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

[Rich White]

One of the guys on another list, who buys and sell a lot of cars, suggest that
you put the money you want to pay for the car in one pocket and the amount you
are willing to add in another.  If you can not get the car for the amount you
have decided on, give him your best offer and phone number on a card and go
home.  He says that the sight of the cash will lower the price.



The worst thing you can do is get your emotions involved in the purchase.


I do not know how well I would do at following his suggestions, but it is a
goal.


Rich White St. Joseph, IL USA
'63 TR3B TCF587L
That ain't a scrap pile, that is my car!



> From: mowog73 at sympatico.ca
> To: triumphs at autox.team.net; 6pack at autox.team.net
> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:12:16 -0400
> 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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