David Benner wrote:
>
> I whole-heartedly agree that without the interest and participation of the
>younger generation our precious MG's will fade into oblivion. So that said I
>want to know the location of all these "$1500" MG's in my area I have been
>looking everyday for months and all I can find in the Indiana, Michigan area
>are real expensive or pure junk.
>
> Dave Benner
> ----------
> From: MICHAEL J ROBSON[SMTP:miker15@juno.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 1997 5:33 PM
> To: drded@ix.netcom.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Is it the beginning of the end of the road?
>
> On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:17:15 -0800 drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch)
> writes:
> >Hello my friends and others,
> >
> >Something is deeply disturbing me (as if I could ever be more
> >disturbed
> >than I already was and still walk free). The number of available
> >"solid" condition MGs available presently. I know not all people live,
> >
> >eat, breath and dream MG like I do but some is wrong. Right now I know
> >
> >were 3 or 4 are for under $1,500 dollars. If I were in the market for
> >another I'd know where more are. Maybe I've gotten to close to it and
> >need to step back but it seem there is a lack of interest. I'm talking
> >
> >general public here. Perhaps we need to launch a campagn to educate
> >the
> >public about the rewards that can be reaped from ownership of these
> >cars. I talking about the feeling of pride one can achieve by being
> >able to tackle repairs, that feeling that you get when the guy the car
> >
> >next to you gives you "thumbs up". Most people wash their cars because
> >
> >they are dirty, not me, I wash my car because I want to wash my car.
> >
> >The problem is that I have a line of cars I want to restore. I'm going
> >
> >to get great please in doing this but when I'm finished I can not
> >possible keep them all and selling at a loss is hard to justify. Maybe
> >
> >nature is being disturbed and we need to let that whole "survival of
> >the fittest" thing take it course? If we do "save" these cars who is
> >going to maintain them? It just seems that the supply is larger than
> >the demand and this is truely troubling me. Safety Fast, David Deutsch
> >
> >
> >
> Whilst hardly a matter of world concern (and it may well be mysel fi am
> attempting to convince,) i have felt the same way myself recently.Last
> summer i must have looked at five or six cars locally(i live in a
> semi-rural area) all of them below $3500 and two were being offered for
> the cost of dragging them away because they werent going anywhere on
> their own!(i didnt take them and believe me i missed nothing, they would
> have falien apart if anyone tried to move them! - not a single part worth
> saving)
> A friend of mine bought a running, emissions-passed 75 roadster recently
> for $1100
> and there is another advertised in n.CT for $1500(havnt seen it)
> In other words, to most of the "civilians" out there these are no more
> than "old" cars.Cute maybe but old none the less.
> I know i have way more money in my roadsters than i could possibly sell
> them for but then i feel i have to look upon it as the price of my hobby
> (read passion!) I do sell them sometimes but only to someone "worthy"
> where i have a good feeling that they will be maintained,used and
> respected - Its something of a buzz to tell a prospective buyer youre not
> sure if youll let him have it!! I myself am sure i was "interviewed" when
> i recently bought the 70GT.
> All we can do is enjoy our endeavours, join the clubs, go to the events
> and share our fun with others.At the end of the day, we cannot control
> what happens so its just down to being the best advocates we can and
> wondering if our 12 year old sons will be restoring Mi**as in 30 years!!
>
> mike robson
> 69 roadster
> 70 BGT
> 72 roadster
David, Where are you located in the area? I know of 63' MGB roadster
sitting in Tipton, In that has been for sale for almost a year! Asking
price is $1700 but rumor around the town says it can most likely be
bought for $1400. I have not taken the time to look into it with any
great detail but from a drive by look, it appears to be in pretty good
condition. (BTY the usual disclaimer applies: I have no interest in
this car) If your interested let me know and I can get owner name
address & phone number for you. I would have been very interested, but
before I learned of the car, I purchased a 67' BGT MKI with only 68,000
miles on it from the INDY area (paid $1200.00 for it and lots of extras)
BTY I live in the Kokomo area and work in Tipton
Good luck on your search for the ellusive "GREAT BUY"
Don Markham
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