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MG Midget and Sprite Technical - wires to steel.

hi all,
i have someone interested in my car and wants to take to japan. cars registered after july 74 and mine being aug 74 won't pass japs mot with the spinners on the wire wheels. winged ones or the large nut type.he is looking in to changing to steel wheels. does it mean a new rear axle and front hubs or is there another way.
regards bob.
bob taylor

yes, swap front hubs and complete axle with halfshafts and handbrake linkage on the rear.
David Smith

With a bit of luck the bits you need to sell will be of higher value than the bits you need to buy! Narrow wire-wheel axles sell for a premium over standard.
Graeme Williams

Bob
Might seem daft but did it have wires from the factory, if not it may have the bolt on wire wheel adaptors.
Dave Pratt

It's far too nice to be sent to Japan! Hang onto it and tell him to jog on!
Jeremy Tickle

hi dave. was told factory fitted, haven't checked. silly question maybe, whats easiest way to tell.
bob.
bob taylor

hi jeremy, just a matter of interest. what would you have to be offered for my car if you were in my shoes to make you sell it.
regards bob.
bob taylor

Dave P - they are proper ones, see pic in Bob's profile!
David Smith

Bob,
$54,000 question.
Yours is in show condition (like the MG garage door btw!)so will demand a premium, especially with original w/w.
It would depend on what the car meant to me. If it had a particular connection and I'd restored it from a wreck then it would have to be a lot, lot more than its actual value.
If it was a project to make the best midget I could and then maybe sell it to fund another project, then its agreed insured value plus 50+% (dependent on your negotiating skills).
Why what did you say yes to? :)
Jeremy Tickle

bob,

Worth checking if it 'registered after July '74' or build date - as yours would then be O.K.

R.
richard boobier

The senic in ke is screaming

SCAM SCAM SCAM

please becareful

prop
Prop and the Blackhole Midget

hi all,
jeremy, 9k
prop, went down that route of thinking it dodgy. done checks on his company name, email address and phone number and all came up rosey.
bob taylor

Bob,

Did you check into what Robert was asking about registration vs manufacture date? It seems odd to me also that the laws would be based on a moving target like registration rather than a hard target like manufacture.

Charley
C R Huff

hi charley,
the person who wants to buy the car has import and export company so he is trying to sort it out. i don't have the manufacture date without getting heritage cert. ill let him sort it. I'm not really bothered if i sell it really to be honest. just fancied another project. it is a nice car.
bob taylor

Bob,

That is a luxury to not be bothered if it sells or not. I might be wrong, but I am thinking that by '74, the mfg date was indicated on a data plate for cars in the USA.

Charley
C R Huff

Bob

This all sounds like the potential buyer looking for 'faults' in your car as a way to reduce the price. Wire wheeled cars have wire wheels! (with special axles and hubs). And some people want to buy cars with them that came that way from the factory.

Also this buyer is trying to get you thinking about how to solve his 'problem' of being able to sell it on to his buyer. If the story is true.

You may be better off selling direct to the person who is eventually buying and using the car, not a middleman; and such a buyer seeing the car in person. Also middleman/dealer will need to make a profit and recover shipping costs to Japan, so will want all this to come off your asking price.

MG MIdgets with wire wheels are liked by some buyers; other ones apart from this one. This potential buyer - who wants to get rid of the wheels, axle and front hub - is not the only person who will be interested. The others will want wire wheels, or look at a different car with steel wheels from the start.

If you had a late model MGB V8 GT would you consider changing the engine to the 4 cylinder petrol to suit a potential buyer who liked the car but his buyer preferred the B series engine?

All sounds too complicated and maybe not ringing true. A real person looking at your car, liking it, giving you cash and during away - that's the buyer you may want. You can sell to who you want; i.e the spec of this buyer being presented to you as the only option is the incorrect spec!

Good luck
Cheers
Mike
M Wood

Bob

PS why not advertise it on www.carandclassic.co.uk and in the classifieds of this website - both for free - at the price you want. And see what price from a specialist dealer - e.g. Mike Authers
http://www.mgmidgets.com/ or Bill Postins.

Cheers
Mike
M Wood

hi mike,
i have it advertised on car and classic, thats where he saw it. he wants car for himself and to take home in couple of yrs time. wants my particular car because of colour combo. he's in touch with moss to see how much parts will come to. hasn't mentioned price of car yet.?
bob taylor

hi all,
iv read on the piston heads site. that scammers ask for photos of underneath of car, which this person did. why would this be, any ideas.
thanks bob.
bob taylor

Bob, while I can understand spinners being a problem, as they are in several countries after various dates, I fail to see why the large nuts would not be allowed. After all its why they changed to them when some countries banned spinners. I have them on my car and they are completely smooth so cant see a problem.

Trev
Trevor Mason

This thread was discussed between 04/04/2016 and 06/04/2016

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