Overpriced Metro Engine On Ebay
#1
Posted 25 May 2020 - 08:09 PM
#2
Posted 25 May 2020 - 09:49 PM
its probably only worth 750 ish if all the bits are there
#3
Posted 26 May 2020 - 03:19 AM
Well,,, the seller can ask what ever they wish to.
#4
Posted 26 May 2020 - 07:45 AM
#5
Posted 26 May 2020 - 08:19 AM
£750 seems more reasonable, still a bit of gamble I guess.
Good luck to the seller!
#6
Posted 26 May 2020 - 01:12 PM
#7
Posted 26 May 2020 - 02:49 PM
Bl@@dy hell!.
Last 1275 metro engine I bought cost £40, mind you that was 23 years ago now!
#8
Posted 26 May 2020 - 08:51 PM
Just what I've been seeing over the past couple of years, I think the days of the sub £1000 1275 engine / gearbox are soon coming to a close, but, there's always be the odd 'bargain' to be had. I thought I'd never see (60's) Cooper S Short Engines going for £2000 but I've heard of some going for well over this number with 'complete' but ready only for reconditioning units going for £5000
Good luck to the seller!
Exactly.
The 'market', supply and demand will sort out the actual selling price.
#9
Posted 27 May 2020 - 03:02 PM
#10
Posted 27 May 2020 - 03:23 PM
#11
Posted 06 June 2020 - 06:47 PM
The 1275cc units are getting rarer and rarer.
It ten years u and i will be thinking y didnt i buy 20 of them for a £1000 and store them as they will be £2000 plus easy mark my words
#12
Posted 06 June 2020 - 09:42 PM
The 1275cc units are getting rarer and rarer.
It ten years u and i will be thinking y didnt i buy 20 of them for a £1000 and store them as they will be £2000 plus easy mark my words
I do agree with that, how many rare minis were made in to track cars, or traded in as scrap in the 70s/80s that would make a fortune now... if only eh?
#13
Posted 06 June 2020 - 09:50 PM
I offered him a fair 200 but his price is firm.
#14
Posted 06 June 2020 - 10:00 PM
The 1275cc units are getting rarer and rarer.
It ten years u and i will be thinking y didnt i buy 20 of them for a £1000 and store them as they will be £2000 plus easy mark my words
Especially unmolested examples. I feel sick paying more than £250 for short block
I've often wondered what it would take to have new castings of the blocks?
#15
Posted 09 June 2020 - 02:13 PM
It makes me feel sick how much they have gone up I was going to put a 1275 in my estate but i wont be now.
My mom had a MK2 cooper s when i was a kid and she ended up paying someone to take it away because the head gasket had gone and there was a hole in the floor .
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