It has had brand new front floors welding to the inner wings,boot floor and engine bay the interior is really good for the condition and the car has had a recent respray in black i have fitted side lights built in with th indicator and traveller indicators and the back above the brake light it has been hammerite painted 2 times and waxoyled underneath 2 times so it doesnt rust overall it is a good little car fitted with a 948 engine and a 1098 gearbox the engine runs sweet as a nut.
what would it be worth if i put brand new tyres on it and a M.O.T
Thank you Josh
Whats my morris worth
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Much depends on the quality of the work that's been done.
At best, the welding may have been carefully executed and subsequently dressed, and the repair sections precisely made or trimmed to fit. At worst, panels will have been patched with unsuitable bits of crudely-formed scrap, hammered into a shape that crumbling edges of the original steel can be forced to touch, and "welded" with the occasional dollop of molten steel and a generous coating of seam sealer.
Similarly with the re-spraying: twenty quid's worth of cheap cellulose will easily cover a Minor, and half an hour of rubbing down and masking may even enable some of it to stick in largely the right places, but a bare metal respray, with proper attention to panel alignment, surface finish, preparation, glass and trim removal, and re-assembly, may need over a hundred hours of work. This would cost thousands to have done professionally, and wouldn't be fully reflected in the final selling price, but a crude amateur job may well reduce the value of a sound car.
So, Josh, if you want to find its value, stick it into an auction and let the world decide, but, with all due respect, I'd get someone to write the advert for you. And don't bother with new tyres, unless it's the only way to get an MoT. On ebay, at least, most buyers don't even check whether a car has the correct number of tyres, let alone whether they have any tread or hold any air.
Kevin
At best, the welding may have been carefully executed and subsequently dressed, and the repair sections precisely made or trimmed to fit. At worst, panels will have been patched with unsuitable bits of crudely-formed scrap, hammered into a shape that crumbling edges of the original steel can be forced to touch, and "welded" with the occasional dollop of molten steel and a generous coating of seam sealer.
Similarly with the re-spraying: twenty quid's worth of cheap cellulose will easily cover a Minor, and half an hour of rubbing down and masking may even enable some of it to stick in largely the right places, but a bare metal respray, with proper attention to panel alignment, surface finish, preparation, glass and trim removal, and re-assembly, may need over a hundred hours of work. This would cost thousands to have done professionally, and wouldn't be fully reflected in the final selling price, but a crude amateur job may well reduce the value of a sound car.
So, Josh, if you want to find its value, stick it into an auction and let the world decide, but, with all due respect, I'd get someone to write the advert for you. And don't bother with new tyres, unless it's the only way to get an MoT. On ebay, at least, most buyers don't even check whether a car has the correct number of tyres, let alone whether they have any tread or hold any air.
Kevin
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Dean
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I wouldn't even advertise where it has been welded. It looks nice on top, post plenty of pics and just ask potential bidders to view. An interested buyer will know exactly what to look for so don't devalue the car in the advert. But that is my opinion.... there was a guy on here not so long ago looking for a series two. He wanted to buy Matt's but shy'd away from the work that needed doing. He may be interested in yours. His username is agwozencroft... send him a PM.
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Indeed, but a higher proportion of ebay buyers are. They are, after all, the ones who think a car (or whatever) is more valuable than anyone else in the world does. When selling, you hope to find two such bidders.aupickup wrote: also not all ebayers are stupd
Seriously (briefly), there are some good buys still on ebay, but, as a buyer, I'm using it mainly for market-stall type buying, and much less for for bidding. Most savvy buyers seem to manage to persuade sellers to end auctions early, and some sellers still fall for it. Just occasionally, an advert is so badly worded, or wrongly categorised, that it turns out to be a bargain.
Kevin
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RogerRust
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[quote="autolycus Just occasionally, an advert is so badly worded, or wrongly categorised, that it turns out to be a bargain.
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Oh dear you've given away my secret bargain hunting tool - I actively look for ways sellers may have misspelt the title of their item. I have had a few good buys that way.
For example there are always people selling multi metres and you can find aerials listed about 4 different ways.
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Oh dear you've given away my secret bargain hunting tool - I actively look for ways sellers may have misspelt the title of their item. I have had a few good buys that way.
For example there are always people selling multi metres and you can find aerials listed about 4 different ways.
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