> From: "JedPiper" <JedPiper@earthlink.net>
> To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> Subject: The quiddity of the MGB
> Date sent: Wed, 27 Aug 1997 14:34:16 -0500
> Send reply to: "JedPiper" <JedPiper@earthlink.net>
> Hi gang -
>
> The recent postings regarding the
> 4WD/AWD/Turbo-Supercharged/Rocket-Boosted/MGB amphicars and half-tracks,
> etc.; brings to mind a question: At what point is a MGB no longer a MGB?
> At what point does the toyota-turbo powered "B" with a caravan transmission
> and fiberglass fender flares stop being a "B" and become something other
> than a MGB?
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not a purist, don't even really know what that is.
> But, if I remove the MG badges from my B and slap them on either end of my
> windstar does it suddenly become a highly modified MGB? I think not.
>
> When I purchased my 76' I bought a quirky, somewhat underpowered, british
> automobile. That's what I wanted, that's what I've got. I guess I just
> don't see the point in all the modifications proposed. Possibly one
> person's coolness is another's abomination....just thinking (yikes).
>
> Jed
> home.earthlink.net/~jedpiper
I like the way you put it. Seems like some of the folks go a long
way to make an mg not an mg. Why not just buy a japanese car?
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