One advantage of starting with a LBC is the availability of parts.
First thing you do is send for catalogs from Victoria British, Moss
Motors & The Roadster Factory. Get yourself on their mailing list.
I'm still trying to fool myself that someday I'll have the surplus of
funds needed to repair/restore the MGB sitting in my basement. If I can
ever get it out of there, I'll have room to start on the other one.
On 9/9/2013 8:18 PM, Brendan MacRae wrote:
it's like the old joke: "i started my jaguar this morning."
:-)
but, yes, this buy had nothing to do with practicality or sanity for
that matter. i'm just one of those weirdos who loves to restore old
things and this car was ripe for it. i could've spent another $1500+
for a runner, but where's the fun in that? also, i really wanted to
rebuild the engine myself as there are few things more satisfying to
my way of thinking.
in the end, i may never get my money back out of it and that doesn't
bother me in the least. i've already learned so much that it's its own
reward. my whole life i've wanted to restore a car. granted, i thought
it would be 67 Camaro with a Turbo Jet 396, but hey, you gotta start
somewhere! what i'll end up with is a cool little car that gets 35 mpg
and is so easy to work on that i'll never have to bring it to a
mechanic or get it smogged.
"Photography's greatest handicap is the ease with which the medium as
such can be learned. As a result, too many budding neophytes learn to
speak the language too long before they have anything to say." - Will
Connell
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 7:32 AM, John <johnsess...@yahoo.com> wrote:
I love the British sense of humor. humour?
Who else could use the phrases "decent running condition" and "Austin
Healey" in the same sentence?
8-)
On 9/9/2013 9:28 AM, Darren Addy wrote:
I guess it depends on what you want and if you sold the lens for
enough to buy the car and get it in decent running condtion. In
general terms, the lens was something that was probably only going to
increase in value, while the Austin Healey has the potential to be a
drain on your wallet for a long time into the future.
It sure is cute though.
On Mon, Sep 9, 2013 at 1:23 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote:
On 8/9/13, bpmacrae, discombobulated, unleashed:
Paid for with funds from selling my Pentax-A* 85mm 1.4.
Heretic!
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