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Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ?

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Subject: Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ?
From: "Bob D." <bobmgtd@insightbb.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2002 22:36:31 -0500
Hi David:

    That was my point, that federal regulations have affected (spoiled in my
opinion) styling. But many of my younger friends really like the looks of
the current crop of cars. To them, chrome is ugly and plastic is beautiful.

Bob Donahue (Still stuck in the '50s)
Email - bobmgtd@insightbb.com
52 MGTD - NEMGTR #11470
71 MGB - NAMGBR #7-3336
.
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Breneman" <idcb@airborne.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 11:22 AM
Subject: Re: MGF mid-engine or not? / Stylish or not ?


> Bob D. SEZ -
> >
> > Out of curiosity, how would you guys rank the MGF against the MGA,
> > aesthetically? Signify whether you're a Spring Chicken or an Old Fart.
> >
>
> I don't think you can compare them, as they are of two different
> eras.  It would be like comparing a Model T with a Galaxie 500.
> Of course, there isn't as much difference in the 50 years of 1950s-
> 2000s as there is 1910s-1960s, but there is still a lot of difference.
> I think the MGA is one of the most beautiful cars ever made.
> Certainly one of the best looking sports cars of the 50s.  But
> cars just don't look like that anymore - they *can't*.  They'd be
> illegal on a hundred counts if they did.
>
> --
> David Breneman                   | "Before there were CDs there were
> Distributed Systems S/W Analyst  |  records, and before there were
> Airborne Express, Inc.           |  records, there were 78s."
> david.breneman@airborne.com      |                  --- Seen on eBay

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