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I had posted this elsewhere, but realized someone here might be interested, so I'm buzzing over from the Triumph area:
I have been more into cars other than MG's, but I was in New Orleans this weekend, & while going through the now 15% occupied Lakeview section, saw this:
This area had 9 to 13 feet of water in the flood, so the car was completely submerged. Somehow this abandoned MGB has escaped the sweeps of carting off the abandoned cars - maybe someone didn't have the heart to pick it up with the claw & hoped someone else would take it away.
It obviously ran & was in decent condition before the flood, but now the doors won't open (the flood water was brackish water from Lake Pontchartrain, which receives both fresh water from the Mississippi River & salt water from the Gulf of Mexico). It is not a rustbucket now, but will be if not attended to. Panels, floors, etc. looked good.
It's sort of nice, is one of those early ones that had the covertible top that could be removed. While I was looking at it, some residents came by in a huge new honking SUV & asked if I was in the MG club. No, (I'm from 3 hours out of town), & I asked if they knew anyone in the club who'd want it - even for parts. They weren't interested, & said that most of the club members had lost their cars in the flood. They pointed out that it would require complete disassembly & restoration, which ain' easy/cheap. It wouldn't last long without having the body dipped & repainted, because it's unibody.
It's all there otherwise, but will need a new interior & top.
It's amazing that nobody has yet driven by & hove a brick through the window, but I guess it's just a matter of time before that, fire, & then picked up by the claw & dumped.
The folks who stopped said that if I wanted to take it, the Lakeview Civic Association would likely be very willing to help as abandoned cars are a big problem. They'd be the ones to greasing the rails to get a clear (or at least salvage) title.
If anybody in the area is interested, shoot me a message & I'll give you the location of the car. The Lakeview Civic Association supposedly has a site on the web.
So many fortunate Triumphs, Jaguars, & other older cars: because they have frames & can be driven rotting with sheetmetal road signs in the floors until the day when they can be fixed up.
I have been more into cars other than MG's, but I was in New Orleans this weekend, & while going through the now 15% occupied Lakeview section, saw this:
This area had 9 to 13 feet of water in the flood, so the car was completely submerged. Somehow this abandoned MGB has escaped the sweeps of carting off the abandoned cars - maybe someone didn't have the heart to pick it up with the claw & hoped someone else would take it away.
It obviously ran & was in decent condition before the flood, but now the doors won't open (the flood water was brackish water from Lake Pontchartrain, which receives both fresh water from the Mississippi River & salt water from the Gulf of Mexico). It is not a rustbucket now, but will be if not attended to. Panels, floors, etc. looked good.
It's sort of nice, is one of those early ones that had the covertible top that could be removed. While I was looking at it, some residents came by in a huge new honking SUV & asked if I was in the MG club. No, (I'm from 3 hours out of town), & I asked if they knew anyone in the club who'd want it - even for parts. They weren't interested, & said that most of the club members had lost their cars in the flood. They pointed out that it would require complete disassembly & restoration, which ain' easy/cheap. It wouldn't last long without having the body dipped & repainted, because it's unibody.
It's all there otherwise, but will need a new interior & top.
It's amazing that nobody has yet driven by & hove a brick through the window, but I guess it's just a matter of time before that, fire, & then picked up by the claw & dumped.
The folks who stopped said that if I wanted to take it, the Lakeview Civic Association would likely be very willing to help as abandoned cars are a big problem. They'd be the ones to greasing the rails to get a clear (or at least salvage) title.
If anybody in the area is interested, shoot me a message & I'll give you the location of the car. The Lakeview Civic Association supposedly has a site on the web.
So many fortunate Triumphs, Jaguars, & other older cars: because they have frames & can be driven rotting with sheetmetal road signs in the floors until the day when they can be fixed up.
