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21. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:03:14 -0400; The Mini never left. They're still manufactured and sold all over Europe. Check out the new 40 year anniversary limited edition car at http://www.mini.co.uk Do you mean that it's about to return to t; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00358.html (9,152 bytes)
22. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Ajhsys@aol.com; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:09:58 EDT; << On this subject I would like to be wrong, I would love to see a car like the A succeed in its original form, I just don't think it could. >> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Youz gu; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00361.html (8,990 bytes)
23. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "Ross Overcash" <jroverca@tiac.net>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:29:34 -0400; But the Beetle is not a Beetle. It has A/C electric Windows etc...remember the original beetles didn't have fuel gauges, or radios, let alone a fan to push the hot air for the heat!! So to sell the n; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00367.html (9,861 bytes)
24. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Matt Pringle <pringlmm@mcmaster.ca>; Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 13:40:09 -0400; Exactly my point! And wouldn't the elimination of all of these ammenities allow the car (or something of the same vein) to be built and sold for a reasonable amount of money? I would think that if yo; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00368.html (10,611 bytes)
25. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 10:41:26 -0700; Matt Pringle had this to say: Yes, but I don't think you could hand-assemble even the most bare-bones car and make a profit at that price. The labor that goes into a kit car would be more than that.; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00370.html (10,327 bytes)
26. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 14:52:13 -0400; I understand this, but there are always loopholes. For instance, if nothing else, the engine block would be OE. Yes, there would likely be a challenge in listing it as a "new" car, but since the ENTI; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00376.html (9,216 bytes)
27. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:57:53 -0500; It sounds like you are describing a Caterham 7, the problem is, in the quantities they end up being sold in, they end of costing big bucks. A new Caterham can easily hit $35k and they are definitely; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00377.html (11,301 bytes)
28. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:00:58 -0400; Law. If a dealer can't sell a brand new car that only has a couple thousand dealer miles on it as a "new" car, why would you be able sell an LBC with a remanufactured engine that is 30 years old? Don; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00378.html (9,245 bytes)
29. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "Jason Dutt" <jason@markerman.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:04:06 -0400; On second reading, it occured to me that Matt might have been asking why the entire car couldn't be 100% new. I ask a question: Do you have the ability to make a completely NEW MGA body, engine, misc; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00379.html (9,151 bytes)
30. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:41:08 -0700; Hmmmm, my understanding was that they were considering introducing all-new models in the "spirit" of the B and the AH. They've already tried reproducing the B with the RV8 and look how much that cost; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00384.html (10,057 bytes)
31. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 12:41:09 -0700; No no no! You don't realize, the fewer you build, the *more* expensive they are! That new Beetle, sans power accessories, but hand-built at a rate of 2000/year, and not sharing a drivetrain with the; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00385.html (9,268 bytes)
32. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "John A. Wise" <wise@db.erau.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:57:12 +0100; Recently there was a short piece in the local paper, basically saying that american drivers had for the most part lost their sense of enjoying driving. It pointed out that only a VERY SMALL percentag; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00391.html (9,266 bytes)
33. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Tim Nagy <nagy@duq.edu>; Date: Thu, 08 Jul 1999 16:03:43 -0400; I'd agree with that thought. Look, they mini is still selling in Europe. What "normal" American driver, other than a 16-18 Year old kids, just because they looked cool. Like I said before, I'd love a; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00392.html (9,461 bytes)
34. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: John Steczkowski <stecz@Crossroads.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:19:38 -0500; I thought of another point... The car being described here is also a Base Miata, under $20k, get it without A/C (if you're so inclined), decent HP, great handling (they clean up in autocrossing)....; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00395.html (9,505 bytes)
35. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Art Pfenninger <ch155@freenet.buffalo.edu>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:25:25 -0400 (EDT); No need to resurrect the beetle, they are still available new in Mexico and are being imported into the Us. ...Art; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00397.html (8,018 bytes)
36. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 16:22:39 -0500; My favorite Mini is the one formerly owned by Ringo Starr, which had some creative whittling done behind the seats to allow enough room for him to haul his drums! Dan Pockrus 74B in faded Citron; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00404.html (8,033 bytes)
37. RE: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: Nazarian James H <James.Nazarian@Colorado.EDU>; Date: Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:39:16 -0600 (MDT); I think it is slated to return to the states late this year or early next. I'll have to look at the article again. James Nazarian '71 B roadster '74 BGT undergoing V8 conversion for autocrossing; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00408.html (7,705 bytes)
38. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: David Hill <davhill@cwcom.net>; Date: Fri, 09 Jul 1999 20:33:47 +0100; Just FYI, I wrote an article on this car for 'Practical Classics' in '93 or 94'. It is a Radford Cooper and was actually a hatchback conversion-claimed to be the first hatch. It also had chain drive; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00475.html (8,708 bytes)
39. Re: Hypothetical question (score: 1): Author: "George Procyshyn" <geopro@cyberdrive.net>; Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1999 01:45:23 -0400; Okay, let me get this straight. . . . I know that you can buy a new VW Beetle built in Arizona I believe, from Mexican parts built from a titled 1973 or so original pan that holds the original cars V; /html/mgs/1999-07/msg00529.html (7,918 bytes)

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