OK, I must have got the wrong end of the stick there, £10k seemed a lot
as a valuation when decent MGBs can be had for a significantly lower amount that allows plenty of spare wonga for the one way train, bus or donkey ride in a northerly direction to pick up a beauty like this:
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C858128 which is a more original car and, being a rubber bumper one, easier for the older driver to use thanks to the raised ride height.
That Minor pickup is more typical of usual asking prices for such clean commercials whose original, steel rear bodies are present and which have been given better brakes (though it's still on front drums in one of the images) and are useable. But even that isn't as good as the seller would like to think it is, given that the pickup bed is missing its lashing hooks for the rear cover and appears to have had copper brake pipes fitted which limits its appeal somewhat as it couldn't be exported to the USA, Canada, NZ or Belgium, to name a handful of potential export markets that they're missing out on by dint of their desire to save time and effort by not opting for stainless steel or cupro-nickel instead. Such tightwad-like inattention to detail is annoying in a car whose perceived value is into five figures.
TWENTY FOUR QUID for a replacement tab lighter element which happens to have some comedy value? OK, I'm in, just as long as I can get the in-car washing line and the lawn-style carpet set to go with it & save on the postage. 
