On Fri, 24 Jan 1997 15:17:15 -0800 drded@ix.netcom.com (David Deutsch)
writes:
>Hello my friends and others,
>
>Something is deeply disturbing me (as if I could ever be more
>disturbed
>than I already was and still walk free). The number of available
>"solid" condition MGs available presently. I know not all people live,
>
>eat, breath and dream MG like I do but some is wrong. Right now I know
>
>were 3 or 4 are for under $1,500 dollars. If I were in the market for
>another I'd know where more are. Maybe I've gotten to close to it and
>need to step back but it seem there is a lack of interest. I'm talking
>
>general public here. Perhaps we need to launch a campagn to educate
>the
>public about the rewards that can be reaped from ownership of these
>cars. I talking about the feeling of pride one can achieve by being
>able to tackle repairs, that feeling that you get when the guy the car
>
>next to you gives you "thumbs up". Most people wash their cars because
>
>they are dirty, not me, I wash my car because I want to wash my car.
>
>The problem is that I have a line of cars I want to restore. I'm going
>
>to get great please in doing this but when I'm finished I can not
>possible keep them all and selling at a loss is hard to justify. Maybe
>
>nature is being disturbed and we need to let that whole "survival of
>the fittest" thing take it course? If we do "save" these cars who is
>going to maintain them? It just seems that the supply is larger than
>the demand and this is truely troubling me. Safety Fast, David Deutsch
>
>
>
Whilst hardly a matter of world concern (and it may well be mysel fi am
attempting to convince,) i have felt the same way myself recently.Last
summer i must have looked at five or six cars locally(i live in a
semi-rural area) all of them below $3500 and two were being offered for
the cost of dragging them away because they werent going anywhere on
their own!(i didnt take them and believe me i missed nothing, they would
have falien apart if anyone tried to move them! - not a single part worth
saving)
A friend of mine bought a running, emissions-passed 75 roadster recently
for $1100
and there is another advertised in n.CT for $1500(havnt seen it)
In other words, to most of the "civilians" out there these are no more
than "old" cars.Cute maybe but old none the less.
I know i have way more money in my roadsters than i could possibly sell
them for but then i feel i have to look upon it as the price of my hobby
(read passion!) I do sell them sometimes but only to someone "worthy"
where i have a good feeling that they will be maintained,used and
respected - Its something of a buzz to tell a prospective buyer youre not
sure if youll let him have it!! I myself am sure i was "interviewed" when
i recently bought the 70GT.
All we can do is enjoy our endeavours, join the clubs, go to the events
and share our fun with others.At the end of the day, we cannot control
what happens so its just down to being the best advocates we can and
wondering if our 12 year old sons will be restoring Mi**as in 30 years!!
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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