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MX5 Donor value?
Dingz - 11/5/10 at 12:34 PM

Someone I know has a W reg MX5 1.8 Unfortunately the engine is shot. While she is deciding what to do with it, I wondered what sort of price it may fetch as a donor. Any ideas? think it has about 110K on the clock.


speedyxjs - 11/5/10 at 12:36 PM

Not much good as a donor if the engine is shot. Although could be good for hubs and gearbox i suppose.


pdm - 11/5/10 at 12:41 PM

You might be better breaking it.

Not quite the same car but I just broke an E36 Beemer and am now in profit (not by much !!) on it and I still have the engine and kit parts.

Similar circumstances though with my car and an MX5 - enough on the road to create the demand for spares and not too many being scrapped or broken I'd have thought.

I've had loads of people turn up for one thing have a mooch round my garage and go away with arm fulls of the stuff - little bits of trim they haven't been able to find elsewhere etc etc

At this rate I might do another one !!


iceman26 - 11/5/10 at 07:41 PM

how much would see take for the car as it is


Dan. - 13/5/10 at 06:35 PM

quote:
Originally posted by iceman26
how much would see take for the car as it is

My thoughts exactly I like the idea of dropping a volvo T5 engine into one of these after i have finished my indy

[Edited on 13/5/10 by Dan.]