I know this has been covered before, but I hate to read about people scrapping
shells (especially the '60s ones) just because they don't want to put it back
together. If you don't plan to put a car together don't buy one that is
already stripped, or buy a rust bucket that is complete and strip it for parts
and pictures and then scrap the rusted out body. It seems to me that the 60's
bodies are getting a little harder to come buy and there is no reason to scrap
what may be a very usable body. There aren't gonna be any more of these
things, and there aren't as many of the early ones as there are of the late
ones so lets not send them to the crusher just 'cause. There are some of us
out there (myself, last year) who are actually seeking a shell. I think there
are plenty of people out there who have all the parts just need a body, for one
reason or another, so if you find someone who has one, let it alone till
somebody buys it who is gonna keep it.
This reminds me of a guy on the spridget list that has gone through a half
dozenbugeyes to try and figure out how a 215V8 fits in.
Non-asbestos flame suit on
--
James Nazarian
71 MGB roadster
71 MGBGT (the one that is supposed to be a v8)
01 Impreza 2.5RS
"Given a conflict, Murphy's law supercedes Newton's."
-Anon
"Nothing good has ever been reported about the full rotation
of a race car about either its pitch or roll axis."
-Carroll Smith
On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 08:19:23AM -0800, Stuart MacMillan profoundly declared:
> I'd second Mark's comment on finding a complete unit, preferably without
> extreme rust in the floor/rocker panel area. Offer $100 for this basket
> case, pick all the parts off of it, including rear axle and front
> suspension) and scrap the body shell. (A hulk hauler will usually take
> this away for under $50, and a standard engine puller will lift it onto
> the guy's truck or trailer if necessary.)
>
> I purchased a '68 roadster in this condition a few years ago for $500
> (it had an OD tranny, that's why) as a project car for my son, but after
> flogging it for a while he found a very nice '64 with a good body in
> need of original seats and a full mechanical rebuild for $950. That was
> the end of the '68, but as I say below, its parts live on!
>
> --
> Stuart MacMillan
> Seattle
>
> '84 Vanagon Westfalia w/2.1
> '65 MGB (Daily driver since 1969)
> '74 MGB GT (Restoring sloooowly)
>
> Assisting on Restoration (and spending OPM):
> '72 MGB GT (Daughter's)
> '64 MGB (Son's)
>
> Stripped and gone but their parts live on:
> '68 MGB, '73 MGB, '67 MGB GT
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