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MG TD TF 1500 - Another Barn Find

Just saw this in Hemmings on-line:

http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/mg/tf/1626218.html?refer=news

A steal at $13K. Though not for the buyer.

Safety? Fast?
Scott Ashworth - '54 TF (Unfortunately, never in a barn.)
S. R. Ashworth

Seen this before. What in the world does this guy thinks he has! 7Gs would be a fair price. With the interior in that condition, there is probably a lot of wood that needs replacing, aside from everything else. Take 25 or 30 to restore it, depending on drive train condition. When I saw it before, I only saw the first photo, seeing it all, I've reassessed my thoughts on value. PJ
Paul S Jennings

This is the same "barn find" TF discussed in the Russ Little's thread of that name last week.

It does show you the increasing interest in such largely unrestored cars (although an HDP car would be ivory, not grey).

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

Don't see a problem, all the numbers match :-( Some people have allusions of grandeur (inflated at that). Cheers - Dave
David DuBois

You've just gotta love dem Port-A-Walls! right out of JC Whiney.
I was given an MGA in better shape than this car.
Chuck
cj schmit

I can't understand the hang-up over "Matching Numbers". This is grossly over played. Both Abingdon and Moss, sell the little brass octagonal plate that can be affixed to the block to make the car a "matching Number" car using the TD/TF dataBase.

So you buy a rusting hulk, buy a block and presto, you have a high-value, matching numbers MG.

Some of the early XPAG blocks were hard-stamped, but not the later ones, or the TF and XPAG blocks (as far as I know).

Gord Clark
Rockburn, Qué.
Gordon A Clark

Gord, are you sure they are not all stamped on the side of the XPAG. I have seen them on almost all the cars, just above the Octogon Medalion on the right side of the block. Sometimes it is so painted over That you cant tell if it is there or not.Mine is a 51 and it is clearly visible. I have seen others that you could hardly tell but it is there.
Tom Maine

Gord - I would venture the opinion that a non-matching-numbers car is worth less than a matching-numbers car. A faked number - whether on the guarantee plate or the octagonal engine plate or on both - is identifiable (I have done so on a few Mark II cars). The individual punches for letters and numbers are distinctive fonts, and modern stamps are quite different from the originals, in style, depth and consistency.

And with very few exceptions, I'm still waiting for the "high-value" MGs to appear. TFs seem to be creeping upwards in value; a rough TF seems is certainly worth more than a comparable TD, by a few thousand dollars. IMHO, a "rusting hulk" - whether a TD or a TF - is still that, and will be priced accordingly.

I don't put the TF under discussion in the "rusted hulk" category, but more in the "survivor" category, one that is certainly increasing in value across the whole spectrum of old cars.

I've got 4 of these rusted hulks - uh, survivors... LOL

Tom Lange
MGT Repair
t lange

This one is not a bad one to do a full restoration on. Looks like everything is there. I would agree it is probably 4,000 overpriced, but some one with understanding of the car could have a nice one out of this.
Bruce Cunha

This thread was discussed between 05/02/2014 and 09/02/2014

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