You can get an assembled project car for $2000 and would know what you
were getting. A basket case will be hard for the owner to sell. If it's
rusted much I would pass on it myself. Even if it is not rusted you can
count on not driving it for a few years (if ever). I would suggest waiting
until a rust free car comes along. Even if you had to fly to the south
somewhere to get one and ship it home it would still be worth it. Don't
forget time is money and you can spend a whole lot of both on a basket
case. Lets say you can get it for $500 and spend two years putting it
together. In the middle of the project you find just what you are looking
for but now you have your project, what do you do? There are a lot of
missed opportunities because people are in this position. Buy a driver and
fix it as you go. Thats my HO.
...Art
On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Mike Hartley wrote:
> I am more than likely going to go and look at a 1960 MGA this weekend.
> The add says that the car was disassembled 5 years ago for restoration,
> but the restoration never happened. I am pretty familiar with the A's
> and I have looked at quite a few, but never one that was disassembled.
>
> What types of things should I look for? I want to make sure the car is
> as complete as possible, but I can handle some missing pieces. What
> things do I want to make absolutely sure that the car has? Also, how
> would I go about pricing a disassembled car? I know the pricing
> schedule for complete cars, so could I just price the pieces as it were
> a complete car based on their condition and then deduct a certain amount
> for the car being in pieces? If so, how much?
>
> Thanks to all for any help you can provide. I will let you know more if
> anything comes out of the visit.
>
> Mike
>
> mganut@accucomm.net
>
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