"jester74" (jester74)
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"jester74" (jester74)
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I’m definitely interested. Reached out for pictures...
71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
> jester74
08/06/2015 at 01:54 |
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It won’t always turn on and it’s slow as fuck, but it’s a good car guaranteed to put a smile on your face. MG owners are a family, join us!
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jester74
> 71MGBGT Likes Subarus of Unusual Colors
08/06/2015 at 01:57 |
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I've DD'd my Bug for years so I am used to slow and quirky.
desertdog5051
> jester74
08/06/2015 at 03:18 |
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Do it. An exercise in British weirdness and glory. 1978 MGB here.
KatzManDu
> jester74
08/06/2015 at 05:07 |
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Why not?
Old-Busted-Hotness
> jester74
08/06/2015 at 07:29 |
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Buy the least-rusty one you can find, especially an early one with the quarter-elliptic springs. Once the spring perches rust, it’s an extensive repair. A clean example with bad engine, paint and interior will be cheaper than a rusty one with good mechanics and cosmetics. If that one in the ad isn’t rusty, 3 grand is a steal.
Slave2anMG
> Old-Busted-Hotness
08/06/2015 at 09:07 |
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This. ALL of this. Rust will devour your money. With a ‘63 you should have a 948cc engine and four wheel drum brakes. Easy upgrade is a 1275 from a ‘67-74 Midget with either its transmission or (better) a Nissan five speed (which in and of itself is getting rare). Second easy upgrade is the front disc brakes from a newer Midget.
But first, look for rot. A pillars, rockers and sills, rear spring mounts, battery box, floors. The first three are structural members too....
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Old-Busted-Hotness
> Slave2anMG
08/06/2015 at 09:10 |
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Well, not the A-pillars as such (those are aluminum and held on with giant Philips screws) but the cowl underneath.
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Slave2anMG
> Old-Busted-Hotness
08/06/2015 at 13:12 |
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Yeah, that’s what I meant...down by the door hinges, the boxed-in structure that traps moisture at the bottom.
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Old-Busted-Hotness
> Slave2anMG
08/06/2015 at 14:01 |
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I know, I’m just being pedantic. It’s a natural byproduct of MG ownership, somehow.
20 years later, the MG’s have gone but the pedantry remains.
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Slave2anMG
> Old-Busted-Hotness
08/06/2015 at 17:59 |
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I still have my Midget...have had it since 1989. Paint’s peeling, the bonnet that was mashed in when I got it in ‘89 is still mashed in. It runs well, it’s not rusty, the brakes are good...and it makes me smile like a fool.
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Old-Busted-Hotness
> Slave2anMG
08/07/2015 at 06:26 |
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Nice. I’d still have mine if it wasn’t for the big divorce liquidation. I could use some grins these days.
Spridget
> jester74
08/21/2015 at 22:25 |
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If the body isn’t in too bad shape, 2900 is a steal. Buy it!