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MGA Should one aquire 2 MGA's

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Looking forward to seeing photos - there may be a few odds & ends I could use...I know I need the metal cover that goes over the area behind the seats....& might could use a fender or 2...I'm still trying to build 1 MGA coupe!
 
Tony,
i dont recall seeing a good fender in the lot, and only one good bumber out of the four.

mark
 
Those metal covers are hard to find....Took me about a year to locate a useable one.
 
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Sigh, another disparaging remark about the TR7. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/nonono.gif There's nothing wrong with them . . . . . as long as they have a V-8 in engine bay! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif

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I almost bought a TR7 last year- a US export model that had lived in a garage here since new, with 800 miles on it- the owner was going to take it back the US when he returned, but he never went....

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I'd also had the chance to buy a pair of MGAs about thirty years ago now... they were in such good ( /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif) condition that if I'd done so, I might, just might be finishing one by now.... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif
 
Well i own them...here is a pic. going to work on getting them moved.

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They both look like 1500's!

How's that grille? Side curtains? Seats? Parcel shelf?

See, I can think of lots of stuff to take off them!
 
me too Tony, i will put some better pics up when i get them home. the one in the front has a very nice bonnet that i have plans for. One grill is a little tweeked the other is almost mint. i believe they are both 1500's. she believes one is a 55 and one a 57-58?

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Put a price on that grille...oh, one even has a luggage rack!
 
That grill is not perfect, it does have a dent or two in it. there are side curtians in one that i saw, they were the folding style and just the frames are all i saw, not sure of the condition. that luggage rack looked ok...rusty but ok.

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here is another pic. The nice Lady said her Husband used to race the one with the roll bar, and that she would find me a picture she has and give me a copy. both cars have engine and trannys, and there is a third engine that was always stored indoors, makes me wonder about that engine abit.


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mark
 
Looks like you could even rebuild at least one of them.
 
Good find, u'll never lose on a deal like that.
 
You might actually be able to make a car out of those two. Especially with a good engine included!

They are 1500 cars based on the tail lamps. I can also see drum front brakes on one which also means 1500.
 
Ca-ching! Score!!
 
Ya done good! These look better than my current project MGA did when I bought it for $500!!! The very thin edge of a very thick wedge is a great metaphor, and certainly apropos to MGA restoration. As to the question of whether one can have too many MGAs? MOST EMPHATICALLY NO. The only limits are money and space.
 
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Space? Heck, no, just add on!
 
Oh boy, oh boy. Bits to make preaty. Lots and lots of bits.

Congrats.
 
Well Folks, i think i did ok. However i have no plans to save either car. At the moment i believe they are to far gone to resurect, they are parts and funding material for my 59. i will give the good folks here first dibs on any parts i am going to sell before i ebay them. I had been feeling kind blu about the condition of the 59 , that is untill i saw these two cars. I am just hoping i can get them on and off a flatbed to get them home. The one that was hit by the tree will be the first under the knife. I am just glad my tetnus shot is up to date.


mark
 
Sell a quick part on eBay. Turn round & spend it on plenty o sawzall blades that you'll probably be able to find on eBay.
Been funding my own projects for months now.
 
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