http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131266664564? ... 9241525915
Would you take on a car that has been stored in a garden for 25 years? Right now it is a bit over £1000, cheap for an MG A or expensive for some rotten wood and corroded steel?
How brave are you?
How brave are you?
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Re: How brave are you?
To be fair he's making it quite clear that he's selling it for spares, not a resto project. Nonetheless, I'd love to see someone take that on - just as long as it isn't me!
Some people are like Slinkies - they serve no useful purpose, but they still bring a smile to your face when you push them downstairs.
Re: How brave are you?
Why do people do that? Surely after 4-5 years you know you're never going to restore the car, sell it on instead of leaving it to rot!
1971 Sunbeam Rapier H120
Re: How brave are you?
Rich, it's time for a new computer!
If you can access ebay, it is item number: 131266664564
If you can access ebay, it is item number: 131266664564
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Martin Evans
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Re: How brave are you?
Looks better than some of the cars in my street.
There won't be any wood in an MGA (That went out with the TF) but it's all complete and I expect the Coupe will have let in less water than a drophead. One this is for sure, it would cost more to fix properly, than to buy a good one. As a source of spares, I suppose you'd say the same; very little will be serviceable. Makes you wonder hos it came to be left there like that so long. Twenty five years ago it would have been beyond the banger stage and worth money. Looks like a Mk2, so will have the 1622 cc engine. I'd like to see it restored.
There won't be any wood in an MGA (That went out with the TF) but it's all complete and I expect the Coupe will have let in less water than a drophead. One this is for sure, it would cost more to fix properly, than to buy a good one. As a source of spares, I suppose you'd say the same; very little will be serviceable. Makes you wonder hos it came to be left there like that so long. Twenty five years ago it would have been beyond the banger stage and worth money. Looks like a Mk2, so will have the 1622 cc engine. I'd like to see it restored.
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MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
MG Midget 1500, MGB GT V8, Morris Minor Traveller 1275, MG Midget 1275 & too many bicycles.
Re: How brave are you?
Doesn't the MG A have wooden floors?
I vote next project car for PC. It can't be any worse than the Jag.
I vote next project car for PC. It can't be any worse than the Jag.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.
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Grumpy Northener
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Re: How brave are you?
They most certainly doDoesn't the MG A have wooden floors?
At least give them time to get the Javelin finished firstI vote next project car for PC. It can't be any worse than the Jag.
1937 Jowett 8 - Project - in less pieces than the Jupiter
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles
1943 Jowett Stationary Engine
1952 Jowett Jupiter - In lots of peices http://Jowett.org/
1952 Jowett Javelin - Largely original
1973 Rover P6 V8 - Original / 22,000 miles