Re: TB prices [2 Attachments]

[jeffrey townsend]

Attachments : Hi Vic, Your car looks great. The colour is similar to my TB. Photo below: [img]cid:8FEF4808-D06D-443E-9992-83409E276D44[/img]I m not sure on prices but in the UK I think 50000to 60000 is maybe about right but a lot depends on quality, originality and history.  Do you know where the rear wings on your car were made? I m building a TA and have front cycle wings but not rears.  Regards  Jeff  Sent from my iPhone On 12 Nov 2019, at 09:07, Victor Savelli vic.savelli@sbcglobal.net [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

  I may be offering my TB for sale in the coming months and am keenly interested in what they might bring. My car is restored as a race car, but I have the original swept wings and running boards if anyone would want to convert it back stock. It has larger 1500 valves in it and larger 1 1/2 SU s. Any ideas what it may bring?  A few years ago the appraiser from Hagerty thought the $80,000 range - but I don t know if that is accurate or not. I also have chrome wheels and chrome grill, however I have original painted wheels in good shape and also a new I painted grill.  Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Mike Inglehearn mingle54@btinternet.com [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   I don't think the price was a reflection of TB prices more to do with the history. The car had been owned by a renowned racing driver who competed in it in the Mille Miglia three times, the Targa Florio and the Gran Premio Nuvolari!

On Monday, 11 November 2019, 17:40:31 CET, 'Jean Vignau' jeanvignau@orange.fr [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   A TB was auctionned, on the25th of september 2019, 108,724 by Padova Finarte, so there were at least 2 would be bidders. It was within its estimated value of, if I remember well, 85/115,000 . You can see it on their website, finarte.it and then automobili da collezionz-Finarte. It was very clean looking, said to be prepared for events such as the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio (or Pebble Beach)! The only pre-war 4-cylinders MGs eligible for such events are the PB and TB. The radiator grille should not be black, the seats are non original, nor are the headlights, fog light or air filters. The engine looks standard. A new trend ? Any other example ? The end of TBs being paid less than the TA specials called Q-types ?

[Victor Savelli]

My cycle wings came from Barry Walker a number of years ago. They were from the original Abington jigs.  Sent from my iPhone

On Nov 11, 2019, at 8:06 PM, jeffrey townsend jeff.townsend@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

Hi Vic, Your car looks great. The colour is similar to my TB. Photo below: I m not sure on prices but in the UK I think 50000to 60000 is maybe about right but a lot depends on quality, originality and history.  Do you know where the rear wings on your car were made? I m building a TA and have front cycle wings but not rears.  Regards  Jeff  Sent from my iPhone On 12 Nov 2019, at 09:07, Victor Savelli vic.savelli@sbcglobal.net [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   I may be offering my TB for sale in the coming months and am keenly interested in what they might bring. My car is restored as a race car, but I have the original swept wings and running boards if anyone would want to convert it back stock. It has larger 1500 valves in it and larger 1 1/2 SU s. Any ideas what it may bring?  A few years ago the appraiser from Hagerty thought the $80,000 range - but I don t know if that is accurate or not. I also have chrome wheels and chrome grill, however I have original painted wheels in good shape and also a new I painted grill.  Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2019, at 2:56 PM, Mike Inglehearn mingle54@btinternet.com [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   I don't think the price was a reflection of TB prices more to do with the history. The car had been owned by a renowned racing driver who competed in it in the Mille Miglia three times, the Targa Florio and the Gran Premio Nuvolari!

On Monday, 11 November 2019, 17:40:31 CET, 'Jean Vignau' jeanvignau@orange.fr [mg-tabc] mg-tabc-noreply@yahoogroups.com> wrote:   A TB was auctionned, on the25th of september 2019, 108,724 by Padova Finarte, so there were at least 2 would be bidders. It was within its estimated value of, if I remember well, 85/115,000 . You can see it on their website, finarte.it and then automobili da collezionz-Finarte. It was very clean looking, said to be prepared for events such as the Mille Miglia, Targa Florio (or Pebble Beach)! The only pre-war 4-cylinders MGs eligible for such events are the PB and TB. The radiator grille should not be black, the seats are non original, nor are the headlights, fog light or air filters. The engine looks standard. A new trend ? Any other example ? The end of TBs being paid less than the TA specials called Q-types ?