I paid $2,500.00 for my TR6 in 1995. Towed it home on a rope, got it going, replaced many, many missing parts, corrected electrical shorts, upgraded shocks & stainless steel exhaust system to the tune of $13,000.00. I did all labor except for installing new top, valve job, suspension work and installing chromed bumpers (not original to my car but swapped at the rechrome place - now out of business for shady business practices!). PO had spent $2,027.00 in repairs plus someone had painted the car at a cost of $$?Total mileage driven - about 6,000.00 since then. Could I get $15,500.00 for what is essentially a "daily driver"? How much would you pay for such a car? Show cars will sell and basket cases - if not too far gone - will also sell- cheap. These garden-variety LBCs are easy to buy and hard to sell unless show cars. I did make a profit on an MG TD I restored back in the '70s when parts were still cheap - if you discount my 600-plus hours of backbreaking labor in a cold garage at night mostly. And no thanks - I don't want to do it again, especially at my advanced age...