On Wed, 31 Dec 1997 09:33:14 -0600, Jay wrote:
>If one were to purchase a later model B and upgrade like Ken Roach says,=
then=20
>you would have spent way more than if you just purchased a nice chrome
>bumper ed car in the first place:
>Replacing front cross member
>"Ron Hopkinson" style sway bar
Well....I haven't priced out used crossmembers lately but the sway bar
kit costs around 100 pounds (about $250.00 Canadian, not sure in US$).
>
>I have no problem with rubber bumper Bs. It's just fact that the chrome
>bumper=20
>models are better; hands down.=20
Dollar for dollar I would chose chrome any time as well. The point I
was trying to make is that rubber bumper B's are not the horrible
pieces of cr*p that a lot of people make them out to be. =20
>
>Of course, all of the above statements are fact and no opinion; we
>all know the MGA is the most beautiful car British Leyland made. Now,
>somebody sell
>me one. I've have yet to gather the guts to ask my co-worker to sell me=
her
>'59 MGA. Red and needs a lot of TLC. My heart aches now I know it will
>never be.
>
>Jay
The MGA is certainly right on the mark as styling goes. I'm not sure
what it is but these cars just get more and more beautiful the more I
look at them. Now I've done it! I really REALLY want one!
Ken Roach
'74B
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