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MGB MGB - 28 miles - $9400

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aeronca65t

aeronca65t

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I'm not buying it. Notice blue plastic wire loom and excessive paint wear on gauge bezels which should have none. Gas pedal doesn't look right for a 20 mile only car either. Notice it says "tune up" but nothing about cleaning out the fuel tank or carb, brake repair or anything else. We all know you can't let one of these sit for 30+ years then put gas in it and go. "Original tires" but no dry rot cracks....sure. :rolleyes:

Clean, yes; 20 miles....I think not.
 
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HealeyRick said:
It's got 20 "origianl" miles on its "oroginal" tires and a split in the back of the driver's headrest but I can see where it might only have 20 miles. The blue wiring covering is a puzzlement, though.
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My Midget ('76) has a Blue Loom - Mine was also a California Car - maybe a unique harness for CA emissions? BTW, cool Christmas Card signature!!!
 
kellysguy said:
I'm not buying it. Notice blue plastic wire loom and excessive paint wear on gauge bezels which should have none. Gas pedal doesn't look right for a 20 mile only car either. Notice it says "tune up" but nothing about cleaning out the fuel tank or carb, brake repair or anything else. We all know you can't let one of these sit for 30+ years then put gas in it and go. "Original tires" but no dry rot cracks....sure. :rolleyes:

Clean, yes; 20 miles....I think not.
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Not disputing your theory, but I have a complete 79 dash on the shelf, from a car that was always garaged and the gauge bezels look just like those. They aren't chrome, their painted with a very thin flat paint and I could see under certain conditions, the paint could blister. PJ
 
The blue wire wrap is original for that year model, it looks just like a MGB from that era when I look at it. The wear on gauge bazel, or tear in a headrest's vinyl, who is to say those are not things that that the hands of time didn't do from storage, I mean it's not we wear out the paint on gauge bezel from use, most of us would never have a reason to touch it. The time capsule car will always come wth great specaultion, it's really for real, or just some crafty person attempting to fake us out. Now not like I would trip over myself to have 1980 time capsule MGB, but for somone who wanted one, then it's a very fair buy, because there are people out there, who might restore one to this level, but it would cost three times the asking price of this car. I just had a buddy, do a light restoration on a 80 LE, new paint, new interior, we rebuilt the head , but the bottom end is still origianl, and has about 75K on it, and the engine department is presentable, but not perfect, and he got $7500 for that car,and the guy who bought it, was glad to get it . Value is in the eye of the beholder.
 
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