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MG MGA - Crazy Twin Cam Price

Spotted 3 MGAs in the Beaulieu Garage outside the auto jumble: http://www.beaulieugarage.co.uk/

One was an OEW Twin Cam. The asking price was £37,500

Steve


Steve Gyles

Steve,
This price is realistic considering the extra value the MGA 50th birthday badge adds! These badges were produced by MGCC (Victoria) MGA Register in 2005 - we always thought they would become collectors' items.
Mike
Mike Ellsmore

Well there you go. Buy the official MGCC Victoria 50th birthday badge and they will throw in a Twin Cam.
Mike Parker

My god! it makes you wonder just how much more the asking price would be if it were Red, Vin
Vin Rafter

A member of our club will be pleased - he has an immaculate red Twin-cam
Cam Cunningham

Steve,

Beaulieu Garage is well known in the area for charging daft prices, as there are a lot of minted people in the area nearby who are quite easily parted with their cash. They had a tatty 1600 Mk1 in there a couple of years ago that needed at least a total respray for £20K.

Grant
G Hudson

Grant

I assumed so. The 2 1600s were also priced at nearly £30,000 each. You would expect normally to get the brace for that!

I attached the photo with registration number so that Mark Hester could enlighten us.

Steve
Steve Gyles

Well chaps, as both a Twin Cam and a Pushrod owner perhaps i can provide a balanced viewpoint.

Setting aside the 'Beaulieu' premium, its a reflection of the price an imaculate 'genuine and complete' twin cam could carry due to the scarcity of original twin cam items - i know of a company that would charge a whopping £9k for an exchange Twin Cam engine, dunlop original wheels are unobtainable and the price for a Twin Cam engine on its own is a matter of supply and demand but could be circa £10k to a real enthusiast who wants one. Put in an MGA or B pushrod engine and the price should fall because it then ceases to be a pure Twin Cam. Don't forget also that pushrod car prices (for quality examples) have also risen a lot in the last year or two.

When i finish restoring my pushrod car, i might see what commision this garage charges to sell a car. Historically this garage has always asked for very high prices for all models they have for sale.

regards
Colin
C Manley

This thread was discussed between 11/09/2010 and 13/09/2010

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