On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 18:27:58 -0700 "Douglas Gaither"
<gaither@ix.netcom.com> writes:
>Listers,
>
>I ran across a 1975 MGB out in the country that has $100 painted on
>the
>windshield. The interior is toast and most of the body has dents. CA
>car =
>little rust. The engine looks scruffy and its condition is unknown.
>There
>is not an OD. I don't really need this car, but there are many parts
>available to be parted out. I'm fairly sure that I could sell $100 of
>parts
>from it.
>
>My question is...
>
>Is doing this really just a big giant pain-in-the-butt and not really
>worth
>the few hundred $$ I would profit?
>
>I have a little space on the side of my house, but I don't want to
>leave a
>car there indefinately. A full restore may/may-not be worthwhile as
>prices
>for RB MG's are pretty low. The engine/tranny condition would make or
>break
>that proposition.
>
>So, do I buy?
>
>Doug
No, you tell me where it is and I'LL buy it..... hehe.... seriously, at
the very least it sounds like a good parts car and if the body is fairly
rust free it might not be as hard a restoration as you think (is "not
hard" and "restoration" in the same sentence an oxymoron??)
I wouldnt personally buy it JUST to part it out, nothing wrong with that
per se but you certainly wont get rich doing it although it may render a
few usable parts and additions to the learning curve ..... "Oh, I
wondered how that went together".....
C'mon Doug....save it.....Buy it and turn it into a beater - if the
engine works at all Ill bet you start a restoration as soon as youve
covered a few miles in it.
RB values are rising - two in my local paper in excess of $6000 this week
and another at 4500
mike robson
69 roadster
70 BGT
72 roadster
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