Paul D Kile writes:
> Obligatory LBC content: One of our local (Sacramento, CA) MG club
> members has stumbled on a little old lady with a 1974 B roadster with
> only 19,000 miles on the clock!! She has owned the car since new, and
> has stored it in a subterranean garage beneath her house (very
> constant temperature). The top has never been down. The only new
> parts on the car are a set of tires (the old ones sidewalls were cracking).
> Our club member has driven the car and it is flawless. Seems the LOL is
> losing her eyesight and wants to sell the car. She's asking 10 grand.
> The car is Blaze (Pumpkin?), its only drawback. [ ... ]
Hey!! Blaze is a great color! Particularly on a '74!
Extremely low-mileage cars are cool, but let's not forget that
deterioration can occur no matter how many/few miles the car is driven
per year. For example, I wonder how many times the LOL changed the
brake fluid? Uh-huh. Count on a rebuilt hydraulic system. Antifreeze?
Engine oil? We all know that deterioration is, in many cases,
accelerated by long-term disuse. Would you trust a twenty-two year old
fuel pump that's only done 19k miles of service?
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Todd Mullins
Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil On the lovely Mississippi (USA) Coast
'74 MGB Tourer, Blaze Red - albeit VERY faded, and whose days of
remaining Blaze Red are most certainly
numbered below one hundred, once I get that
fender, bonnet, and valence - but it's not
that I don't like Blaze Red; in fact, I
like it quite a bit; I don't, however,
particularly care for monochromatic paint
jobs, unless it's a concours piece - ever
seen the BMW Art Cars?
"I could go at any time..."
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