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>From @UNMCVM.UNMC.EDU:twakeman@apple.com Thu Apr 28 11:30:38 1994
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 94 09:30:02 -0700
From: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
Reply-To: "TeriAnn Wakeman" <twakeman@apple.com>
To: mburdick@unmc.edu
Subject: Re: MGB tire size comment
In message <9404280116.AA09439@molecular.unmc.edu> Mike Burdick writes:
> > I will have to try
> > nylatron rear bushings to see if the lateral movement can be minimized.
>
> Wait a minute! I thought you were going to sell that thing!:-)
>
> Yeah, yeah,
> Mike
> mburdick@unmc.edu
I've been trying to trade the BGT to someone on the net for a TR4 since '89.
When I asked how much it was worth I did not get an answer. I asume that means
not much.
My frustrations with the BGT are two fold.
1. When its not freezing outside or raining I NEED a roadster. (This will be
fixed when the TR3 gets back on the road)
2. She just won't pass SMOG and driving her has cost me about $1K in fines
because of this.
On the positive side, once you take all the badge, overrider, and trim off the
body, I like her lines. The strange thing is that I think the roadster version
is an ugly duckling (Sorry Scott). The Italian designd hard top cleans up he
lines rather nicely. She was extreamly dependable and low maintnenece for about
125K miles of commuting even if the dreaded previous owner's cam modifications
kept her from passing SMOG.
I don't know. Not having a roadster on the road that i can readilly put up or
remove the top (The land Rover's top takes 2 to 3 people and about an hour) and
the frustration of dealing with the LAW and SMOG testing people has given ne a
negative attitude twords the BGT. On the other hand her replacement would have
to be a comfortable winter strom driver that doesn't cost too much to run or
maintain.
A Jag MKII comes to mind, but it is so easy to purchase something that looks
good on the outside and needs tons fo cash to make right. Plus Jag parts are
expensive. A MG Manganet ( however it is spelled) might be ideal but I have
only ever seen a couple of them. I have seen more SS100s or XK120Cs then the
postwar MG coupe. I don't know of anyother English fixed heads that i could
remotly afford in the pre-1966 era that I find attractive. My first choice in a
non-English car would be the same Volvo that Scott Fisher#1 has. But I'm just
pruist enough to be reluctant to get something other than an aging British car.
I thought a TR4 with a surry top might be weather sealed enough to use as a
winter commute car, but I think it would be marginal. Also their lines are a
little too boxy for me.
A two seater MKII Healey with removable hard top would be my ideal, but a good
one is more than I could afford and I learned my lesson about project cars with
the TR3.
So I don't know what to do. The BGT just sits right now. I sent the chrome
molley pushrods that broke in about 200 miles back to the Roadster Factory and
asked them to be replaced with a stock set. They are out and do not expect a
shippment untill around May 5.
If I keep her, the short block will be rebuilt with a stock cam, the suspension
would beed to get rebushed with nylatron bushings and I would have to ponder the
best size anti sway bar for a BGT. I would have to paint her so she wouldn't
look too shabby next to the TR3. I estimate about US$5-6K to put her into #2
condition. I could probably get a nice driver TR4 for that.
Its a decision I have been trying to make for a few years that is so evenly
balanced that I cann't decide. On the other hand if someone had a nice BN7 that
they wuold sell me for US6K the decision would be made very quickly.
sigh
TeriAnn Wakeman Large format photographers look at the world
twakeman@apple.com upside down and backwards
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408-974-2344 TR3A - TS75519L, MGBGT - GHD4U149572G, 109 - 164000561
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