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Re: The quiddity of the MGB

To: JedPiper@earthlink.net
Subject: Re: The quiddity of the MGB
From: mil76@juno.com
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:36:38 EDT
How 'bout an MGB space shuttle, so we can go to MIR and help them fix
their Lucas oxygen generation system?

On Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:34:16 -0500 "JedPiper" <JedPiper@earthlink.net>
writes:
>Hi gang - 
>
>The recent postings regarding the
>4WD/AWD/Turbo-Supercharged/Rocket-Boosted/MGB amphicars and 
>half-tracks,
>etc.; brings to mind a question:  At what point is a MGB no longer a 
>MGB? 
>At what point does the toyota-turbo powered "B" with a caravan 
>transmission
>and fiberglass fender flares stop being a "B" and become something 
>other
>than a MGB?
>
>Don't get me wrong, I'm not a purist, don't even really know what that 
>is. 
>But, if I remove the MG badges from my B and slap them on either end 
>of my
>windstar does it suddenly become a highly modified MGB?   I think not. 
>
>
>When I purchased my 76' I bought a quirky, somewhat underpowered, 
>british
>automobile.  That's what I wanted, that's what I've got.  I guess I 
>just
>don't see the point in all the modifications proposed.  Possibly one
>person's coolness is another's abomination....just thinking (yikes).
>
>Jed
>home.earthlink.net/~jedpiper
>

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