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Seems to me that MGA has always held a slight edge in price=2E Why, I have =
no idea=2E Maybe it's the aluminum bonnet paired with the plywood floors :)
Many years ago, I actually lost a friend because he wanted a car "like min=
e" and I mentioned an MGA for sale=2E
I suspect the real reason has to do with the age-old question "Hey, buddy,=
Izzat a MG?" MG has the brand recognition reaching back to WWII=2E It's be=
come synonymous with LBC (for some people)=2E
-- Randall
On 15 July 2019 18:05:37 GMT-05:00, TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comcast=2Enet> wr=
ote:
>Just curious=2E Looking at Craigslist cars, I'm seeing MGA's going for
>more than comparable TR3's=2E Maybe it's just in NH, but it does seem
>strange that such an underpowered car as the MGA (what, 68 hp?),
>"triumphs" in price over TR3's (at what, 100 hp?)=2E Plus the TR3 has
>bug-eyes and more muscular swooping lines like a cheetah=2E=20
>
>
>Not to belittle the MGA=2E It's a cool car=2E But TR's keep up with
>modern traffick, and then some=2E=20
>
>
>Terry Smith, '59 TR3A
>
>New Hampshire
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</head><body>Seems to me that MGA has always held a slight edge in price=
=2E Why, I have no idea=2E Maybe it's the aluminum bonnet paired with the p=
lywood floors :)<br><br>Many years ago, I actually lost a friend because he=
wanted a car "like mine" and I mentioned an MGA for sale=2E<br><br>I suspe=
ct the real reason has to do with the age-old question "Hey, buddy, Izzat a=
MG?" MG has the brand recognition reaching back to WWII=2E It's become syn=
onymous with LBC (for some people)=2E<br>-- Randall<br><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote">On 15 July 2019 18:05:37 GMT-05:00, TERRY SMITH <terryrs@comc=
ast=2Enet> wrote:<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt =
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<p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; colo=
r: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Just curious=2E Looking at Craigslist cars, I'm =
seeing MGA's going for more than comparable TR3's=2E Maybe it's just =
in NH, but it does seem strange that such an underpowered car as the MGA (w=
hat, 68 hp?), "triumphs" in price over TR3's (at what, 100 hp?)=2E Pl=
us the TR3 has bug-eyes and more muscular swooping lines like a cheetah=2E&=
nbsp; <br></p><p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,san=
s-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font=
-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Not to belitt=
le the MGA=2E It's a cool car=2E But TR's keep up with modern t=
raffick, and then some=2E <br></p><p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-f=
amily: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><br></p><p styl=
e=3D"font-size: 12pt; font-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(5=
1, 51, 51);">Terry Smith, '59 TR3A<br></p><p style=3D"font-size: 12pt; font=
-family: helvetica,arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">New Hampshire=
<br></p>
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