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#516454 - 11/03/08 04:08 PM would someone please buy this !!
walshja Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 06/14/08
Posts: 447
Loc: guilford, ct
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320316060623

I'm sick of seeing this car for sale !!!

this car keeps getting posted week after week.

gees lol
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1974 MG Midget
39k miles, teal blue
unrestored

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#516456 - 11/03/08 04:18 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
tony barnhill Offline
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Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 25084
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
I wouldn't do it here, but for that price, I can find 15 things wrong with the restoration - or missed - or done incorrectly.
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#516466 - 11/03/08 04:36 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: tony barnhill]
walshja Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 06/14/08
Posts: 447
Loc: guilford, ct
I can spot a few things wrong, and I'm new to all this

missing overriders on the bumpers
no MIDGET lettering on the side
exhaust is not stock, on my car the exhaust is on the right side of the car
no antennae
black paint on side should not run up the front fender.

did I miss anything?
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1974 MG Midget
39k miles, teal blue
unrestored

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#516469 - 11/03/08 04:39 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
tony barnhill Offline
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Yep.
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#516471 - 11/03/08 04:43 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: tony barnhill]
walshja Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 06/14/08
Posts: 447
Loc: guilford, ct
come on Tony, do tell !!! I thought I got everything . . .
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1974 MG Midget
39k miles, teal blue
unrestored

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#516476 - 11/03/08 04:54 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
SilentUnicorn Offline

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Registered: 05/08/03
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Loc: God's Country ,Vermont
naaa... he should have at least fixed the boot lid.and the gauges have some corrosion on the chrome. too much money
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#516477 - 11/03/08 04:55 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: SilentUnicorn]
tony barnhill Offline
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Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
dash topper.....been hit on right rear & bumpers never refitted properly...
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#516482 - 11/03/08 05:00 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: tony barnhill]
tony barnhill Offline
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& won't even point out the under hood area or bedliner in trunk....plus....
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#516485 - 11/03/08 05:01 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: tony barnhill]
blkcorvair Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 05/25/07
Posts: 925
Loc: US
That car has been up there I want to say at least a year. I remember seeing it as high as $16k I believe. Its had to cost him half that in posting fees by now.

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#516487 - 11/03/08 05:06 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: blkcorvair]
walshja Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 06/14/08
Posts: 447
Loc: guilford, ct
I've yet to see a dashboard without the topper, do they exist?

and dammit, I noticed the rear bumper not fitting properly, forgot to list it !!!!

what did I miss with the boot lid?

this was as high as $16k, WOW

Scott, I bet he has lost hundreds to relisting fee's !!!!!

too funny
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1974 MG Midget
39k miles, teal blue
unrestored

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#516507 - 11/03/08 05:49 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
tony barnhill Offline
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Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 25084
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
Originally Posted By: walshja
what did I miss with the boot lid?

Bad fit along edge plus 2 little "thingees" down on the lower lip - look like buttons.

He should've taken the $16K!
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#516508 - 11/03/08 05:50 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
Rik Offline
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Registered: 01/14/08
Posts: 113
Loc: Madison, Al
Ok, lets pick this car to pieces. I noted It looks like the dash has a dash cap installed. Has a radio but I didn't see an antenna. Loose wiring hanging down from under the dash. Missing cigar lighter. Carpet on xmsn tunnel is worn out. Door caps do not match inside door panels. Engine compartment painted black. and the trunk sprayed (to hide rust?)with that speckled paint and the rest of the stuff you folks have already noted. Is this a correct paint color for aconite purple? Looks to bright in the sunshine.
Rik

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#516509 - 11/03/08 05:52 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: Rik]
Rik Offline
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Registered: 01/14/08
Posts: 113
Loc: Madison, Al
Forgot to add that it looks as though it may have had a luggage rack at one time and the holes filled with some thingees as Tony called them.
Rik

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#516510 - 11/03/08 05:54 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: Rik]
tony barnhill Offline
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Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 25084
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
Keep 'em coming...they're there....
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#516515 - 11/03/08 06:03 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: tony barnhill]
walshja Offline
Jedi Warrior

Registered: 06/14/08
Posts: 447
Loc: guilford, ct
got a few more!!!

the lense on the map light is missing !!

and the backplate on the radio is missing the black covering, and the radio may not be stock, at least it does not match my 1974 radio.

and they don't know how to fold the top when down

this is fun !!!
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1974 MG Midget
39k miles, teal blue
unrestored

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#516519 - 11/03/08 06:12 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
Rik Offline
Senior Member

Registered: 01/14/08
Posts: 113
Loc: Madison, Al
Found where the antenna is/was, passenger front fender(wing). Missed that earlier. The biggest problem with the car has to be that it is grossly overpriced, (at least for me).
Ok Tony what did we all miss? Fill us in?
Rik

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#516521 - 11/03/08 06:17 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
texas_bugeye Offline

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Jedi Warrior

Registered: 11/16/07
Posts: 774
Loc: North Texas
Well I will keep mine in the garage.....
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#516528 - 11/03/08 06:33 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: texas_bugeye]
tony barnhill Offline
Greatest Pumpkin Ever!
Great Pumpkin

Registered: 11/16/02
Posts: 25084
Loc: Gurley, Alabama, USA
Somebody make a consolidated list....
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#516533 - 11/03/08 06:42 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
blkcorvair Offline
Jedi Knight

Registered: 05/25/07
Posts: 925
Loc: US
NO NO not bid up to 16k. My apologies. He's had a buy it now listed as high as 16k. Sorry for the confusion

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#516545 - 11/03/08 07:13 PM Re: would someone please buy this !! [Re: walshja]
RickB Offline
Yoda

Registered: 03/06/07
Posts: 3055
Loc: Snoqualmie, WA USA
Quote:
I've yet to see a dashboard without the topper, do they exist?


Yes! laugh
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