Why not just scrap it?

[backwoodsman]

Why is the owner trying to sell this.

The local scrapyard would be the best place for it, it's even disintegrated into small enough parts for him to move.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/231179128340?clk_rvr_id=...

[Escy]

He's got a bid at £100, doubt a scrap yard would give him that for it. That's why...

[Yiliterate]

Throw a bucket of water over it, it'll be good as new...

[lel]

people bid on these things for the registration, especially if its tax exempt. Its just a 'legit' way of selling it really. Thats if he has any documents for it of course!

[Axionknight]

Because since you'll be the owner of the registration documents you could pile a load of cash into it, new heritage shell and sub frames ETC and make a good restoration job of it.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Escy said:

He's got a bid at £100 .....

Judging by recent threads on here the successful "buyer" will use that a starting point for negotiation when he turns up to collect the car and starts to complain about a few scratches here and there, lack of full service history etc.

[Ozzie Osmond]

Axionknight said:

Because since you'll be the owner of the registration documents you could pile a load of cash into it, new heritage shell and sub frames ETC and make a good restoration job of it.

Seriously, could a brand new MGB built entirely from spare parts be remotely cost-effective as a restoration when you can just go out and buy a decent MGB? I'd have thought the cost of parts alone would be huge, let alone the labour.

[backwoodsman]

Got it.

Either make your not quite old enough for free tax model, that little bit older.

Or almost build a new car from heritage, or NOS, but on paper, you have restored this one.

[BritishRacinGrin]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Seriously, could a brand new MGB built entirely from spare parts be remotely cost-effective as a restoration when you can just go out and buy a decent MGB? I'd have thought the cost of parts alone would be huge, let alone the labour.

How many restorations are 'cost effective'?

MG parts are still in good supply, even heritage shells etc. if somebody out there wants an immaculate MGB that badly, then they might want to put that kind of money in.

More likely somebody will take salvageable bits of the drivetrain and transmission and any bits of trim or bright work which are salvageable and the rest will get weighed in.

[SuperHangOn]

Scrapping it would be a challenge. Obviously picking it up in one go isn't going to happen. You would have to chop it up and cart each bit to the tip/scrappy. Then you would be left with the engine, gearbox, axles etc still sitting there and a load of bleeding knuckles.

If you can get paid to have rid then that's bloody good going!

[mywifeshusband]

He says to bring a trailer to collect but I'm guessing a broom and shovel would also be required.

[9mm]

lel said:

people bid on these things for the registration, especially if its tax exempt. Its just a 'legit' way of selling it really. Thats if he has any documents for it of course!

Do they? I thought that unless the reg was already on retention the car had to have a current MOT in order to do a transfer/put it on retention.

[Ozzie Osmond]

BritishRacinGrin said:

How many restorations are 'cost effective'?

My point entirely!

Very much the opposite to some of the "future classic" threads we see on PH with people hoping to "invest" in a car
Cars are like gambling - if you're only losing money slowly you can consider yourself a winner!

[B5NXJ]

Yiliterate said:

Throw a bucket of water over it, it'll be good as new...

or it will wash it away. .

[SebastienClement]

9mm said:

Do they? I thought that unless the reg was already on retention the car had to have a current MOT in order to do a transfer/put it on retention.

I expect they just put the plates and vin numbers from this car onto which ever car they're 'restoring'.

[soad]

What a sorry state those cars are in!

[BritishRacinGrin]

Ozzie Osmond said:

BritishRacinGrin said:

How many restorations are 'cost effective'?

My point entirely!

Very much the opposite to some of the "future classic" threads we see on PH with people hoping to "invest" in a car
Cars are like gambling - if you're only losing money slowly you can consider yourself a winner!

Personally I'm grateful to those eccentric and optimistic enough to see older cars as an investment or as a 'future classic'... Many of them might be kidding themselves slightly, plenty of man maths involved, but at least it means that there are people mad enough to keep old stuff going for us all to see, enjoy, and buy off them at a much lower value than what they have invested!

By the way that isn't a dig at the MGB or classic car owners, there are people out there who are winning at the 'classic cars as investments' game.

[BritishRacinGrin]

SuperHangOn said:

Scrapping it would be a challenge. Obviously picking it up in one go isn't going to happen. You would have to chop it up and cart each bit to the tip/scrappy. Then you would be left with the engine, gearbox, axles etc still sitting there and a load of bleeding knuckles.

If you can get paid to have rid then that's bloody good going!

If you could find something rigid enough to attach the winch to, you could probably drag most of it straight onto a flat bed... dust pan and brush for the rest and you're done

[RussH91]

What everyone else has plate could be pre-historic. Might have sentimental value to someone, very low chance I know!
Plus scrap value low I got £110 for 1.4 ton the other week.

[leafspring]

Some people like a challenging restoration project.

Rebuild the bigger mechanical components (engine, box, rear axle), brand new galvanised 'heritage' body shell try and track down/restore the smaller items and interior trim.

Or

There may actually be quite a few restorable spare parts for your current project in that pile of rusted BL steel.