It's possible I'm having a Senior Moment on that, but I've been quoting that one
since before I was a Senior. I'll stop quoting that figure until I can verify
it.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of datsunmike
> Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2001 4:21 AM
> To: Gordon Glasgow; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: 1600 needed for MGB Magazine article
>
>
> Gordon,
>
> I think you're thinking of Minis. There were only about 500,000 Bs made.
> Although in production a long time they had lots of competition back then
> and the later cars didn't sell well.
>
> I remember reading an article in a Miata magazine about how the Miata
> outsold the B and it was a 500,000 or so figure.
>
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gordon Glasgow" <gsglasgow@home.com>
> To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 11:30 PM
> Subject: RE: 1600 needed for MGB Magazine article
>
>
> > I remember seeing the news article in the car magazines when the
> 1,000,000th MGB
> > rolled off the assembly line. That was very near the end of its production
> life.
> >
> > Gordon Glasgow
> > Renton, WA
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Gary
> > > McCormick
> > > Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 10:58 AM
> > > To: SLBESQ@aol.com
> > > Cc: datsunmike@nyc.rr.com; sgam@hotmail.com;
> > > datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: 1600 needed for MGB Magazine article
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone have any production figures for MG-Bs to compare to Roadster
> > > prod'n? That might
> > > tell the tale as to why there is greater availability of performance
> > > parts for the Bs.
> > >
> > > There is an outfit in the UK that manufactures a complete
> > > "body-in-white" for the B - just
> > > remove all the mechanical bits from your rotting, corroded, original
> > > bodyshell, transplant
> > > them to your new body and voila!
> > >
> > > Gary McCormick
> > > San Jose, CA
> > >
> > > SLBESQ@aol.com wrote:
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 10/24/2001 4:00:26 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > > > datsunmike@nyc.rr.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > > They do make some serious "go" parts for the Bs.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > more, it seems, than they do for our roadsters!
> > > >
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