Mitch wrote:<<Some company in England bought the MGB tooling and made new
body/chassis
assemblies>>>
Yep, the MGB roadster bodies are still available but the price has increased
a bit - they're around $9000 delivered presently. They're made by British
Heritage - a company created to use the original tooling to keep the old
roadsters on the road. They even used some of the original employees to
train the new guys.
Being a monocoque it's a pretty complex but of bodywork - but they're
beautiful copies of the original. If building a concours B it might be
worth the price.
I considered a heritage body (you get everything but the suspension,
mechanical and electrical stuff) - basically the body with doors, hoods and
fenders. The assumption is the owner will move all the needed parts to the
new body rebuilding and replacing what's needed along the way.
I decided I could buy a rust free CA or NM, AZ MGB much cheaper and end up
with a whole car worth of spares to boot.
Sincerely,
Larry T ('74 911, '67 MGB)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Mitch Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:34 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] Korean 124s
TimothyPilgrim wrote:
I love the idea of a past vehicle that was popular and, well, good
being brought back to life.
Some company in England bought the MGB tooling and made new body/chassis
assemblies, but I don't think they made entire cars. I thought it a nice
way to keep the old rust buckets alive. This was 15 years ago, so I don't
know if you can still buy a new MGB body.
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