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Re: More on Why an MG

To: philip.raby@eos-magazine.com
Subject: Re: More on Why an MG
From: mgb.roadster@juno.com (Larry A Hoy)
Date: Wed, 3 Dec 1997 09:22:17 -0700
>and what could be simpler and more reliable than two SU carbs???

One Weber?

Larry Hoy (MGB.Roadster@juno.com)
Denver, CO USA
1969 MGB Roadster
1987 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas
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On Wed, 3 Dec 97 11:57:53 -0000 Philip Raby
<philip.raby@eos-magazine.com> writes:
>>WOW!  I have to say, 94,800 miles on an MGB without a break down is not
only
>>an incredible exception, I'd say a new world record too.  Serious, can
anyone
>>top that?
>>For the most part though, time has had it's toll on most of our cars. 
Most
>>are to the point where mileage is nearly irrelevant and parts are
beginning
>>to break because of old age.  Was this BGT fully restored, and at what
price?
>
>What do you guys DO to your MGBs?? They're such simple cars there's very

>little TO go wrong with them! No electronic ignition, no fuel injection,

>basic electrics, and what could be simpler and more reliable than two SU

>carbs???
>
>OK, parts wear out with age and mileage, but that's true of any car. 
And 
>because B is so simple, it's easy to replace parts.
>
>Philip Raby
>Editor, MG World
>PO Box 163, Bicester OX6 3YS, UK
>Tel: 01869 340061 Fax: 01869 340063 Mobile 0467 767361
>www.chp.ltd.uk
>
>

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