Thanks for all your replies!
John Wightman, 89T
Victoria BC
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stuart MacMillan" <macmillan@home.com>
To: "John Wightman" <johnwightman@home.com>; "Mark and kathy LaPierre"
<mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>; "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 8:19 AM
Subject: Re: Contemplating purchase of 196x B-GT
> I'd second Mark's comment on finding a complete unit, preferably without
> extreme rust in the floor/rocker panel area. Offer $100 for this basket
> case, pick all the parts off of it, including rear axle and front
> suspension) and scrap the body shell. (A hulk hauler will usually take
> this away for under $50, and a standard engine puller will lift it onto
> the guy's truck or trailer if necessary.)
>
> I purchased a '68 roadster in this condition a few years ago for $500
> (it had an OD tranny, that's why) as a project car for my son, but after
> flogging it for a while he found a very nice '64 with a good body in
> need of original seats and a full mechanical rebuild for $950. That was
> the end of the '68, but as I say below, its parts live on!
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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