Type 44's are officially classics, or at least scarce.

[Mark J. Besso]

  My last Type 44 went off to another enthusiast in 2007.  I just heard 
from him last month and the car is now in southern California--running 
strong as ever with over 350K miles on it.

~Mark



On 10/15/2010 8:51 PM, George Selby wrote:
> I've actually noticed that there are about 4-5 Type 44's driving
> around my town recently that weren't here before.  Mine is in the
> derelict list, as the cost to make it road worthy exceeds it's value
> by a factor of 2 or 3 to 1.  It still will crank up, but the brakes
> need major work, and alternator belts only last a day or so before
> they are spit out by the car (except one old one  that I keep putting
> back on after the new ones break.)
>
> George Selby
>
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