Matt Pringle had this to say:
>Thanks for all the input on my hypothetical question. I think that my
>point was slightly missed though in that many of you complained that
>you'd have to make an MGA with all of today's ammenities. Is that
>really true?
>
>I guess my query was, could you sell enough cars with the true spirit of
>an MGA to make it worthy? In this I mean, when you look under the hood,
>you see an engine and tranny. No A/C compressor, no power assist brakes
>or power steering. No 8 speaker system, no coffee cup holder. Just a
>bare bones sports car based on a steel frame chassis with a sweet and
>sexy body. No windows needed, etc, etc, etc.
>
>You'll have to excuse my ignorance but I wasn't aware of the Morgan
>being still produced. I guess this car is sort of in the vein that I
>was refering to. However, I don't like the Morgan shape and one would
>have had to be in business 80 years to command the demand they do.
>
>So, if someone could offer something in the very same spririt as an MGA
>for between $15 000 and $20 000, would you buy it?
>
Yes, but I don't think you could hand-assemble even the most bare-bones
car and make a profit at that price. The labor that goes into a kit car
would be more than that.
>Why am I asking? I'm a romantic mechanical engineer who likes to
>daydream about having a nice staff of 100 skilled crafts people, tucked
>away in the rolling hills of Nova Scotia building 50 cars a week in my
>little factory.
>
>Don't you all?
>
>Matt
>
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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
Runs great,
looks particularly bad since some SUV clown backed into it.
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
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