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MG MGA - MGA for sale

Hi all this looks like a good buy for someone

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C76470

Gordon, ps it needs a tool kit
g c pugh

need deep pockets for this one


http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/50153


Gordon
g c pugh

hi steve, the blue coupe would suit you



gordon
g c pugh

Gordon, looking closely at the photographs I think the price of almost 9000 is if anything slightly high. There's an awful lot of work to be done in the engine bay and what does a good respray cost these days? If a classic car dealer is asking 9000 then I suggest that its real market value is a touch lower.
J H Cole

Hi JH , it looks quite a nice, solid car though


Gordon
g c pugh

A friend in our club paid £13,500 for his MkII last summer - it had been restored in 1997 but hardly used since( the dealer was asking £16k but he knocked him down on my advice - I had suggested he only offer him £11,500!). So £9k for one that needs tidying is about right - providing no major chassis/bodywork is needed.
Cam Cunningham

Cam, does 'need tidying' include a respray? I think this is the difference between 1/2 empty and 1/2 full. Guess I must be a 1/2 empty person!
J H Cole

about 3 or 4 K for a good respray



gordon
g c pugh

Hi JH, I had the wings and doors stripped and repainted on mine 4 years ago - cost £1000 for a pretty good job - this was on top of the £9k I paid for the car. Depends on what the bonnet and front surround are like. A full repspray, as Gordon says, is going to be at least £3k. This would make it about right if we put the value of the completed car at £13.5k depending on what the underneath of it is like and what needs doing mechanically. If it were me I would try to get it down to below £8k. cheers Cam
Cam Cunningham

This thread was discussed between 27/01/2009 and 29/01/2009

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