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RE: Finding a B

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Subject: RE: Finding a B
From: "Councill, David" <dcouncill@msubillings.edu>
Date: Wed, 14 Feb 2007 15:02:57 -0700
I know here in Montana (northern US), MGBs are very scarce and the last
time I saw one for sale was several years ago for one that was
disassembled ("project car"). Having said that, the last time I was able
to buy a MG locally was in 1983.

I have since bought 2 project MGBs (my 72, son's 65) on eBay which
involved having to drive about 1000 miles to Kansas to get them. My
67BGT was bought a few years earlier using the classified ads on
www.mgcars.org.uk - perhaps ironic in that I used a UK site to locate a
car in Colorado, about 500 miles south of here. It was also a good match
as it had not been running in ten years, rust was minimal, and it did
not require a lot of work to get it roadworthy. The previous owner could
not drive it because it would not pass Colorado emission standards. Just
what I was looking for.

So you may need to travel some distance to get one. Gone are the days
when you could look in your local newspaper's classified ads under a
specific MG heading. But now with the Internet, it is still not too hard
to locate one using eBay, the site I mentioned above, and other classic
car sites that I don't recall right now.

David Councill
67 BGT
72 B

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-mgs@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Desmond Mullen
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 2:43 PM
To: MG List
Subject: Re: Finding a B

It seems like there's always a steady supply of all "levels" of MGB on
eBay.
>From rusty parts cars to "restored", there's always a bunch and the
prices
don't seem prohibitive. That's where I got my '78 - a runner in decent
shape
with new top and paint for $3000. I use it as a daily driver and it's
great.

-DM
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