[ryans65]

I've never been a british car guy and aside from looking at ones I can now never afford (xk120, e type, etc) I don't really pay them much attention. A neighbor of mine stopped by my fence about two months ago and asked if I was interested in an old MG they had gotten from the local high school, it was donated there but the car is essentially too old for them to teach kids anything useful on so since they got it for free they were willing to just give it to me for free. Being a car guy I said sure!

To my astonishment this MG, a 79 midget, had somehow survived being under a tarp for who knows how long. Save for a few very small rust holes about the size of a pen here and there the body is straight, still wearing its original paint and is very solid. I even got a title and a rebuilt 1500 engine in some tattered plastic wrap.

Long story short I have put some time into cleaning up the tub, got a decent dash, windscreen and various hardware here and there from a parts car but can't get motivated or inspired to work on the thing so I listed it for $800. Crickets. Literally not a single person in weeks. Are these things just generally worthless? I know next to nothing about them but I figured someone would be interested in such a nice straight car with a title but so far nothing! Have british car values just tanked that much? Were they ever worth anything? MGBs? Midgets? MGAs? Anyone mess with these things on here that want/ need a nice 79 Midget tub? Ha!