Bidding on my first project today

Posted by myburneraccount151@reddit | projectcar | View on Reddit | 16 comments

75 MGB. Fairly clean overall. A few rust dots. Will need a new hood, roof, and mirror. I think I'm capping my max at 1k. It's an estate auction in a town of 500 people so hopefully I can snag it for less.

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Immediate-Clock1230@reddit

Good luck! And don't be upset too much if you were not successful - there will be plenty of other variants!

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3_14159td@reddit

$1k is the right place to stop anybody bidding higher is a fool.

Make sure the paperwork is in a row, document the fact it's been sitting unclaimed for however long.

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myburneraccount151@reddit (OP)

Great info. I appreciate it. I'm pretty nervous to overpay honestly. I know 90% of rust is under the surface and I don't weld. I'm not worried mechanically

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BadBadBenBernanke@reddit

MGBs are way over built. As long as the seat is still able to be bolted down and you still have some floor around your feet, it’s fine.

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RuinAccomplished6681@reddit

Depending on where you are, rust holes need to be fixed in order to get/keep it registered though..

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basicKitsch@reddit

Hah I leaned on a ghia right next to a 80 mgb as a 20yo. Super easy, barley an inconvenience (took an evening votech autobody class after work)

https://imgur.com/a/X4oph8f

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direcheetah4579@reddit

Go to harbor freight and get a flux core might for about 100 bucks. Pick up a grinder while your there, prest, your a welde!

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myfishprofile@reddit

As someone who owns an MGB, i would cap it around $750 at most

It’s going to need everything, and they do not do well with sitting

Also, just prepare yourself. There is going to be a lot more rust.

Oh, and if that front windshield is cracked, I wouldn’t even bid on it

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ducksthrowaway1@reddit

Didn’t expect to see that monstrosity shoehorned into the engine bay of your MG, well done 💀

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myburneraccount151@reddit (OP)

Windshield is fine but the hood is definitely cracked

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myfishprofile@reddit

Make sure you check that windshield thoroughly, get all the dust off of it and make sure it’s actually good

Replacing that glass is more difficult than throwing a small block in it

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myburneraccount151@reddit (OP)

Thanks for the info. I'll look again at the details

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ducksthrowaway1@reddit

Ah, a rubber bumper MG. Let’s hope you don’t have smog where you live. Also, Please don’t keep the engine stock, low compression b series are a dog. Even my “high compression” b was a dog. It even still is after countless amounts of $$$.

That being said, I think this is a GREAT project car. Dead simple, Relatively reliable, and fun in the backroads. Remember to check the harness. Lucas, the prince of darkness, stands for “Loose Unions, Crimps, And Solderings”

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