Probably less than the car we have been discussing, hence the title of the
topic "value insanity"
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
In all seriousness, or at least a little more seriousness than the comment
above, the MGB BJ8 sale at BJ may have raised the bar but I don't think it
has set the bar at $130,000 to 140,000.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dallas Congleton" <dcong996@earthlink.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2006 5:01 PM
Subject: Fw: Re: Value Insanity
> 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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