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1. bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: woodcomp@vt.edu (Christopher A. Lenth)
Date: Thu, 07 Dec 1995 11:00:22 +0500
I really need some advice now, and unfortunately this has become quite a serious situation. Basically I need to know the point where a car becomes unworthy of restoration. Heres my situation. I bough
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00137.html (10,001 bytes)

2. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: macleodm@cadvision.com (Michael MacLeod)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 08:43:04 -0800
Any early 70's B is still over 20 years old and any 20 year old car is about to start rusting if it spent it's life in your area. Especially if driven in Winter over salty roads. Not a bad Idea if y
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00139.html (10,227 bytes)

3. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: dcouncil@imt.net (David Councill)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 08:45:23 -0700
As an owner of a not so pretty 1971 BGT - mostly orange except for the primer color right fender and hood, I have to respond to this. The orange is real paint, not rust btw. You would not want to hea
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00140.html (9,294 bytes)

4. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: russ@scubed.com (Russ Wilson)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 07:49:20 -0800
John Hed asked: John: At a MG Marque Day at Moss Motors about 5 years ago I saw and photographed (which should eliminate the funny mushroom theory) just such a trailer made from the hind quarters of
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00141.html (7,607 bytes)

5. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: craigw@sonic.net (craig wiper)
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 09:42:14 -0800
Chris, when I bought my B, it was pretty beat up. It drove fairly well, but the more I drove it, the more I noticed lots of stuff wrong with it like you. One day a couple of years later in the class
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00144.html (7,783 bytes)

6. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: "U. Goettsch" <ulix@u.washington.edu>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 1995 08:38:13 -0800 (PST)
I think a big question is: Can you FIND cars with little rust in your area? If yes, that's what I would do, buy a car with a good body, and transfer all the parts. Bodywork takes a lot of time = $$$
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00145.html (7,563 bytes)

7. Re: bodywork or boneyard? (score: 1)
Author: Matt Liggett <mliggett@seven.ucs.indiana.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Dec 1995 14:48:41 -0500
I would immediately start looking at this option. BUT, be _absolutely_certain_ that you are not getting a car which is just as bad or worse than yours. Also remember which parts of your car you could
/html/mgs/1995-12/msg00169.html (8,757 bytes)


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