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Spring Break and Car Shopping #1
chris Chris Roop Pendleton, OR, USA	Posted: March 30, 2012 09:41PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 30,351

Rex and I went shopping today. My car came home on the trailer, his will wait till next weekend. He bought a butterscotch 1975 with a new top in the box, 73k miles, new exhaust on the ground under the car, and wire wheels. No rust, no dents, seemingly all original paint, very nice OE interior, and no dash cracks. I bought a 79 overdrive car that is vermillion, 103k miles with a rebuilt engine, new tires on fake wire wheels (but these look much better than most fakes), runs, no rust, one dent in the bull nose of the hood, what appears to be OE WHITE carpet(???), a chrome header, Pearce manifold with what the PO thinks is an Offenhauser carb sitting on it, it comes with a complete set of Rostyles and new clutch hydraulics in boxes, and it is out of clutch fluid even though the master is a new TRW. It needs a battery, top, and frame. We are thinking that the slave probably leaked the fluid out.
Guess which car is now going on Gary's Run? I really wanted to take the 70, and it does now have a new top and more, but......

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #2
PaulM Paul McLaren Lower Mainland BC, Canada 1968 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT "Willow" 1970 MG MGB "Miss Lou" 1970 MG MGB "Dolly"	Posted: March 31, 2012 09:13AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7,470

Jeez you are really going to town...now you have to post some photos???

Paul McLaren

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1970 MGB Roadster
1970 MGB Roadster

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #3
Riff Raff Al J Maryland, USA 1979 MG MGB	Posted: March 31, 2012 09:18AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 490

Agreed!

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #4
OldBloke Jim Legg Napa, California, USA 1971 MG MGB GT 1972 MG MGB V6 Conversion	Posted: March 31, 2012 09:36AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 8,312

Congrats Chris. Looking forward to pics!

"Not all who wander are lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #5
pmaland2000 Paul Maland Leduc, Alberta, Canada 1973 MG MGB "Bea"	Posted: March 31, 2012 09:58AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 576

Butterscotch?

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #6
grn78rd Jon Clark Clemmons, NC, USA 1978 MG MGB 1978 MG MGB	Posted: March 31, 2012 10:47AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,069

No pictures? didn't happen!

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The pics #7
chris Chris Roop Pendleton, OR, USA	Posted: March 31, 2012 04:22PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 30,351

Here are the requested pics of my car (Dan, are you out there??). Today I was getting a haircut and the barber asked me if I wanted to buy her MGB, a 71. Then, while grocery shopping, a friend walks up and asks if I want to buy his MGB. Both people are wanting to sell because of discomfort getting in and out. I suggested that they come try this r/b car on for size.

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Re: The pics #8
Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1955 MG TF 1500 "Harriet" 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: March 31, 2012 04:43PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,926

Looking good, Chris. Good luck with it. Never saw white carpeting before in an MGB!

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #9
PaulP Paul Peterson , WA, USA 1973 MG MGB GT 1974 MG MGB	Posted: March 31, 2012 05:01PM Registered: 10 years ago Posts: 3,984

Wow, these cars follow you home like stray dogs smiling smiley

It's probably too early to know which one will be the Gary's Runner.

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #10
PaulM Paul McLaren Lower Mainland BC, Canada 1968 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT "Willow" 1970 MG MGB "Miss Lou" 1970 MG MGB "Dolly"	Posted: March 31, 2012 05:07PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7,470

Nice Chris...It does look solid from here. thumbs up

In the last pic showing the interior there is a hose sticking down below the glove box...is that a drink dispenser? Have you checked in the Glove box? grinning smiley

Paul McLaren

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1970 MGB Roadster
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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #11
jjgerding jay gerding Spring Hill, Florida, USA	Posted: March 31, 2012 05:48PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 1,061

Hate those sissy bras. And they make the paint fade at different rates, so you can never take them off.

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #12
chris Chris Roop Pendleton, OR, USA	Posted: March 31, 2012 08:59PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 30,351

I'll have to check for the hose! Today the front end got lubed and inspected. The brake pads are new, but the hoses are cracked and showing the second layer. The right side wishbones are worn more than I've ever seen before because someone didn't have the nut tight when they cotter pinned it. Those get replaced. It does have a new alternator and fuel pump. I'll replace the clutch slave tomorrow. It had fluid in it, but since fluid leaked out of the system and there wasn't evidence in the cab, it seems prudent to do so.

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #13
29desoto Wayne Sanders Outside Otis, OR - in the woods!, USA 1965 MG MGB V6 Conversion "Tubby" 1977 MG MGB "Ole Yeller" 1979 MG MGB "Kermit" 1984 Chevrolet Corvette "The Green Weenie" 1994 Chevrolet S10 "Lil Red"	Posted: March 31, 2012 09:31PM Registered: 3 years ago Posts: 6,203

SCORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Your wife should be up for saint hood. smiling bouncing smiley

Wayne Sanders
Rose Lodge, OR

"I don't care to belong to any club that accepts people like me"-joined Willamette Valley Club in 2011

77 MGB - Four tone paint - some kind of electronic ignition - hood props - cheap tires - new springs all around - mixture of poly and rubber bushings - original exhaust - fuzzy seatcovers - stereo out of old F150 pickup - virtually no rust - right front wrecked and semi well repaired - just about right for me!

78 MGB - Done right by a good PO, and I only bought it. Tell Jim how nice it is. But I did put in a Datsun 5 speed.

79/65 MGB - Tubby - Carmine Red - V-6 - T-5
Going to do this one more right, less rat rod!

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #14
chris Chris Roop Pendleton, OR, USA	Posted: March 31, 2012 10:33PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 30,351

No kidding! Yesterday when Rex showed up, I told her "Well, I'm off to buy cars". She replied "Have a good time".

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #15
Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1955 MG TF 1500 "Harriet" 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: April 02, 2012 07:31PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,926

In reply to # 2027949 by chris No kidding! Yesterday when Rex showed up, I told her "Well, I'm off to buy cars". She replied "Have a good time".

That gal is a keeper!

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Rex's car #16
chris Chris Roop Pendleton, OR, USA	Posted: April 02, 2012 08:33PM Registered: 14 years ago Posts: 30,351

Here are pics of the 75 that Rex brought home today.

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Re: Spring Break and Car Shopping #17
PaulM Paul McLaren Lower Mainland BC, Canada 1968 MG MGB 1969 MG MGC GT "Willow" 1970 MG MGB "Miss Lou" 1970 MG MGB "Dolly"	Posted: April 02, 2012 11:53PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7,470

Wow that one looks even better than the first,

I bet you will win the rb class this year Dan wil have a hard time to sleep.

Paul McLaren

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Re: Rex's car #18
Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1955 MG TF 1500 "Harriet" 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: April 03, 2012 09:33AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,926

Nice! Another Bracken car discovered.

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