Hi Wendell,
You might get a kick out of my ongoing restoration saga. Moral
of the story: avoid rust. No, really. There's much more interesting
things to spend your time/money on.
http://www.mgbexperience.com
Skye
Word on the street is N3KKE@aol.com said:
> Hi, my name's Wendell and I've committed to buying a '72 B. I've been
> lurking here and on such other lists as will have me for the last month or
> two. My automotive experience consists of the last seven years with an '87
> Jeep (new to me in '95 at 82000, now with 283000 miles) and a couple of
> completely forgettable cars before it like an '81 Corolla and a '76 New
> Yorker (140 HP, 4200 lbs).
>
> I don't have a question yet. Well, maybe I do. What are the things that
> will be most insidious on a car I've not yet gotten to know? Or, Where are
> the gotchas in an MGB owned by someone who's loved the car for the last
> twenty years and who decided that I might be the one to have it?
>
> What do I have to fix first, and what should it cost me to do it? I've
> already taken the plunge, so don't talk me out of it. I and the soon-to-be
> DPO have already laughed about the parallels between MGs and boats (boats
> being 'a hole in the water into which one throws money').
>
> Yes, I know about the sills. No, I don't know what condition they're in. If
> I have to fix them, fine. I needed to learn to weld anyway. The car drives
> fine right now.
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