My A body has been at the body shop since June 95. I've seen the results of
this shop's work so I have high hopes that the wait will be worth it. The owner
came back from vacation on the 17th and has promised my body 1st priority
estimating 2 weeks. Chassis is ready, all upholstry and rubber parts wait.
Fingers crossed.
Ernest
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From: Ragthyme@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, July 18, 1996 17:06 PM
To: marc@crl.com
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: How long can it take?
Marc:
No specific answer for you, but you have my sympathies. My 75B has been in
limbo for 12 months now, due to the laziness and/or incompetence of one
numbnuts body guy or another. I've rebuilt a fair portion of the
undercarraige, but to have pieces sandblasted, undercoated, painted, or
replaced has taken FOREVER. It's still not over; I've been waiting for a
'slot' on a frame pulling machine since before Indy. Theoretically, it'll
happen tomorrow, but the current numbnuts is 'disgruntled' because the car
won't steer (the rack is disconnected) so, he may take an extra day or two
because he's miffed. The beastly part of this is, I know how to do most of
the things I needed to ... but the parts I couldn't/wouldn't do or didn't
have the tools for have taken forever. I told the fella at the paint shop
that, in the 6 months it took him to paint the frame members of my car, I
could personally have built seven MGB's. And I'm not sure I was that far off
the mark, either.
Good luck. I just hope we're not in the throes of an infinitely diminishing
series.
Corey
75 MGB 'Rags'
...still in pieces
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