I don't know if your info concerning A/C is correct, but your info on the
parts vs. import tax is...I believe this is why we find foreign car
manufacturers setting up assembly plants in the US!
Ross Overcash
Ayer, MA
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of doug russell
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 1998 12:08 PM
> To: Phil Raby; Phil Raby; MG digest submit; RJohn50603@aol.com
> Subject: RE: Air Conditioning Part II
>
>
> For what it's worth here is a version I heard:
>
> Some cars were prepped for A/C at the factory but the A/C was
> installed at the
> dealer. An example of factory prep work was the use of special
> tinted glass
> (I forget the name that was stamped on the glass but I had a 71
> GT with this
> glass AND it had A/C). The reason for not fitting the air at the
> factory was
> because of the import tax that was based on the cars value but
> not an import
> tax on car parts. Thus, the A/C unit could be shipped to the US without
> paying an import tax and the import tax on the car was lower
> because it did
> not have the A/C installed.
>
> Fact? Fiction?? I dunno ...
>
> Dr. Doug
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net On Behalf Of Phil Raby
> Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 6:59 AM
> To: MG digest submit; RJohn50603@aol.com
> Subject: Re: Air Conditioning Part II
>
> On 22/5/98 9:05 am mgs-owner@autox.team.net said
>
> ><< Sorry to disagree, but air-con WAS factory fitted. For sure
> many air-con
> > Bs were dealer fitted but there was a factory fitted unit on offer. >>
> >
> >Really, where did you hear this? I'm interested in hearing more.
> Everything I
> >learned over the past three years did not reveal this information. I did
> >speak
> >with quite a few folks about too.
>
> I don't known much about this, but to quote Clausager, who's normally
> reliable:
>
> No MGB ever had an a/c system fitted in the factory. However, proprietary
> a/c systems were developed in the USA and occasionally fitted to new cars
> prior to delivery.
>
>
>
> BTW. In the UK, a/c has only recently become common since the hot summers
> we've been having over the last few years.
>
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Philip Raby
> Editor, MG World
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