gcfcos

Good news mate. Sounds like he was trying to blag it and you dodged a bullet there!

Adam-M

You’ll struggle to find one that isn’t rotten I wouldn’t bother unless you where hardcore into them

fuzzy

you wouldn't need an mg expert to find big rust holes youd just need someone with a pair of fully functioning eyes

TrevCos

iTrader: (1)

As others have said, if you want one of these if you can find a rust free one you'll be very very lucky, especially at that sort of money.

Robsters

Yeah my friend said the really prone to rust now so many of them r so old only going to get tougher to find a gd one. I think aswell just aswell. Lot ppl ebay like to lie. Only reason got sucked into wanting it because exact same colour and model of my grandfather mg that my family sadly sold off yrs ago after passed away. Told there constant maintaince needed to?

TrevCos

iTrader: (1)

The thing is pretty much all cars of that era were prone to rust, and they're very old cars now. They didn't know how to prevent rust back then.
It didn't look expensive for what it was but yes, you'd need to be handy with the a welder though, although mechanically they'll be a lot simpler to work on than the cars we have now, none of this elastic trickery that's on new cars.

cossynut2

Probably the best outcome for you, forget about it and start looking for a decent MGB.

TrevCos

iTrader: (1)

I think you'll need deeper pockets to find a nice one though.

Robsters

Yh the decent ones seem to be at 3k + i find anything below either dodgy or a project car

Turbosystems

iTrader: (5)

Have you ever driven one

Fullflush

You dodged an obvious lemon

Robsters

nope used to ride in my grandfathers mgb as a kid....are they hard to drive?

found another with mot for 2k going to take a look tomorrow

cossynut2

Good luck with it, make doubly sure its ok before you commit to buying it!

Robsters

yeah will do, hardest thing going to be convincing my wife if it is good, seller seems better he trying to get it repaired so it gets through an MOT so i can at least drive it home its also closer to where i live about 2 hours from me, been in storage for 10yrs but owner died and he selling it on. he claims there no rust so i will check...any advise where and what to check?

cossynut2

Usual places, boot floor, wheel arches, bottom of doors, cills and if you can look underneath have a good poke around. If its been dry stored for 10 years it may be pretty good. Good luck with this one.

fuzzy

lets face it your not going to find a 40 year old mg with no rust unless its had a complete restoration and its top end money, its just how far you want to go and what work your willing to do yourself to keep it on the road.

Robsters

so had a good poke about the arches looked good he said they were re welded years ago if true they did a good job the paint job, but were some bits peeling in odd areas, i bit more shocked under the bonet to behonest the engine casing looked far more rusty then i thought it should be. took a look undernieth and it was so so def bits rust and rusty bits (forgot to check the boot! i did give it a test drive (bit tricky with the choke) he said engine was still cold just gave it a few laps around car park area as still trying to get it through mot. think car be more worth £1500 as clearly needs some work but he wont budge past 2k, water pump was leaking but he said he replace that for me. he nice chap said drive it half way to mine to pick up. thoughts??

cossynut2

The thing is for £2k you are not going to get a mint condition old MGB. You either have to be prepared to do work on it yourself or up your budget by quite a bit to get a really good, ready to drive straight away, restored or very low mileage original one.

Robsters

oh yeah totally agree i get that, just wish he take £1500 just not sure at 2k its even worth it because for extra grand at 3k were more mint ones about but this car how much would it need, as i said more concerned at rust under the bonnet, remember my grandfathers one was so good but was 15yrs ago now he passed away nice to see same car again and sit my son in it before i gave it a drive he said he struggling to sell it at 2k and did not understand why he said he wanted 3k before :/

cossynut2

Robsters. What you have not spoken about is are you a hands on guy with a decent garage, welder, tools and maybe paint spray equipment etc? If you are and feel confident enough to sort out a cheaper MGB with problems then go for it. However if you will need to get the car sorted by an MGB specialist the costs will be high and then maybe spending more money on a good one would make more sense. We would all like to find a really good old car at a cheap price but its unlikely to happen.

Robsters

i am a hands on guy on basic mechanics but not exactly equipped to restore a car even though i would like make a project of this car but not at 2k starting price because as you say either spend more get better one.i offered him £1650 did not want to be really insulting to him...see what he says

Robsters

declined my offer and back on ebay at 3k so back to the searching for another

cossynut2

I just had a look on Autotrader, the cheapest one which sounded ok was £4750 and then they jump up to £6 to £8k for really nice ones.

fuzzy

if your not to clued up on these sort of cars prepare for a nostalgic disappointment

Robsters

yeah at 5k plus they be mint though or open top or a roadster. some seem to never sell though as i been looking for a good while now

Robsters

i am clued up he told me it was a rust free with MOT mgb gt so can you blame me for driving down to take a look only to more rust then i thought i'd find this not about 2k or spending 5k if that much rust its major risk. if was rust free or minimal rust then id of grabbed myself a bargain that i could of made money from, parts of chassis look like parts off the titanic

Robsters

id much rather spend 3k on this https://www.autotrader.co.uk/classif...rg401wf&page=1 you say auto trader is 6k+ i dont think so! lol this is open top version! looks cleaner under hood then one i saw so dont say dont know what to look for!

cossynut2

Are you talking about the black open top one, reg no TCF 544S at £2950? If so it states the bodywork needs metalwork and probably a respray.

Robsters

i dunno about that one its not online now but either way there are mgb at 3k which are ok not saying wont need some body work but at least have mot and drivable as one i saw had ton of major mot failures as well as body work issues, def more a project car hence my offer of 1650 he decline but some ways im glad because i think only really worths £1200 given work it needs otherwise yeah i rather save 3k and get some needs less work, but i put my plans on hold for while until i can save more, i just regret my folks selling my grandfather mgb...anyone know is there a way to track a car down that was sold in the past?