I guess we're fortunate here in the soggy NW that there is usually 5-10 MG's
listed a week in the local paper. Most are the $2000 project cars, but
there are usually 1 or 2 of the $5-8000 "quality cars" in there.
Check out the current crop:
http://classifieds.nwsource.com/auto/?MIval=auto_findit_search&PAGE=1&Record
=t&order=year&model=&category=any&make=MG&year=used&price=any&mileage=any&pr
ivate_dlr=both&within=any&zip=&x=50&y=13
Steve Conley
Marysville, WA
'76 MGB Roadster (LBC)
'86 Jaguar XJ6 (BBC)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Editorgary@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>; <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 5:40 PM
Subject: Where have all the used cars gone?
> We worry about how to get youngsters into the hobby -- I've got a young
> friend who has about $5,000-$7,000 to spend on a "fun car" and he's
thinking
> MGB, GT6, or Jensen Healey. I'm at a loss to tell him how to find one. We
> live in the greater San Francisco Bay area, and I haven't seen one of
these
> cars advertised in the local papers for literally years. Do we just live
in
> the wrong place, or is it essential to hook up with a local club to find
one
> through the informal network? (If the latter is true, then the reason that
> youngsters aren't coming into the hobby may be that they can't find the
> door.) Any thoughts, anyone?
> Cheers
> Gary Anderson
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