Bill & Mary Lou Hoak
Bill Hoak
Name: Bill & Mary Lou Hoak
Location: Cambria, California
TCs owned:
1947 TC 2887 / XPAG 3599, Ivory / Biscuit
Bought TC in July of 1965.
About Us:
Bill, is a retired raisin packing executive from Fresno who now resides in Cambria with his wife Mary Lou. Bill first had the idea of owning an MGTC in the early 50s when he noticed a neighbor had one. He just looked at it and said “That is a great car.”
Money was tight in the early marriage years but eventually a little fooling around money came about and Bill mentioned to his European business contacts that he would like to buy a TC. One was found and he talked to a shipping rep he worked with about getting it to the states. The story mentions with what Bill spent to ship it, he would make an excellent candidate for Congress. Guess it was not cheap
The Ivory TC with biscuit interior arrived at the San Francisco docks September of 1965 and was trucked over to Fresno for Bill to take possession. He said it was perfect. He has since chromed the wheels with stainless spokes. Other than that, it is about 90 percent original.
Bill has had it to a few GoFs and other events. He tells of one trip to Yosemite where it kept raining. He kept the top down since he decided they would get wetter stopping to put the top up than to keep driving. That is his story and is sticking to it. One other addition to the TC are vanity plates. It reads – TGIF and when they are out driving and people see the TC and the plates, it brings a lot of smiles.