Well stated, Bill!!
Larry
>Why do you want the car?
>
>After 35 years of driving a car to get from here to there, I did not much
>enjoy driving anymore because I wanted to be here or there but not
>inbetween. I decided to buy a fun car that I could work on in pure
>ignorance. (I did have a mechanical, but not mechanics, background.)
>
>Bought a '76B just about a year ago for a lot more than your $1000
>opportunity, replaced the water pump over the winter. Am in the beginning
>stages of replacing the drive shaft U-joints (ie., bought the parts but
>haven't started the work), anticipate changing carborators during the
>summer (ie., bought all the parts but haven't started the work), and I've
>never done either job before.
>
>
>But last Monday, I drove the car at 7:50 am to my local mechanic to see it
>and help diagnose a noise. The temperature was a brisk 55 F. The cherry
>trees along Chapel Road in Cherry Hill!, NJ, were all abloom for 2 miles,
>and I swear nothing was wrong in my world despite the sh*t all over, and I
>know it is there.
>
>That momentary pleasure was poetic to me and that is why I bought a small,
>British built 23 year old car (2 years older than my son!).
>
>Am I crazy...sure and even my wife thinks so, but I'm looking for another
>one already.
>
>If you want to plug into a fun car, buy a Miata. If you want a car to put
>your stamp on, you might have found a good one. (I always envied the
>passion with which Patrick McGoohan (of Prisoner fame) said that he new
>every bolt in his Lotus seven.) I hope to get that far with my MG.)
>
>Let's face it. This decision is not always practical.
>Good luck,
>
>Bill
>
>
> At 09:49 AM 4/28/1999 EDT, you wrote:
>>I'll try this again. I posted earlier that I was considering buying an MGB,
>>but it didn't post for some reason. In my original post I was asking if I
>>was nuts for wanting a MG (my wife thinks I am). I am not a mechanic by any
>>stretch of the imagination, but am hoping to learn. I am somewhat beyond
>>this decision as I have stumbled upon an original owner '75 MGB. I would
>>like your opinions on two things:
>> 1. He mentioned in our conversation that 75 was the worst year for
>>MGB's, do you think this to be true? Are there a lot of problems after the
>>transition for all the USA requirements?
>> 2. He put a Webber Carb. on it a few years ago. Ever since the car
>>blows plugs every 300 or so miles. Any thoughts? Unfortunately, it has not
>>been driven much.
>>
>>The car has 65,000 miles on it. The body has NO rust, it is in the middle
>of
>>a rebuild (interior), but has the interior kit and all the parts to put it
>>back together. All this for $1,000.00. What do you think?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Mark Michael
>>Tallahassee, FL
>>Soon to be Jefferson City, TN
>>
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>
>
>"Between the approximation of the idea and the precision
>of reality, there is a small gap of the unimaginable."
>Milan Kundera - "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
>
>
>
>
Larry Macy
78 Midget
Keep your top down and your chin up
Larry B. Macy, Ph.D.
macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu
System Administrator/Manager
Neuropsychiatry Section
Department of Psychiatry
University of Pennsylvania
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