MGA pricing?
 

Looking to see my oddball '57MGA that has been extensively modified to look the part of a vintage race car albeit with some creature comforts like carpet and nice seats.

No idea how to price such a thing and I see little to compare it to on facebook/BAT etc.

Any idea how to price such a beast?

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No idea, but beautiful car!

Looks like a perfect candidate for Bring-a-Trailer.

Bingo

Was certainly considering BAT but wanted to set a reasonable reserve and by extension wanted to get a handle on pricing from my know-it-all pelican brethren.

I may toss out a minimal number I’m ok with selling at and see if BAT agrees.

This will be a first for me for sure

Vin


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If the car was unmodified/clean/nice, what would it be worth?

No idea but: https://www.classic.com/m/mg/a/1500/

BaT wants the sale to go through so they get their 5% from the buyer so they insist on a reserve to their liking or they will refuse to represent your car. If your car makes reserve but the price is not what you were hoping for, are you obligated to sell? I don't think so, there is no contract in place. BaT is not even a real auction house, they just unite sellers and buyers. You'd probably be banned as a seller though.

GORGEOUS! That car is pure pornography.

I have a buddy with (possibly) the worlds nicest twin-cam. He would have an opinion. Message me if you want me to reach out to him.

Also, any interest in trading for an 01 Boxster S?

Damn. What a beaut!

That classic.com website is awesome! I had no idea it existed but found it remarkably interesting and insightful.

Thanks!


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Call Jay Leno's production company and offer to share the car. Might take a few months but all the right people will see it. Then advertise it in Hemmings.

Selling a car like that takes strategy unless you're just gonna dump it. In that case. put 20k on it and be done.

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Adorable.

Accepted by BAT, so I’m going to roll the dice and see what happens.

Now on to trying to take some decent photos. A photographer I am not, but copying some BAT examples works ok.

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I suspect you’ll do very well on BAT. I’ve seen many examples of “more money than brains” there.

That's a left handed compliment.

Please link us up when the auction begins.

Good luck with the sale , that car is a work of art . Just stunning .

Not intended as such. He’ll do very well there.

It's very interesting to see how little it sometimes takes to turn a nice car into a real head turner:

A teardrop headrest, some aluminum-colored Dunlop-looking wheels, (I can't tell if they're real Dunlops or not. I don't have the discerning eye) a cut down windshield, BRG paint with a camel interior...and Boom! Ready for the Mulsanne Straight!

Nice looking car. GLWTA.

edit. Didn't notice the hood louvers until just now. This is a very tasteful car.

Here is hoping for the “more money than brains” crowd to make an appropriate showing! As much as I often mock that group, I’m guilty of cashing their check and never looking back.


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The more money than brains crowd buys one thing on BaT: time. Which is priceless.

please do post a link when it's on BAT.

I agree I think you'll do very well. It's a fantastic car

Time. Until they bring it to me and I point out the cracked engine case repaired with goop and many other non-disclosed issues. Happens quite regularly down at the store. However, $20K estimates do bring me a certain amount of time, deferred at a later date.

And wow, gorgeous car! GLWTA.

Beautiful car. I hope they didn't pressure you into a no reserve auction. I've seen some cars that should have gotten more go cheap lately. I think a lot depends on the day and time the auction ends. That car is too nice to not have a decent reserve.

The folks at BAT were very fair about a reserve and gave me a pile of comps that they based it on.

This isn’t a high value car in stock form and I really don’t know what a modified version yields.

I’m rolling the dice on pricing but figure I’ll make it up on exposure to a much broader audience than Craigslist and Facebook.

I’ll post the link here when active.

Fingers crossed and thanks for the good advice

Vin


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Great looking car and good luck on BaT.

My father started vintage racing in a BRG MGA Twin Cam back in the early 80's. Looked a lot like yours, but with black seats. Had an integrated turtle deck, passenger seat aluminum cover, Dunlop racing wheels, hood louvers, and a hot cam 2.0L motor. Pretty fast little car that I got a fair amount of seat time in after he moved on to something faster.

The car was turned back into a street legal machine and sold through The Last Detail out of the northern suburbs of Chicago some years ago. Wonder where it is today.

I would think this will do well. Best of luck!