WANTED: Rover 75 for breaking

Keith · 22nd June 2007, 10:39

Frankly guys remember SMC won't be buying this car unless they can make some serious money out of it or because they have bought a 75 and want to deck it out with all the toys from this doner, after all they are a business and pulling cars apart for profit is quite an expensive undertaking as to do it properly takes a lot of time and storage space and to any business time is money.

If you want some of the goodies and also fancy making a bit of profit yourself then do the sensible thing and bid on it yourself, I probably would have bid on it myself as I was also watching it before it was mentioned here but not now it is getting all this publicity!

I still think if it just a clutch then it will go at too high a price that reflects its true repairable prior to resale value.

Think of it along these lines there is probably a maximum of £2000 worth of quick sell parts assuming you don't keep anything for yourself on that car before being left with things that might go one day or you just bin!

it is already at £800 and will probably go for around £1800? then there will be transport costs you need a load lugger and a trailer plus fuel if you also cost your time to collect you are looking at perhaps a £1 a mile

Then you need to strip the car prep all the bits for sale lob them on Ebay or dangle them as carrots here first but either way if you don't cost your time you could easily spend £2000 to get £2000 back.

I have recently done something similar with a Triumph Stag which I bought for £250 fortunately I have the facilities here and the space to dismantle and store parts and I will eventually see a return but I have not fully costed my time based on what I could be earning if say doing some overtime at work, if I did that it would be cheaper to scrap all the bits that I have not kept for my other project.

22nd June 2007, 10:39	#25
Keith This is my second home ZT400 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Ellesmere Posts: 5,948 Thanks: 0 Thanked 43 Times in 29 Posts	Frankly guys remember SMC won't be buying this car unless they can make some serious money out of it or because they have bought a 75 and want to deck it out with all the toys from this doner, after all they are a business and pulling cars apart for profit is quite an expensive undertaking as to do it properly takes a lot of time and storage space and to any business time is money. If you want some of the goodies and also fancy making a bit of profit yourself then do the sensible thing and bid on it yourself, I probably would have bid on it myself as I was also watching it before it was mentioned here but not now it is getting all this publicity! I still think if it just a clutch then it will go at too high a price that reflects its true repairable prior to resale value. Think of it along these lines there is probably a maximum of £2000 worth of quick sell parts assuming you don't keep anything for yourself on that car before being left with things that might go one day or you just bin! it is already at £800 and will probably go for around £1800? then there will be transport costs you need a load lugger and a trailer plus fuel if you also cost your time to collect you are looking at perhaps a £1 a mile Then you need to strip the car prep all the bits for sale lob them on Ebay or dangle them as carrots here first but either way if you don't cost your time you could easily spend £2000 to get £2000 back. I have recently done something similar with a Triumph Stag which I bought for £250 fortunately I have the facilities here and the space to dismantle and store parts and I will eventually see a return but I have not fully costed my time based on what I could be earning if say doing some overtime at work, if I did that it would be cheaper to scrap all the bits that I have not kept for my other project.