Yes, indeed, it was intended to be MB, not MG. It's habit forming.
To put the prices in perspective ... at the time you could buy a decent house
for about $10,000, so the cars were about half a house. They're not that much
different today when you think of house prices vs. MB 300SL's.
Bud
"David F. Darby" wrote:
> Hello Bud et al.,
>
> I think you meant Mercedes 300SL, right?
>
> In 1968, we bought our 2-owner '61 MGA coupe for $750.00. Managed to hang on
> to it so far. Come to think of it, that was a fairly tidy sum of money in
> those days.
>
> By the way, I enjoyed the Hans photos and was reminded that it's the cars
> that bring us together, but it's the people that are really important.
>
> Regards,
>
> David F. Darby
> http://www.mgb.bc.ca/mgz
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Bud Krueger
http://home.ici.net/~bkrueger/
52TD
77MGB
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