I, too, have seen sights like this. It's downright pathetic. And like you
said, Mike, most of these people think they're sitting on Fort Knox.
I don't know if you remember my discussing the chrome B I saw sitting in a
yard near a main throroughfare here in San Antonio. It's sitting there
under a new blue tarp. (The old one had finally rotten through and the car
sat there nekkid for about 6 months.) It's in a pretty sorry neighborhood,
and the local hooligans have hopped the fence and lifted or broken many
visible parts.
The owner's eyes lit up like a pachinko machine when I was talking to him.
"Well, how much do you think it's worth" he asked. I told him that under
advice, I passed on a $1200 MGA (I'm kicking myself all the way to....
wel..... somewhere, over that one. I listened to two too many pessimistic
list members -- you KNOW who you are... It had a good body and it was all
there.)
I told him that without looking at it further, which he didn't let me do,
I'd say the car was only worth about $500 or less. He rambled on about how
sentimental his wife was about the car. Yada yada yada. Horse hockey. And
he thinks he'll get around to restoring it one day. It hasn't been licensed
in at least 15 years.
There's another candidate for the crusher. Pity.
The good news: Last Saturday I found a great junkyard that specializes in
old cars. I had been told there was an MGA there. Well, the A had been
sold. There was a half a CBB (front had been knocked off by something
bigger than it was!). Then the yard owner took me to see the "white one up
there". I finally spotted it. It was a Fiat. But they do have some nice old
classics, although none English.
So much for this depressing talk.... I'm gonna' go mow the pasture and
check the well. We're expectin' it's only going to get to 112 today.
Carol
At 12:40 AM 7/21/98 EDT, miker15@juno.com wrote:
>A friend of mine presented me with an ad from a local paper on friday
>"MGBs, two running 3 parts cars make offer"
.....
>(well he seemed to think he had the mother lode and i didnt want to hurt
>his feelings) but that if he didnt have any better luck selling them and
.....
>So tonight friends say goodbye to five more..... a 74, two 75s a 77 and a
>79
>The only good thing is it makes our cars more rare!!
>mike robson
...now running Windows '98, better known as "MacIntosh '87 "
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