I think you will find that the $500 crating fee is not for shipping.
They want you to pick it up. Check with them.
Chuck Horsley
On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Wes Grady wrote:
> Just got a flyer from Moss... They have soon offering a complete MGB body
>shell, with 68-74 specs (which I think means chrome bumpers) original press
>dies and assembly jigs were used and it comes complete with fenders, doors,
>hood and trunk lid, electrophoretically primed and sealed and all for the low,
>low price of $4,495.00 plus $500 for crating, and I presume shipping. So, for
>a mere $5,000+ you can have a rust free start to your dream car.
>
> I presume, therefore, that if you bought this thing, added a new or rebuilt
>engine and transmission, and new suspension, seats, top, glass, chrome, etc.,
>etc. and could restrain yourself, you could have a brand spanking new MGB for
>something in the mid teens. Of course you would need a wreck from which to
>obtain the manufacturing data and serial number so you could license it.
>
> Pictures of this process keep running through my mind...... he, he, yeah,
>this could be an interesting project. If anyone decides to do it, I would
>like book and film rights....
>
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