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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">I agree on Max's advice. I
spent a fortune on building an MGB GT V8 with lots of "mods.
It is spectacularly concours but the insurance appraiser chap
gave it a price about 30% on what I put in to it. But if it is
for yourself you may be cheered by the thought that had you
bought a new car its value in just 1-2 years would be worse than
that 30% figure. Having said that one has to take into account
what car you are "working" on. Some cars can gather far more of
those money things than it costs to restore. My prediction is
that MGB GTs will see a big increase in price - but then I am
biased.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/21/2019 5:45 PM, Max Heim via Mgs
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The thing to remember is, you cannot make money restoring these
cars for sale.
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<div class="">If you can get it cheap enough, then you can flip it
“as is” and make a profit. But if you don’t want it yourself,
then there is really no point in investing money in it, beyond
cleaning it up for appearances and making sure it runs and
drives (since the premium for a driver compared to a non-runner
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<div class="">Let the final owner go underwater on his restoration
— you don't have to be that guy.</div>
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<div class="">On Jul 21, 2019, at 2:15 PM, dave via Mgs <<a
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font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">I was
offered at a very, very good price, a 59 mga. It has
an mgb engine, mga transmission.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
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have a 56 so I’m not too inclined to keep this one.
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It has a
single weber carb. Keep or replace with SU’s and sell
the weber setup<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It has
later mgb door panels, with the door opening handle.
Keep or replace as original with pull string?<o:p
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<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt;
font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">It has an
mgb starter switch. Keep or replace with original to
use pull starter?<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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is to maximize value in selling.<o:p class=""></o:p></div>
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