John,
Why buy somebodyelses dismantled puzzle when you can buy your own
completed puzzle and dismantle it yourself taking pictures along the way and
knowing that someday your project is going to be a beautiful straight
automobile. The GT's especially,are priced so resonably right now, my 2
cents is to buy a straight car that may need some minor paint,body and
interior work. At least your starting with a good foundation. And there is
a lot to be said about taking the car apart yourself. Check around, you can
find a decent straight GT for a good price.
Mark
----- Original Message -----
From: John Wightman <johnwightman@home.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 28, 2000 6:59 PM
Subject: Contemplating purchase of 196x B-GT
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list (be nice to me!), and am currently considering the
> purchase of a 1968 B-GT that has been totally stripped to bare metal. It's
> obviously a huge project, but while I'm new to MG's, I'm fairly
experienced
> with other cars so I'm not daunted (yet!). At any rate, on to my
question -
> the driver's side frame member has a fairly significant wrinkle in it
where
> it curves down at the bottom of the firewall. The owner (who appears to be
a
> trustworthy fellow) assures me that he has had the frame checked out and
it
> is straight, however I'm still a little concerned. Does anyone have any
> experience with this sort of thing, and any advice on purchasing such a
> vehicle? FYI - the car is very reasonably priced, due to the number of
> panels that have dings. The dinged body panels don't worry me too much as
I
> would replace/mend them as necessary.
>
> Thanks for any replies.
>
> John Wightman,
> Victoria BC
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