Path: utzoo!utgpu!alliant.com!UUCP Reply-To: british-cars@alliant.com Errors-To: british-cars-request@alliant.com Sender: british-cars-request@alliant.com Return-Path: Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 12:44:26 EST From: mason@vax.ftp.com (Nark Mason) Message-ID: <9002081744.AA09896@vax.ftp.com> To: british-cars@alliant.com Subject: Re: mini's and MG 1100's? Newsgroups: list.british-cars Distribution: ut Approved: devnull@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu Well, last night I agreed to buy the Mini and the MG1100 for $400 providing I don't barf when I see the MG, which I haven't yet. I don't know why I would buy these, I have a TR250, triumph trident and a '47 GMC coach already in the restoration queue. I wonder if the NIMH has ever done a study on what chemical imbalance would make people buy these things, maybe we should get a bunch of us together, shove 'em in a parking lot with a lot of dolomited, minis and other ugly british cars (in various states of disrepair) with "For Sale: $100" stickers on them, and take brain tissue samples to see what's churning around in there. He says the mini has been partially race prepped, it's got racing seats, no interior, a widened track and flared fenders and a tiny (I mean *tiny*) steering wheel, I have no clue what the engine's like. The guy who's selling these dropped by last night, came upon me in the garage and said "hey, I was by the junkyard last night, they were crushing a 'B, I got the wire wheels off first, they want $15 each for them so I thought of you. Hey, I see you already got a pair, looks good... what'd you pay for them?"... (mumble mumble a lot more than $15 each so shut up)