{"id":499624,"date":"2022-01-18T21:26:24","date_gmt":"2022-01-19T05:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=126822"},"modified":"2024-10-02T03:38:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T03:38:40","slug":"standers-family-affair-1953-mg-special","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/standers-family-affair-1953-mg-special\/","title":{"rendered":"Standers Family Affair &#8211; 1953 MG Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_740194\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-740194\" style=\"width: 1270px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-740194 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1270\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1.jpg 1270w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1-867x1024.jpg 867w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1-85x100.jpg 85w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1-770x909.jpg 770w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/001-1-293x346.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1270px) 100vw, 1270px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-740194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1953 MG Special<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the 1950s, home-made, one-off sports cars were being created everywhere across the country, the majority of them emerging from suburban garages built by weekend racers, mechanics, engineers and dreamers. The results of these efforts were mixed; some cars were crude creations cobbled together by shade-tree mechanics that were downright ugly, some were beautifully crafted but rarely ran well or competitively, others were simply rebodied and lightened production cars. Many of these cars were never finished and their discarded carcasses show up today on Craigslist or eBay every so often, pulled off the boulevard of broken dreams hoping to find a benefactor to finish them.\u00a0 Collectively, these racers and sports cars were referred to as \u201cSpecials\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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The results of these efforts were mixed; some cars were crude creations cobbled together by shade-tree mechanics that were downright ugly, some were beautifully crafted but rarely ran well or competitively, others were simply rebodied and lightened production cars. 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