I'm pretty sure that I read that BMW kept the "heritage" division of Rover
which is the part of Rover that made the MGB shells as well as TR6 shells.
There's money to be made in selling parts for Bs and 6s.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas - Sweden" <csp311@telia.com>
To: "datsunmike" <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
Cc: "Gary McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>; <SLBESQ@aol.com>;
<sgam@hotmail.com>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 6:33 AM
Subject: Re: 1600 needed for MGB Magazine article
> BMW split the Rover group and sold MG and Rover to some
> English business group, Land Rover to Ford and kept Mini
> for themselves. The Mini Cooper S is one hot small car
> with Supercharged 165 hp.
>
> Thomas
>
> datsunmike wrote:
>
> > The outfit is the Rover group which is now owned by BMW. The bodies have
> > been around since 90 or so.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Gary McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
> > To: <SLBESQ@aol.com>
> > Cc: <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>; <sgam@hotmail.com>;
> > <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 1:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: 1600 needed for MGB Magazine article
> >
> > > Anyone have any production figures for MG-Bs to compare to Roadster
> > prod'n? That might
> > > tell the tale as to why there is greater availability of performance
parts
> > for the Bs.
> > >
> > > There is an outfit in the UK that manufactures a complete
"body-in-white"
> > for the B - just
> > > remove all the mechanical bits from your rotting, corroded, original
> > bodyshell, transplant
> > > them to your new body and voila!
> > >
> > > Gary McCormick
> > > San Jose, CA
> > >
> > > SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 10/24/2001 4:00:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > > > datsunmike@nyc.rr.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > > They do make some serious "go" parts for the Bs.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > more, it seems, than they do for our roadsters!
> > > >
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