This introduces the question- if a restorer can arbitrarily change the year
of a car; change the exterior color and the interior color and sell it for
this amount- how much would a "correct" Golden Metallic Beige car with
matching numbers and papers sell for ?
Dallas Congleton
1967 BJ8
1953 MGTD
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <pennell@cox.net>
> To: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>; "Richard Bittmann"
> <edmyed@harbornet.com>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 4:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: Value Insanity
>
>
> > Dave,
> >
> > This is the point I guess I was not making very well. Due to the small
> numbers of GB cars it is rare. Does this then make any BJ8 painted GB
> valuable like an orig? So can one take a nice $50k resto and paint it GB
> and all of a sudden it is well over $100k in value? Not to me. And thus
my
> position that the guy paid way too much for the car.
> >
> > Keith Pennell
> >
> > > Having seen VERY few GB cars, I'm wondering now if this was in fact
> produced
> > > in relatively small numbers, and is therefore valued more highly?
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