Hey Listers:
I must be out of touch with MGB prices in a big way!!
I currently have two 1970 MGB GTs for sale. One is $3200 and the other
is $2600. Neither car has ANY rust, but they are not cosmetically
perfect cars. But they both run and drive great! The more expensive of
the two has a one year old respray, both have decent interiors and
neither have overdrive.
I've always thought that here on the Left Coast (as in California!)
things were more expensive. But I guess not after all! Maybe I haven't
sold these cars because they are too CHEAP!
Lets see, the line for $6K MGB GT purchases forms over here!!!
Cheers (with a smile!!),
Jim Boyd
International Sportscar Components
Paradise, CA USA
MGMagnette@aol.com wrote:
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> It seems to be today that a decent MGB is gonna cost about $6000. When I
> bought my first convertible MGB, my MGB-GT, and then the MG Farina Magnette
> (I needed four doors and four seats), they were considerably cheaper cars.
> The MGB, in perfect mint wonderful condition was $4000, the nice GT was
> 2250, and the great original Magnette was 1700. But now, with the exception
> of the Magnette, I don't think any one of them would be easy to find for less
> than $6000.
> $6000 is another price bracket entirely. Now that MGs are so damn
> expensive, what else do they have going for them? I bring this up because I
> bought an 86 XJS, against all recommendations, for $5500. It has 66,000
> miles and looks brand new. I put another 2,000 miles on it without incident,
> except the alternator belt broke. I've done a tune up and tracked down an
> electrical fault and can safely say it is the easiest car to work on that
> I've ever dealt with. It's faster, more comfortable, etc,etc, than the MGB.
> Some people are paying as much as $10000 for MGBs! Why an MGB when 10000
> buys a Bentley T1? Why $6000 for an MGB when a XJ-S is $6000? I ask this
> because if I don't watch out I'm gonna end up sell all the cars and getting
> an Aston DBS. Expensive cars are cheap and the cheap cars expensive... WHAT
> GIVES?
>
> John
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