[Nobbc] Getting Ron's car ready for sale

[Sarto Rocheleau]

Hi Greg, It was my pleasure to help Candy.  Ron's MGA sounds and looks great.
  I mentioned to our patent attorney for Bamcore and he was interested in
Ron's car.  He asked what she was asking and now I know $8,500.  I'll past
that on to him.  Greg, what you put together for Candy was truly heart warming
for all of us. 
Sarto
--- On Fri, 9/30/11, Greg Tatarian <gtwincams at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Greg Tatarian <gtwincams at gmail.com>
Subject: [Nobbc] Getting Ron's car ready for sale
To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
Cc: mizsarah1948 at sonic.net
Date: Friday, September 30, 2011, 3:26 PM

 Hello Folks,

I have just returned from Candy Englehardt's house, where together with the
kind and generous help from John, Clif, Sarto and Tim, we have cleaned up and
inventoried the car and all spares and parts that will be sold with it. I have
two pages of notes that I have yet to put into a spreadsheet, but will do so
soon, to help prospective buyers get a better idea of the car, spares and
condition of each.

Here are the basics for now:
The car is a 1959 MGA 1500, largely original, with what appears to be one
repaint from years ago. It has three original wheels, but is wearing chrome
slotted wheels and fairly new tires. I installed a new battery today, and we
got the car running right away. Sounds great - 60 lbs. oil pressure cold, no
excessive valve noise, no issues with running or revving. No visible rust and
no evidence of previous rust repairs, which is expected, as the car has been
garaged for the 29 years Ron has owned it, and probably throughout its life.
The brakes are soft, and may need simple adjustment (drums all around, they go
out of adjustment rather quickly), bleeding, or other work, but this appears
to be the only immediate need this car has.

Paint is only OK, and there are some old and new chips, a few dings, one dent
in the front cowl above the grill that a good dentless body worker can take
out pretty easily. The interior is original, and for a 52 year old car, not
bad - call it "patina". Chrome is fair, no major dents or blemishes with
bumpers. This is a good driver in need of a little work to keep it going as
such, or an excellent foundation for a full or rolling restoration, since the
only rust I found was the passenger side battery box, which is no longer in
use, as the car was converted to negative ground, and a single 12v battery.

Car includes a soft top in fair condition with hood frame, two tonneaus, one
new, plexi/alum. frame side windows, original seats, trim and carpets. Also
included is a lightweight fiberglass top that needs complete restoration, but
is quite rare. Engine head was replaced some years back, original head goes
with the car. Spares include lots of small parts for carbs, ignition,
bushings, gear lever boot, tach, used wheel cylinders and master cylinder,
lever shocks, seals, gaskets, mirrors, and other miscellaneous, all used in
varying condition.

I'll be putting up photos onto Picasaweb this weekend, and have lots more
details on inventory and condition, so stay tuned or get in touch with me
directly if you are interested. Candy is not an experienced car person, so I
am happy to provide information and let you take it from there. Candy can
provide much more info on the history of their ownership of the car, which is
actually pretty interesting.

My understanding is that Candy is asking $8,500 for the car with all spares
and parts that I will enumerate fully later.

A big thank you to Tim, Clif, John and Sarto for joining me to help Candy with
the car today - you are mighty good folks. Thanks also to Mike G. and others
who also graciously offered help but were not able to participate today. I
know Candy really appreciates what we are doing, and whether we are helping
for Ron's memory or simply to help his widow and family, this is definitely
the right thing to do.

Best to you all,

Greg
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