car back to life, in which Frank tragically was killed.

The show field was lightly filled with few new entrants. In fact, the largest group of cars was the Premier class with just six on the field. That was a bit disappointing, but in keeping with the light GOF attendance. The Best of Show (Premier) winning car, was an outstanding J-1 owned by Malcolm and Barbara Appleton of Waitsfield, VT. It could have won in a field of dozens of cars, as it really is a "hundred point" car.

A selection of photos by John Friedler from the Progressive Dinner and by John Friedler & Ed Flax from the GOF follow, below.