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BluePointMGA Gold Member Doug Lessing
Blue Point, NY, USA   USA
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MGARuss Silver Member Russ Sharples
East Windsor, NJ, USA   USA
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1960 MG MGA 1600 "Bonnie"
1974 MG MGB GT
1993 Mazda MX-5 "Bombita"
Looks like someone indiscriminately painted the entire underside (including wheel wells) with undercoating. I would hate to have to work on anything down there with that glup on it. If it drives and runs well its a mid-teens car.

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Gary E Gary Edwards
Kernersville, NC, USA   USA
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That looks like flipper flat black.. Flat black does not show rust....



Gary

Murphy's law

Tell a man there are 300 billion stars in the universe, and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint on it, and he'll have to touch it to be sure.

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vdubmga v wasem
46N1165W, WA, USA   USA
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Quote: Looks like someone indiscriminately painted the entire underside (including wheel wells) with undercoating.
My brother did that to my A when he was using it to go back and forth to college in the mid-70's. I can confirm that it is a bear to work on. Everywhere you touch or lean against, you get black tar on you.

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ProfGriff Phil Griffin
Charlottetown, PEI, Canada   CAN
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Being from the East Coast of Canada, where everything rusts, even while in dry storage, the undercoating is a plus for me. This is a nice diver level car that will probably sell for way less than you could build it for. I've been toying with the idea of restoring a rusty A that's local. This makes me re-think that plan.

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'72 MGB GT, '98 Land Rover Disco 1, '92 Westfield Super Seven, '68 Volvo 122S SBC swap, '67 Chevy C10 P'up, plus a couple of cars I don't have to work on.

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Blueosprey90 Silver Member Jeff Sienkiewicz
New Milford, CT, USA   USA
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Uninformative description in my view. I'd almost go to look at it, but my eye is on that black BMW 2002. smiling smiley

No oil pressure specs, no compression specs, no evidence that the sills and pillars were repaired. (body off or not off restoration?) No description how the gears work. Saying a "mechanical overhaul" 20 years ago is pretty meaningless. That undercoat can hide a lot of sins. The battery box is not original so this had rusted out some.

I wrote up a critique, but must have decided that discretion was the better part of valor at the very last minute and didn't hit send. eye popping smiley

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three5bangers Steve M
Valhalla, NY, USA   USA
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One could consider making a low bid , but what if you actually win at a great price? Fine but then what if the seller decides to back out? I carefully read the BAT agreement 9 months ago and it said something along the lines of - you're credit card is going to be charged the commission period. No refunds. I did hear a rumor that someone did back out of a deal based on a false vin plate and they might have got the BAT commission refunded. They took photos and documented the issue. If the seller backs out and wants to say you never came to pick up the car I don't think BAT has the resources to see what happened. Seems risky to hope on winning a BAT auction if the deal is too good. Seems like you could just be out $600.

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747DRVR Carlos A
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It seems that most of the MGAs on BAT lately haven't met reserve. In most cases you don't know there is a reserve until the auction closes. I would be a little concerned about the South Carolina vin plate.

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