Obie:
Keep your eyes open and leave some notes with British specialists.
The cars are out there. I found two in 6 months. The first one, I was
calling around looking for the firewall bits to convert a 68 shell. The guy
I talked to bought a 77 for $500.00, just for the motor and trans. If I
towed away the rest he was happy. That shell looked good until I got into
the left rear fender which was full of bondo. But for free it would have
been worth fixing. That shell, I sold stripped to another shop that was
doing a ground up on a rusted late model. I sold that shell because I ran
across a pretty nice 79B with a thrown rod. The shop kept all the smog
stuff and the head. I got that rolling chassis for $800.00 which was a fair
price. It is now sitting in the garage getting stripped for a chrome bumper
conversion and V8, yippee!
I've driven MGBs' for 18 years in all kinds of tune. Now I am
looking for a street car that will rumble placidly amongst the jap cr*p on
the highways of life.
Kelvin.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Obadiah Fayth [mailto:fayth@ibm.net]
> Sent: Sunday, February 21, 1999 8:15 PM
> To: JustBrits@aol.com
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net; Jurgen Hartwig
> Subject: Re: MGB prices
>
>
> At 8:02 PM -0500 2/21/99, JustBrits@aol.com wrote (trimmed slightly):
>
> > You would be better off buying Lawrie's car, pull the
> motor and rebuild
> >to *FLAT OUT RACE CONDITION* than wasting your time looking for a
> >suitable donor for a V-8 transplant sitution at anything
> NEAR a reasonable
> >price.
>
> I didn't mean to step on any toes by wanting to convert to a
> v8 engine. But
> there is no way that the stock 4-cyl, modified to "*FLAT OUT RACE
> CONDITION*" is a substitute for the alloy rover v8 (for a
> street vehicle at
> least). Easier, yes. Cheaper, maybe. But if I wanted a
> dedicated race car I
> would be building a race car. What I do want is great handling, a wide
> powerband, low end torque and a car that is a sleeper for what will
> primarily be street driving. Perhaps I should have said that before. I
> spend maybe 5% of my driving time on the track either
> autocrossing or time
> trialing, what I want is a car that is well suited 100% of
> the time, is
> that too much to ask ;)
>
> Yes, I know that in terms of time and money it is usually
> better to buy a
> car that is already in nice shape, but I happen to LIKE
> fixing cars. It is
> enjoyable to know that I have done something, or to be able
> to say "I fixed
> that". I would rather put someone's basket case back together
> and get it
> back on the road than to just buy a car that has already had
> everything
> done to it.
>
> > Of course, you can spend the next mellina looking for a
> car that will
> >accept the new torque and horsepower 'cause it has nothing
> rusted in it.
>
> FWIW, Lawrie also told me that from time to time they do run
> into the kind
> of car that I am looking for. They may be few and far between, I don't
> know, but the price is right and they are rust free. And that
> is what I
> want.
>
> > Tell me (and list) when you win your SCCA class at the
> Natiionals in
> >Salinas, KS in a Stock or Street Prepared 'B' and EVERY one will back
> >your idea!!!! ----Just MHO, of course!?!?!?-----
> >
> >Cheers.................
> >
> > Ed
>
> What about when I put the on super deep dish negative offset
> wheels and
> take it to the drag strip??? Sorry, just kiding ;)
>
> -Obie
>
>
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