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Re: [Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or selling?

To: Dan DiBiase <d_dibiase@yahoo.com>,Steve Shoyer <steve@shoyer.com>, "mgs@autox.team.net" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or selling?
From: Barrie Robinson via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 11:55:28 -0500
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After I finished building my MGB GT V8 I had lots=20
of parts left over - both new and used.  I put=20
them on eBay and got a total of more that=20
$2,500.  Funny thing was that the parts I thought=20
would go did not, but the parts I thought no one=20
would want went like hot cakes.  I also used Kijiji.


At 04:19 PM 1/10/2016 +0000, Dan DiBiase via Mgs wrote:
>Steve, I would put together an inventory and=20
>just list it as one lot - buyer takes all - at a=20
>reasonable price. If you're just willing to dump it all at a recycler
>anyway, then you should put a price on it a=20
>little more than you'd get at the recycler. That=20
>way, the parts stay in circulation, you clean up some space and get some
>bucks back on your investment. Put it on craigslist first, for free...
>
>Dan D
>'76B, '65B
>Central NJ USA
>
>
>
>From: Steve Shoyer via Mgs <mgs@autox.team.net>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:52 PM
>Subject: [Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or selling?
>
>Hi, I=E2=80=99m trying to make some space in my=20
>garage, so I=E2=80=99m going through boxes that=20
>haven=E2=80=99t been opened in 10 years.  I have a lot=20
>of parts that I pulled from the parts cars (1978=20
>and 1979) I used to rebuild my 1980 MGB after it=20
>caught on fire.  I=E2=80=99ve got a mix of parts,=20
>mostly small enough to pick up and put into a=20
>box.  The largest piece is a flywheel, but there=20
>are a couple of starters, a Z-S carb, some=20
>emissions parts, old wiring harnesses, some=20
>plastic parts (fan blade, windshield washer=20
>reservoir) =96 basically, whatever I could easily remove.
>
>So now it=E2=80=99s a decade later and I need the room=20
>more than I need the parts.  Is there anything=20
>that I should look for in my boxes that is hard=20
>to find and might be good to sell on eBay, or=20
>anything that I shouldn=E2=80=99t even bother wiping=20
>off and just take it to the metal recycling=20
>station?  There are a lot of air pumps, tonneau=20
>bars, jacks, etc. listed on eBay, so I don=E2=80=99t=20
>want to go through the effort of listing=20
>everything if there isn=E2=80=99t really a market for it.
>
>Thanks.  I=E2=80=99m located near Boston, MA if anyone wants to take a=
 look.
>
>--Steve (1980 MGB, plus parts)
>
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After I finished building my MGB GT V8 I had lots of parts left over -
both new and used.&nbsp; I put them on eBay and got a total of more that
$2,500.&nbsp; Funny thing was that the parts I thought would go did not,
but the parts I thought no one would want went like hot cakes.&nbsp; I
also used Kijiji.<br><br>
<br>
At 04:19 PM 1/10/2016 +0000, Dan DiBiase via Mgs wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=3Dcite class=3Dcite cite=3D"">Steve, I would put together a=
n
inventory and just list it as one lot - buyer takes all - at a reasonable
price. If you're just willing to dump it all at a recycler<br>
anyway, then you should put a price on it a little more than you'd get at
the recycler. That way, the parts stay in circulation, you clean up some
space and get some<br>
bucks back on your investment. Put it on craigslist first, for
free...<br><br>
Dan D<br>
'76B, '65B<br>
Central NJ USA<br><br>
<br>
<br>
<font size=3D2><b>From:</b> Steve Shoyer via Mgs
&lt;mgs@autox.team.net&gt;<br>
<b>To:</b> mgs@autox.team.net <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:52 PM<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or
selling?<br>
</font><br>
Hi, I=E2=80=99m trying to make some space in my garage, so I=E2=80=99m going=
 through
boxes that haven=E2=80=99t been opened in 10 years.&nbsp; I have a lot of pa=
rts
that I pulled from the parts cars (1978 and 1979) I used to rebuild my
1980 MGB after it caught on fire.&nbsp; I=E2=80=99ve got a mix of parts, mos=
tly
small enough to pick up and put into a box.&nbsp; The largest piece is a
flywheel, but there are a couple of starters, a Z-S carb, some emissions
parts, old wiring harnesses, some plastic parts (fan blade, windshield
washer reservoir) =96 basically, whatever I could easily remove.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
So now it=E2=80=99s a decade later and I need the room more than I need the
parts.&nbsp; Is there anything that I should look for in my boxes that is
hard to find and might be good to sell on eBay, or anything that I
shouldn=E2=80=99t even bother wiping off and just take it to the metal
recycling station?&nbsp; There are a lot of air pumps, tonneau bars,
jacks, etc. listed on eBay, so I don=E2=80=99t want to go through the effort=
 of
listing everything if there isn=E2=80=99t really a market for it.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
Thanks.&nbsp; I=E2=80=99m located near Boston, MA if anyone wants to take a
look.<br>
&nbsp;<br>
--Steve (1980 MGB, plus parts)<br><br>
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