I guess where I am confused is why spend all that money without using
an early B engine and gearbox to rebuild and install in the car, and
detail it so it looks ok, more like it did when new. If I spent
$60,000 I would expect the details to be much better. If the car was
done on an economy budget, then I could understand the relaxed
attitude toward originality.
Don Scott
2 MGs
1 TR
misc. Japanese cars
At 10:22 AM 07/23/2010, Max Heim wrote:
>I don't think originality has much to do with B pricing, at all. The cars
>are common, and relatively low-priced (as far as collector cars go), so
>98-point concours condition isn't really in demand. People want these cars
>to drive and enjoy, and they will pay for well-chosen modern conveniences,
>perceived reliability, and attractive presentation more than for correct
>Mowog hoses or screwheads. In particular they will pay for someone else
>having done the rust repair and cosmetics, since they will undoubtedly still
>be purchasing the labor at a discount.
>
>It is the cars in poorer condition (restoration candidates) where
>originality is more important -- it is much harder to restore a car that has
>already been through the hands of clever and not-so-clever DPOs. For the
>most part, people restore these cars for themselves, not for the
>marketplace, because there isn't really enough upside to break even (as the
>restorer of this GT may be finding out).
>
>--
>
>Max Heim
>'66 MGB GHN3L76149
>If you're near Mountain View, CA,
>it's the primer red one with chrome wires
>
>on 7/22/10 9:17 PM, don at don@napanet.net wrote:
>
> > Watching eBay in my search for an early B roadster, I noticed that a
> > '66 B GT just got sold for $15,100. This has got to be a record,
> > and/or an anomaly. Are prices on the rise?
> >
> > It would be one thing if the car had the original type engine and O/D
> > gearbox, but this car was not redone to original spec at all. Does
> > this mean that buyers are not that knowledgeable? Perhaps the red
> > colour and wire wheels just do the trick, and curb appeal trumps the
> > details. And the $60,000 quoted as being spent on the car's
> > restoration must have impressed some buyers.
> >
> > They don't call it "resale red" for nothing.
> >
> >
> > $15,100
> >
> > []
> >
> >
> > eBay NE Florida
> >
> > 2010-07-15 10:52:47
> >
> >
> <http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320562113872>MG
> > : MGB MGB GT 1966 MGB GT Red BETTER THAN NEW Over $60k Invested
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