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David
I am responding merely to thank you for this particular report
(reproduced below). Documentation of experiences like this is intensely
interesting to me.
If you would allow a question, please tell us whether you were provided
good documentation, and especially extensive photos, before making such
a long trip with negative outcome.
Thank you once again for taking the time to share this experience with
us. Sorry things did not go better.
Bruce Burrows
'59 MGA basket case
'60 Daimler SP 250
'61 Daimler SP 250
'73 MGB driver
My Dart website (not my cars!):
http://community-2.webtv.net/guardian45/THEDAIMLERSP250DART/
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From: "David Deutsch" <drded@ix.netcom.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
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Subject: Long trip for nothing
Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:27:59 -0400
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Reply-To: "David Deutsch" <drded@ix.netcom.com>
Well I'm back from a very disappointing 775+ mile round trip L.I., NY to
Richmond, VA and back. The Healey BJ8 that I when to buy was only worth half
it's "firm" selling price of $20,000. "Pristine" was far from what this was.
I felt bad for it's owner/seller cause I really believe that he had no idea
what was wrong with the car. The body shop that had it for four months
($7500+ bill) had MAYBE 1 man week into the car. Maaco put a better paint
job, on a GT I used to own, at a total cost of $750-. Oil pressure was 40 at
start up but after 10 minutes of running dropped to below 20. Steering box
needed rebuild, overdrive not working......etc. I called the fellow I was
buying it for and gave him the less than glowing report, made a more than
generous offer of $12,000-, which was refused and headed home.
Got a visit in and dinner with Ian Pender on the way home. Got a look at the
RV8 suspension that is being installed in his MGB V8 tomorrow. It's a thing
of beauty w/ coil over tube shock suspension and quad piston brake calipers.
It's been a 20 hour day for me so I'm off to dream of nicer cars.
Safety Fast,
David Deutsch
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