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Re: Rubber Bumper B owners unite!

To: "MG-BBS" <mgs@autox.team.net>, "Paul Root" <proot@iaces.com>
Subject: Re: Rubber Bumper B owners unite!
From: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 11:18:03 -0500
Paul,
I emailed John Hill's site in Sept of last year and the reply follows:

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Mike,

We are the US agents for John Hills.

The price of the RV8 style bumper kit with grille is GBP 450.00,
Airfreight GBP 150.00

Rubber bumper to chrome conversion kit with all parts required including
grille and over riders (choice of grille & all chrome or rubber faced
o/riders), GBP 600.00
Airfreight GBP 180.00.

Look forward to hearing from you.

Best regards
Doug
MG Motorsport
+44(0)1442 832019 tel
+44(0)1442 832029 fax
www.mgmotorsport.com
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Note that these are last years prices.
Also for something different try here:
www.Morspeedperformance.com (click the bumper replica button at left)

I know I'm converting this year, just not sure which route I'll take yet.

Mike
'79B

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Root" <proot@iaces.com>
To: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Cc: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 12, 2003 9:28 AM
Subject: Re: Rubber Bumper B owners unite!
<snip>

> To follow up on a few points others brought up.
>
> 1. I like my RRB, and was a bit offended by the trashing
> some others gave it. Ok, it's is a step down in performance from a
> CBB, but it's a fun car.
>
> 2. I don't think you can do a *safe* V8 conversion for $3k. All
> kinds of little things would add up.
>
> 3. As to a chrome bumper conversion. For everyday driving, with
> all those nut cases out there, I'd perfer to keep rubber bumpers.
> Though, I might be interested, so where down the line (after my body
> work) in something along the lines of John Hill's MGR still replacement
> bumpers. I doubt the market would be big enough for Moss to get into,
> but maybe a Jeff Zorn type could handle a small volume deal like that.
> Hill's website hasn't changed in over a year, so I don't know what, if
> anything, is going on with that. I have no idea on cost of those
> bumpers, it might not be worth it at all.
>
> Paul.
>
> --
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