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1. MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:24:44 -0700 (PDT); Some of you may remember that I brought up an MGA I saw about a month back. Well it's now listed in the local paper for $3500. I just got off the phone with the guy, and here's the scoop. '58 MGA cco; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01919.html (8,267 bytes)
2. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 18:08:24 EDT; << What do you guys think?? I'd especially like to hear from the MGA owners out there. When I looked at it before, it appeared that it really wasn't any more complicated than my Bugeye, and used many; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01930.html (7,667 bytes)
3. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 15:46:33 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"; Go over to him with $2500.00 ,in 20 dollar bills, and wave them in his face, he may take the bait. My 58 MGA is practically a joy to work on, especially under the dash, but not through the hood hole; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01946.html (7,517 bytes)
4. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:09:08 -0700 (PDT); I don't think this tactic will work in this case. The guy knows what he's got, and won't settle for less than $3500. The reason he put it on the market, is because, people kept knocking on his door,; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01950.html (8,279 bytes)
5. Fw: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 19:37:34 -0400; The MGAs are simple cars. The early ones had 1500 cc engines that gradually gave way to the 1600 cc engines. They did have a rare engine available in the last of the run - the 1600 twin cam. I've kn; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01958.html (9,884 bytes)
6. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 23:09:49 EDT; << Go over to him with $2500.00 ,in 20 dollar bills, and wave them in his face, he may take the bait. >> Brad, you almost have that EXACTLY "correct"!!! GREED does "work"!! BUT, two packets of $100.0; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01986.html (8,124 bytes)
7. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 21:38:07 -0700charset="iso-8859-1"; Ed, Can I presume that you mean 2 packets of $1000.00.......... etc? It's not so much the contents as it is the package, sometimes. Brad; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01990.html (7,949 bytes)
8. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:03:02 -0700; I don't have personal experience with them, but $3500 it sounds like a bargain. Main item to check: they have a wood frame. Can get pricey if rotten. Restored, it should bring well over $10k. David R; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01991.html (10,268 bytes)
9. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 22:29:52 -0700; I don't think the frame's wood, just the floors. A friend of mine had a rust-free vintage race version that still had virgin black plates. It was completely straight but did need a complete restorati; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01994.html (11,887 bytes)
10. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 00:47:59 -0500; Point of clarification. MGA's do not have a wooden frame, rather a substantial steel frame that could be dropped off a ten story building w/o damage. Ok, ok, I exaggerate a bit. Dave MGA 1500; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01996.html (11,274 bytes)
11. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 02:18:08 EDT; << they have a wood frame. >> Really?? Last LBC I EVER heard of was Morgan, David!?!?!? Huuum, guess I been at it so long I have "passed" OF'dom. Ed; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg01997.html (7,975 bytes)
12. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 09:40:53 +0000; Hi Bryan, The best advice I can give you is to join the MGS list and maybe even SSTS Local MG club. They know these cars pretty well. When you remove the body off the frame, I hear there is a critica; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02019.html (11,023 bytes)
13. Fw: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 13:32:00 -0400; The frame is steel but the floor is wood! Kent; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02025.html (8,085 bytes)
14. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:15:35 EDT; << they must have made about 3 billion of them, because everyone tells you they had one in college when they were a kid. >> I hear that constantly about my Midget. Everyone in the western hemisphere; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02028.html (7,834 bytes)
15. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 15:52:23 EDT; << < they must have made about 3 billion of them, because everyone tells you they had one in college when they were a kid >> How true.... Over the years, at least a thousand touristas have walked pas; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02030.html (8,610 bytes)
16. Fw: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 16:46:04 -0400; In all my years of buying, selling, trading and parting LBCs I have found more of them in close proximity to college campuses. Think about it. In the late 60s early 70s, some college aged kid buys a; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02036.html (7,923 bytes)
17. Re: MGA advice (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 17:31:44 -0000charset="iso-8859-1"; 15-20 years ago i heard the same remarks about bugeyes. and 55-57 chevies chuck yyyaaawwnnnnnnnnnnn...........i need a nap! but first, i think i'm gonna look into some waffles.. :) -- Original Messag; /html/spridgets/2000-07/msg02041.html (8,287 bytes)

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