[Roadsters] OT- MGB GT

[antony wardle]

Needs a clean I noticed today. Loads of bird pooh on it. It's a yellow
spyder. Still made me smile.


When I was looking around for a car, I only had one requirement and that was
for something made in 1967,
the same year as me. I was looking at the MG as the pricing wasn't too bad.
I'd been watch a top gear episode
where Clarkeson was describing MG owners as flat cap, tweed jackets, with
glasses and a beard.
Walking to the train station the next day, I saw a guy in an MG and he had a
flat cap, a beard, a tweed jacket and a beard
and I decided then that no MG for me. The only cars in the 1967 range were
beetles or $30K+ muscle cars, and
I couldn't justify the price. Then I saw a fairlady and thought it looked
really nice. Went and had a look, could see that
it was a bit rough (a 20/20 car ;-) )  but the price was about what i was
willing to pay and it was something I had never seen around. (None ever made
it to NZ
AFAIK). I also saw a sunbeam tiger for $100K. It's still for sale and the
proce has dropped down to about $86K

Very happy with the fairlady. My youngest loves going for drives in it.

kiwi



On 2 March 2011 16:54, Sam Conway <SConway at fielders.com.au> wrote:

> That's great, hope it makes you smile
>
>
> Regards
>
> Samuel Conway
> National Quality and Process Engineer
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of antony
> wardle
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 March 2011 4:24 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Roadsters] OT- MGB GT
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> I walk past a really nice looking
> yellow toyota MR2 most mornings.
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> On 2 March 2011 15:10, Pete Peters <ppeters914 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> > The best British sports car ever built is the Miata. <g>
> >
> > Pete
> > 2002 Limited Edition
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net
> > [mailto:datsun-roadsters-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Gary and
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> > Cindy Ault
> > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2011 2:58 PM
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> > chalsted at comcast.net; Tim
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> > If it were a Miata, then it wouldn't leak oil and/or other vital
> > fluids and the electrics would work.......
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