Hi Patrick,
There are at least two, and probably more, counterfeiters out there who
have produced these things. Neither make is good enough to warrant the
names "reproduction" or "replica." The other version is a plastic body
dropped onto a VW Beetle platform, equipped with bizzare wire-wheel
covers, and sometimes with fuzzy dice.
Sadly, the owners don't always know that they are driving a fraud. One,
who appeared at an all-classes show near here, thought the EmGee (or
whatever) was really the name, and told me that he paid $9500 for his
classic ride.
Saw a guy in a fake Mercedes out trolling for babes one day; talked
with him a bit. He said that the reason he had this car was only to use
as a babe magnet. I could quickly understand why he needed one.
One supposes that we should be flattered that some entrepreneurs want
to be able to sell the image of the MGs we cherish, but I'm not flattered
and nobody else I have ever met is impressed either.
Bob
On Fri, 22 Aug 1997 18:30:13 -0700 patrick bailey <pbailey@qnet.com>
writes:
>I was driving around town today and spotted a bright yellow TD with a
>for sale sign on it in a
>muffler shop.I turned around and the closer I got the stranger it
>looked,so I got out and it is some
>kind of "wannabeMG"It had a fiberglass body,a PINTO engine some kind
>of racing buckets real wire
>wheels all in all it wasn't too bad looking BUT it ain't no MG.....Now
>the kicker.They want $7500
>for it!!I didn't want to insult anyone so I left.BTW the pinto looked
>like it had a weber on it
>probably would be a fun car for a coupla grand but no way Jose on
>$7500.
>Pat 79 REAL "B"
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