[Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or selling?

[Barrie Robinson]

After I finished building my MGB GT V8 I had lots 
of parts left over - both new and used.  I put 
them on eBay and got a total of more that 
$2,500.  Funny thing was that the parts I thought 
would go did not, but the parts I thought no one 
would want went like hot cakes.  I also used Kijiji.


At 04:19 PM 1/10/2016 +0000, Dan DiBiase via Mgs wrote:
>Steve, I would put together an inventory and 
>just list it as one lot - buyer takes all - at a 
>reasonable price. If you're just willing to dump it all at a recycler
>anyway, then you should put a price on it a 
>little more than you'd get at the recycler. That 
>way, the parts stay in circulation, you clean up some space and get some
>bucks back on your investment. Put it on craigslist first, for free...
>
>Dan D
>'76B, '65B
>Central NJ USA
>
>
>
>From: Steve Shoyer via Mgs <mgs at autox.team.net>
>To: mgs at autox.team.net
>Sent: Thursday, January 7, 2016 3:52 PM
>Subject: [Mgs] Old MGB parts - what's worth keeping or selling?
>
>Hi, I’m trying to make some space in my 
>garage, so I’m going through boxes that 
>haven’t been opened in 10 years.  I have a lot 
>of parts that I pulled from the parts cars (1978 
>and 1979) I used to rebuild my 1980 MGB after it 
>caught on fire.  I’ve got a mix of parts, 
>mostly small enough to pick up and put into a 
>box.  The largest piece is a flywheel, but there 
>are a couple of starters, a Z-S carb, some 
>emissions parts, old wiring harnesses, some 
>plastic parts (fan blade, windshield washer 
>reservoir) – basically, whatever I could easily remove.
>
>So now it’s a decade later and I need the room 
>more than I need the parts.  Is there anything 
>that I should look for in my boxes that is hard 
>to find and might be good to sell on eBay, or 
>anything that I shouldn’t even bother wiping 
>off and just take it to the metal recycling 
>station?  There are a lot of air pumps, tonneau 
>bars, jacks, etc. listed on eBay, so I don’t 
>want to go through the effort of listing 
>everything if there isn’t really a market for it.
>
>Thanks.  I’m located near Boston, MA if anyone wants to take a look.
>
>--Steve (1980 MGB, plus parts)
>
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Regards
Barrie
Barrie Robinson
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