[TR] Going to look at a TR250 - ballpark value please.

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sounds like real fun.... if it's really not worth much tell him when he has 
exhausted all possibilities call you. his wife will probably want it gone. 
i've gotten some steals this way. 250's are scarce so if you have to have 
one & you can build it back buy it
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Jones" <mowog73 at sympatico.ca>
To: <triumphs at autox.team.net>; <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 29, 2009 11:12 AM
Subject: [TR] Going to look at a TR250 - ballpark value please.


> Hi Everyone;
>
> I have been a long-time admirer of the TR250, but I am not new to Triumphs 
> and
> lbcs in general. I have a 73 MGBGT, which has been a rolling restoration 
> for
> the past 12 years. I have also owned a 80 Spitfire for 7 years, which I 
> did a
> complete restoration on two winters ago (lots of new panels). And over the
> past year my step-son and I have been restoring a 76 TR7 for him.
>
> For years I have been telling my wife that I would trade both the MGBGT 
> and
> the Spitfire for a TR250. Well my chance to obtain one may have arrived. 
> Just
> recently a TR250 has come up for sale local to me. My wife knows that I 
> have
> always wanted a TR250 and has given her blessing to go look and buy if it 
> is
> worth restoring.
>
> The car is described in the ad as restoration project or for parts. Body 
> is
> in good shape. An email from the seller stated: The car is complete , it 
> has
> not run in many years, interior, bumpers, and lights are off the car. This 
> is
> my wifes car and her Dad was working on it years ago. The car has been in 
> a
> garage for 17yrs that I know of.
>
> Any areas of the car I should look at in particular in terms of assessing 
> the
> shape of the car?  Are there pieces that are next to impossible to get 
> and
> that I should look to see if they are there with the car?  Did many of 
> these
> cars come with OD?  Anything else I should know about these cars?
>
> Im hoping to go see the car in the next couple of days. Assuming that the
> body is okay; not requiring major panel restoration, and the frame is not 
> in
> need of major reconstruction, what would a car like this be worth? I know 
> its
> hard to place a value from the information I have, but I dont have a 
> sense
> for what a TR250 in need of complete restoration is worth but would like 
> to
> have a range before going to see it. My thought is that this a $1000+/- 
> car.
> The guy's price is: "make an offer". Maybe I'll put $500 in my pocket and 
> see
> what happens.
>
> All comments and advise are welcome.
>
> Mark
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