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1. Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:54:02
Just wondering, What were the original sale prices for MGs during the year of their manufacturer (roughly), and how did they compare to other cars on the market? Would they have been the modern day p
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00302.html (8,437 bytes)

2. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: "Mike Lishego" <mlishego@asheboro.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 1999 22:27:00 -0500
I used to have an original window sticker from a '77 'B with AC. I think the price was about $9,000 but I could be wrong...Enrique could tell you better! Not sure what that equates to...Maybe a Z3? M
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00304.html (8,690 bytes)

3. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Mon, 06 Dec 1999 21:37:49
manufacturer (roughly), and how did they compare to other cars on the market? Would they have been the modern day price equivalent of a Kia, a Miata, or a BMW Z3? I was pricing new cars in 1969. A ne
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00306.html (9,059 bytes)

4. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Florrie & Allen Bachelder <bachldrs@swva.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 00:45:12 -0400
' Think I recall seeing the last of the '79 & '80 models with 5-digit stickers on 'em - like $13,000 - here at what was the local MG dealer: "University Motors" of Blacksburg VA. Apologies to John Tw
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00308.html (9,533 bytes)

5. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: LBCarCoMail@aol.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:37:21 EST
I bought a 68 MGB, brand new from Bergen Motors in Walled Lake, MI with wire wheels and the sticker on it was $3150.00 exactly. Kept the car for 4 years till I needed something larger. Would love to
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00318.html (8,503 bytes)

6. RE: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: "Gordon Bird" <gobird@vbe.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:16:49 -0500
I bought an '80 in May of '81, not LE, no A/C or OD for $8279 including 4% MI sales tax from Bob Owens sales in Westland, MI. BTW, I had to sell it in 89 to help purchase new home. It had 42K miles o
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00321.html (9,843 bytes)

7. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Pointparty@aol.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 10:36:33 EST
I went through my MG file and found my original invoice from Clarke Sales Co, a BLM dealer (and Toyota) in Havelock, NC dated SEpt 17, 71.: new 1971 MG B GT Coupe $3773.00 delivered price plus 2% sal
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00326.html (8,836 bytes)

8. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 08:41:09 -0800
1980 MGB List $7950 As tested $8900 (LE package $600, AM/FM stereo $200, dealer prep est. $150) Source: R&T 1980 The article further states that this is almost three times its original price, and $20
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00329.html (11,907 bytes)

9. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: MGMagnette@aol.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:55:02 EST
I think the best way to guess the price of an MGB today would be to compare it to the price for a Miata now. Its is very hard to compare car prices backwards and forwards like that. In the 60's a car
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00330.html (11,564 bytes)

10. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Bob Hill <oldcars@newt.vallnet.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:04:12 -0600 (EST)
Well I do have a question about your statement that the Jaguars are "boulevardiares". Not sure what you are saying here but assume you mean while they are nice and "cushiony" in ride that they are no
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00332.html (13,290 bytes)

11. RE: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: "Dodd, Kelvin" <doddk@mossmotors.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 09:09:42 -0800
I remember sitting in a Limited Edition MGB at a dealership in Boulder Co. I was waiting for the warranty replacement of my Austin Marina fuel tank. The sticker on the window was almost $10,000. I co
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00339.html (10,310 bytes)

12. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Barney Gaylord <barneymg@ntsource.com>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 11:26:02
driven more (mainly becasue I have to keep the Jaguar until my kids graduate from college ;- ) ) and can't be putting a tremendous amount of miles on it. Huh? Why not more miles? My MGA has at least
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00340.html (9,537 bytes)

13. RE: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Dan Pockrus <dpockrus@efficient.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 11:38:58 -0600
Gotcha beat, Kelvin - I used to haul my single 18" bass guitar cabinet in my VW beetle. After the beetle, I went through a hatchback or two, then wound up with a Karmann Ghia. I hauled the cabinet a
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00344.html (10,295 bytes)

14. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Larry Macy <macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 13:03:28 -0500
Not real sure about new. Bought my 78 Midget in 1982 for $2700 with 23,000 miles. Needed a paint job tho, but came with a SnugTop hardtop. Larry At this exact moment in time 12/7/99 10:36 AM, Pointpa
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00346.html (10,292 bytes)

15. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@virgin.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 07:41:53 -0000
Don't know about any other markets by Lindsay Porter's Guide to you know what has graphs showing the original UK list price of UK roadster and GT year by year, a comparison with inflation, and the wo
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00349.html (9,627 bytes)

16. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: David Councill <dcouncil@imt.net>
Date: Tue, 07 Dec 1999 14:42:42 -0700
Back in 1966 or 1967, one of the big ad campaigns in the USA touted the BGT at $3095 with the average American car selling for $3000. For just $95 more you can own one of these fine cars.... And in t
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00367.html (9,895 bytes)

17. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: ATWEDITOR@aol.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1999 18:14:58 EST
<< > driving cognizant My 1968 MGB-GT, bought from Manhatten Motors, 13th St. in DC, wires and OD, Blaupunkpt AM/SW/FM (mono), was $3800 on August 8, 1968. Jay Donoghue 72 MGB 66 Mustange
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00415.html (9,554 bytes)

18. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Guy Moscato <gmoscat8@penn.com>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 13:21:34 -0500
To go along with this thread, I have a catalog of remanufactured exchange engines from the early 70s from Foreign Cars Service of Madisionville, Tn. They had 3 price ranges for: Stock engines, Modifi
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00449.html (9,114 bytes)

19. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Dec 1999 11:29:22 -0800
Man, what I can't believe is the labor cost! Sounds more like the '30s than the '70s. Madisonville, Tennessee seems like an out-of-the-way place to be stocking race-prepped MG engines... but maybe th
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00454.html (9,606 bytes)

20. Re: Original MGB costs through the years...? (score: 1)
Author: "James H. Nazarian" <microdoc@apk.net>
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 14:29:50 -0500
I'd like to order several at that price! It seems impossibly inexpensive even for the '70's. . . hey! Maybe the catalog was from the 1870's? Jim
/html/mgs/1999-12/msg00458.html (9,184 bytes)


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