Ever seen a flying MGB?

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Yes, you may have (click main pic). Back in 1973 British Leyland of USA cooked up an idea for a TV ad campaign in which they thought it would be nice to parachute an MGB from a cargo plane, have it land somewhere in the desert and drive it away. It would sure make for some nice shots. In fact it did and the commercial was very successful. But not immediately as on the first attempt the parachute failed to open, so it would be difficult to drive away in a very flat MGB.

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