[Mgs] A modest proposal

[Murray Arundell]

Im sorry but I think this is all a bit rich. For years Zmericnas have been
enjoying the strength of their dollar buying rare classocs from anywhere in
the world that they can find them. Now you want to deny people outside the US
from doing the same. Please explain why its ok for Americans to buy whatever
they want frm anywhere but you want to deny non Americnas the same right.....

Murray Arundell

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Subject:	[Mgs] A modest proposal
From:	"Don Scott" <dscott1 at sonoma-county.org>
Date:		20:03:2008 14:19

In my attempts to find an early B roadster, I wrote to
someone in a local British car club, and mentioned that I
regreted selling mine.  He replied that there were many
people looking for MGs and other old British sports cars who
also had similar regrets.

The following is part of my response to his reply.  Anyone
have any comments?  Is this a silly idea?  Is there an
organization (car club or clubs?) that could do it?


Thanks for taking time to reply to my inquiry.  I think
what is happening is
that we are finally seeing the result of all the cars being
shipped abroad.
Over the last twenty years, I have owned eight MGBs, most
of a TR3, two TR8s,
one Bugeye Sprite, and two MGAs.  About 2/3 of them, when I
sold them, went to
buyers who shipped them to Canada, France, and Germany.  I
didn't feel great
about that, but money is money.  I always wondered if we
were selling our hobby
away, and now it's very apparent with the present economic
situation, that
foreigners are going to pluck away all our stuff that has
value.  The US dollar
is in the process of extreme decline and old cars here will
be such bargains
that foreigners will buy 'em all.  I still think people in
the car hobby in the US need
to start a trust to keep 'em here.  All it would take is a
trust that acts as a
lienholder on the title of cars.  It would be voluntary on
the part of a car
owner to place the "lien" on the car, and what it would do
is impose a
limitation that would keep a subsequent owner of the car
from shipping it out.
The downside, of course, is that the pool of buyers would
be less, and maybe
the price somewhat less when selling the car.
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