- 1. Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "Kurt Bangert" <kbangert@worldnet.att.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 10:20:53 -0600
- I'm lookin at a '69 MGC roadster. Good body, paint, etc. Smog equip intact (not that it matters to the state of IA). Seems to have a reasonable price in mind. The only thing is - it has an automatic
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01389.html (7,585 bytes)
- 2. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 11:58:49 -0600
- Highly unpopular car. Handles like a pig, motor way to heavy, auto makes it run like bus. Even the guys that make a living writing flowery books about these cars think the thing is albatross. Auto tr
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01395.html (8,302 bytes)
- 3. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "JedPiper" <JedPiper@earthlink.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:45:54 -0600
- Were I in your shoes, my primary concern when evaluating this purchase (aside from driving a sports car with an automatic transmission) would be the availability of parts for the tranny should it cr
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01398.html (7,908 bytes)
- 4. RE: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Phil Vanner <pvanner@pclink.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 12:31:24 -0600
- Only tangentially related to original post: Is the auto tranny B or C any different structurally from the "normal" = car? The reason I ask is that among the BMW 2002 crowd, while autos are = looked d
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01399.html (8,173 bytes)
- 5. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: mgbob@juno.com (ROBERT G. HOWARD)
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 14:15:08 EST
- Hi Kurt, The AT is said to be a Borg Warner (type 35, I think). Most reports are that they are pretty robust units. Bob
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01403.html (7,935 bytes)
- 6. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Robert Allen <boballen@sky.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 13:18:13 -0600
- Well, Phil, as I understand it you got it back-asswards (which is another prerequsite of LBC ownership). The 'B' transmission tunnel after 1967 became that wide specifically to accomodate the 'C' aut
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01405.html (8,267 bytes)
- 7. RE: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: "doug russell" <dr-doug@classic.msn.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 97 21:02:20 UT
- Bob has some good points (of course if he wears a hat no one will notice) about the C. Why not post the cretin's name and number so those of us who have been cursed with C-ness can give him a call a
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01414.html (8,919 bytes)
- 8. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: oddguy@juno.com
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 19:52:32 -0800
- Kirk I have an Automatic from a MGC in my wife's MGB. I was very surprised by the proformance of the Auto Box. I would love to have a MGC Auto. Roadster. Michael Jensen oddguy@juno.com On Fri, 21 Nov
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01438.html (8,108 bytes)
- 9. Re: Advice on a MGC wanted (score: 1)
- Author: Ray McCrary <spook01@mindspring.com>
- Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 09:14:31 -0600
- Kurt, Years ago I had C with the AT, and it made some sense as a commuter car through heavy traffic. Parts were not a problem then, as the car was currently in production. HOWEVER, I did have some pr
- /html/mgs/1997-11/msg01601.html (8,190 bytes)
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