Hi David,
You could also try
http://www.traderonline.com/coll/search/index.shtml
This site is fantatsic. it allows you to narrow search by zip code, state,
or phone area codes. it also has loads more cars (200 MGBs, 22 of which are
pre 1967, as of today - i just checked) than any of the other sites i looked
at (yes even than ebay). In fact, i think fully half the cars i went to
visit i found out about via here. Two were good deals, one was fantatsic,
and that's what i ended up buying. There are literally new cars each day, so
don't give up.
happy hunting
cheers
Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Councill [mailto:dcouncil@imt.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 8:40 PM
> To: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: Still looking for early B roadster
>
>
> At 05:58 AM 5/20/00 -0400, Bmgreen@aol.com wrote:
>
> >You might find something here:
> >
> >http://www.mgcars.org/class/North+AmericaCFS.html
> >
> >Or here:
> >
> >http://www.namgbr.org/namgbr/classified.htm
> >
> >Stephen
> >67 B Wannabe myself
>
>
> It was last Saturday morning and as I was sipping on my
> morning Colombian
> coffee, I read this message along with my other MG mail. I
> figured, what
> the hell, I'll take a look at these pages again. I've been
> looking for an
> early roadster too but all I ever hear about are these great deals
> thousands of miles away. Old MGs wasting away, looking for a
> home, cheap.
>
> So there I was, coffee in hand, looking at the classified at
> mgcars.org.uk
> and about 6 or 7 ads down, I find a 64B for sell right here
> in Billings,
> Montana. Its disassembled and in parts and he wants $1200 for
> the lot.
> Maybe its high but I figure its worth a look. But he also
> sounds like he is
> fairly desperate to get rid of it so he can rent his storage
> building out.
>
> Tonight I went to look at it and it was a more daunting
> prospect than I
> thought. The body has been prepped and sanded but had
> extensive rust in the
> floorboards and rocker panels. The body was leaning against
> the wall and is
> just the tub. Doors, windshield, dash, front fenders have all
> been removed.
> All the parts are literally in boxes. The hard top is in good
> shape except
> for the discolored and weathered plastic window. The engine and
> transmission appear to be intact and turn freely. Hard to say
> what parts
> are missing but the spindles (hub extensions) that the wire
> wheels attach
> to are definitely missing. The four wire wheel rims are good
> but the tires
> are old mismatched sizes of radials and bias ply tires.
>
> He wanted $1000. I told him there was no way it was worth
> over $500 and
> that several assembled, running rust bucket Bs were currently
> available for
> $600-$800 (mostly back east, and yes - Kai's 66B is one of
> those). Well, he
> was ready to go $500 for all or $400 if he keeps the hard top which
> apparently has generated some interest by itself.
>
> After thinking about it, I'm thinking more like $300 or $250
> without the
> hard top. Maybe I'm crazy because this car will need a lot of
> work. Finding
> a pre-67B will probably require a minimum 1000 mile trip from
> here. And I
> about have my son convinced to take welding at his school so
> I can get him
> to do the body repairs.
>
> Am I crazy for even considering a deal like this? I'm
> thinking the parts do
> have some value and I'm sure I could use some of this stuff
> on my 67BGT.
> Any suggestions on what a 64B in a box is worth, even from
> just a parts
> standpoint?
>
> David
> 67 BGT
> 71 BGT
> 74 Toyota Landcruiser (the current convertible)
>
>
>
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