The Unthinkable & a GTA...
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...in two terms of the phrase.
Firstly, the cam belt tensioner has gone (well within service intervals and with a FSH) resulting in a loss of compression on 4 cylinders. To the best of my knowledge this means at least a full strip/rebuild - and a bill somewhere in the region of £2k.
Secondly, for lots of reasons (mainly revolving around cars..), I do not have £2k to spend on getting it right. Which means that it must go - as it is.
So, now to the questions:
-How much is a '53 156 GTA saloon worth without a functioning engine?
-Are there any commercial buyers or do I have to resort to the unapettising depths of eBay?
-Why me and will I ever learn...?
Grateful for any help,
Joe.
Firstly, the cam belt tensioner has gone (well within service intervals and with a FSH) resulting in a loss of compression on 4 cylinders. To the best of my knowledge this means at least a full strip/rebuild - and a bill somewhere in the region of £2k.
Secondly, for lots of reasons (mainly revolving around cars..), I do not have £2k to spend on getting it right. Which means that it must go - as it is.
So, now to the questions:
-How much is a '53 156 GTA saloon worth without a functioning engine?
-Are there any commercial buyers or do I have to resort to the unapettising depths of eBay?
-Why me and will I ever learn...?
Grateful for any help,
Joe.
swindorski said:
...in two terms of the phrase.
Firstly, the cam belt tensioner has gone (well within service intervals and with a FSH) resulting in a loss of compression on 4 cylinders. To the best of my knowledge this means at least a full strip/rebuild - and a bill somewhere in the region of £2k.
Secondly, for lots of reasons (mainly revolving around cars..), I do not have £2k to spend on getting it right. Which means that it must go - as it is.
So, now to the questions:
-How much is a '53 156 GTA saloon worth without a functioning engine?
-Are there any commercial buyers or do I have to resort to the unapettising depths of eBay?
-Why me and will I ever learn...?
Grateful for any help,
Joe.
Sorry to hear that, good luck with disposing of it. Would it not be worth advertising it on here? How about the Alfa forums?Firstly, the cam belt tensioner has gone (well within service intervals and with a FSH) resulting in a loss of compression on 4 cylinders. To the best of my knowledge this means at least a full strip/rebuild - and a bill somewhere in the region of £2k.
Secondly, for lots of reasons (mainly revolving around cars..), I do not have £2k to spend on getting it right. Which means that it must go - as it is.
So, now to the questions:
-How much is a '53 156 GTA saloon worth without a functioning engine?
-Are there any commercial buyers or do I have to resort to the unapettising depths of eBay?
-Why me and will I ever learn...?
Grateful for any help,
Joe.
nobodyknows said:
Would it not be worth advertising it on here? How about the Alfa forums?
Absolutely - I'm going to have to advertise everywhere I can think of. My problem is I don't know whether to ask for £2.50 or £2.5k!!! I suppose the simple answer is to invite offers, but that is where ebay fits in and ebay is a strange place...If there any commercial buyers of such a thing at least I could get a straight out market value to work from...
swindorski said:
Absolutely - I'm going to have to advertise everywhere I can think of. My problem is I don't know whether to ask for £2.50 or £2.5k!!! I suppose the simple answer is to invite offers, but that is where ebay fits in and ebay is a strange place...
If there any commercial buyers of such a thing at least I could get a straight out market value to work from...
I personally would steer well clear of eBay if at all possible - I sold a Fiat 20VT Coupe on there a year or so ago, an insurance write off with a good engine/mechanicals & a SS exhaust that cost me £300.00 - the car sold to the only bidder for £75.00 despite all the knobheads who contacted me to say they would 'definitely' be bidding on it. Funny enough they all missed the end of auction & felt the need to contact me after it had finished to try & do a deal. God I hate eBay!If there any commercial buyers of such a thing at least I could get a straight out market value to work from...
"sigh" let me know hpw you get on. I have wanted one with a fubar engine for some time but now is not the right time for me money wise.
Its a tricky one to guage how much its worth though as its spec and condition dependant as well.
I mean right spec etc i would probably be happy to offer 1.5- 2.5k off the bat or even a potential swap for one of my cars as i have wanted rid for a while but just not got round to it. However as said not really the time for me right now.
Sorry to hear of your woes.
Its a tricky one to guage how much its worth though as its spec and condition dependant as well.
I mean right spec etc i would probably be happy to offer 1.5- 2.5k off the bat or even a potential swap for one of my cars as i have wanted rid for a while but just not got round to it. However as said not really the time for me right now.
Sorry to hear of your woes.
Herbie - PM sent.
I definitely want to avoid ebay if possible - I once sold a car on there and the amount of 'interesting' characters sending emails and phoning with 'interesting' questions was beyond belief!
I'll give Autolusso a ring in the morning to see what they can do.
All of this, and any other, assistance is gratefully received. Thank you.
I definitely want to avoid ebay if possible - I once sold a car on there and the amount of 'interesting' characters sending emails and phoning with 'interesting' questions was beyond belief!
I'll give Autolusso a ring in the morning to see what they can do.
All of this, and any other, assistance is gratefully received. Thank you.
I took some of the advice on here and hopefully I will have some (relative) success by the end of the week - it's certainly generated some interest!
With regard to ebay giving a rock bottom price - I should mention that a certain dealer (perhaps metioned above) offered fractionally more than the value of the wheels alone for the whole car!!
Still, it's their perogative and if they have plenty of GTAs then it has little value to them. Hopefully the right buyer will come come along, I'll get a reasonable return and they'll get a GTA back on the road at good price. Fingers crossed!
Thanks again for the tips.
With regard to ebay giving a rock bottom price - I should mention that a certain dealer (perhaps metioned above) offered fractionally more than the value of the wheels alone for the whole car!!
Still, it's their perogative and if they have plenty of GTAs then it has little value to them. Hopefully the right buyer will come come along, I'll get a reasonable return and they'll get a GTA back on the road at good price. Fingers crossed!
Thanks again for the tips.
One day they may be valuable because of their rarity but I'm still standing by my view that 'Boring' Green is the worst colour for a GTA closely followed by Gabbiano Blue and Silver. I know it's subjective but I used to specialise in selling them and the most popular colours were Red, Black and Myra(?) Red.
I know, only messing about. I know its a very hit a miss colour. I wouldn't have chosen it, but the fact the car was the cheapest in the country at the time made me look past that. It's grown on me, and I'm quite fond of bogey green now, I still have it 3.5years later, the longest I have had the same car.
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