> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Darren Addy > > Darn, that's a sad story John! Why must senseless violence be so > senseless (not to mention so violent)? > > My MGB Convertible was given to me by my brother-in-law who seemed to > accumulate cars as barter for doing roofing jobs above and beyond the > original quote. Whoever had it started their restoration with the > interior (rather bass-ackwards, if you ask me). The convertible top is > near new also. The body is pretty straight and it has these ungodly- > looking whitewall tires on it (rally wheels, not wires). It has the > "crack of doom" in the top of the driver's door just starting to emerge > after what looks like an earlier repair. > > I really don't even know what it needs yet. I know it needs a fuel pump > and I'd want to clean out the gas tank before even trying to crank it. > Beyond that I'm not sure. I doubt that I'm ever going to do a *full* > restoration on it, but I would enjoy having it licensed and drivable. > Our town's annual Cruise Night is a yearly reminder of how it is just > taking up space in my garage.
the last car I actually owned was an MGB Roadster. Driving it on the open road on a summer's evening was a wonderful joy, but a joy so rare, and so costly. Most of my time was spent sitting in traffic jams while the rain dripped through the so-called roof and even I, Deaf Bob, could hear the rust eating it like a caterpillar eats a leaf. In the end it would have cost more to put it right than it would ever be worth, and I simply wasn't getting that much fun out of it, so I just let the garage keep it for parts. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
