On Fri, 21 Nov 1997, Ed & Kris Curtis wrote:
> I just picked up a magazine in an antique store called Cars & Parts.
> The issue that I bought was for February, 1973. In it were some
> interesting items for sale:
>
> MGTC - a fine original example in regular summer use. $2,000
> [snip]
> 55 MGTF 1500 with spare engine. $1,250
> [snip]
> 1935 MG NA four seater sports tourer, excellent mechanical condition.
> $2,000
>
> These prices make you wish you could go back in time to pay and bring
> the cars up to today.
>
> Which brings us to the point of this e-mail. What stories do the old
> guys on the net have about picking up their MGs for a lot less money
> than they would pay now?
Old guys on the net??? Hmmmm. I guess I do fit that description. :-(
Those are pretty typical MG prices for that period. It wasn't until the
late 1970s that prices began to go through the roof.
I bought my current TC in 1969 for $950, which included shipping from
England. It wasn't a pristine car by any stretch of the imagination, but
was still a good daily driver and made many long-distance trips.
In 1977 I bought a YA saloon for $2000,including containerized shipping
from England. Got it off the boat, gave it a good check-over, loaded the
family into it (me, wife, two very young kids) and headed off for a GoF in
Toronto. 1000 miles round trip without a hitch.
Those were the days when T-Type owners still did nutty things like that.
In days of old, when MG owners were bold, and trailers hadn't been
invented...
Never mind...
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Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 NEMGTR #2271
Cub Hill, Maryland 1962 Triumph TR4 CT3154LO (daily driver)
fold@bcpl.net
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