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[Bent valve]

Do you think this would be a good restoration project?

Bit of T- CUT perhaps and some new tyres...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-B-GT-GOLD-/150521235381?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item230bc3c7b5

[Del Boy]

I'd love to buy my youngest something like that to work on 

[symes]

This is what I had to do on my consul

[Bent valve]

This is what I had to do on my consul

T-CUT and new tyres?

[Marks DTM Calib]

Lol, not sure that is moveable with building a supporting frame around it!

[Welung666]

Lol, not sure that is moveable with building a supporting frame around it!

I thought that! Just take a shovel and a few black bags

[Psychoca]

Is that one of those lowest bid jobbies, to try to get someone to take it away....  Not sure it would even restore, I can't see a usable piece on it anywhere, except maybe the rear light clusters...

[henryd]

its certainly not a rolling restoration project but for someone who is willing to stump up for a new heritage shell it would yield a lot of parts

[The Red Baron]

looks a bit beyond it to me.

[Dishevelled Den]

Do you think this would be a good restoration project?

Bit of T- CUT perhaps and some new tyres...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MG-B-GT-GOLD-/150521235381?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item230bc3c7b5

  Splendid - although it may take slightly more than that to restore marital relations in this household.......

I've basically had a strop with husband and just want it off the drive which is why I don't want it delayed any longer by waiting for documents from the DVLA

[aaronjb]

I've basically had a strop with husband and just want it off the drive which is why I don't want it delayed any longer by waiting for documents from the DVLA

After reading that bit - and knowing it has no V5 - would you actually take it away? I'd be wondering if the husband & wife were going to fall out again over 'her' selling 'his' car and him report it stolen!

[bluey]

That'd drag on a trailer easily enough.  It looks awful but I've seen worse and they're actually an easy motor to sort out apart from the front wings, they can be a real pain to get right. 

I wouldn't bother with the heritage re-shell as they're something like £6k before you get any paint on them.  For that sort of money there's plenty of decent outfits that would do the whole lot ready for re-fitting.

[mantahatch]

£100.00 and "reserve not met" snigger 

[mrgreen]

i'm with you Manta 100 quid for what? i wozuldn't take it for that money can't imagine what the chassis is like!

[bluey]

What the reserve is would be interesting.  Budgeting for sills, wings, inner wing repairs and probably patching up the front floors (rot on GT models can often be less severe than the roadster for obvious reasons) will take the budget for someone doing this at home to about £1.5k.  Add in a decent paint job, new interior, running gear overhaul and you're looking at a bill for around the £5k mark. Probably need another grand in reserve too.  bet a fair bit of that would be spent on spools of wire and gas for the MIG welder!