Rover owners: Scrapping the Grey MGf

After a lot of soul searching I have decided I have to scrap the grey MGf because it just isn't economically viable to restore it as I already have two MGf's on the road, although it has an MOT a good VVC engine there are lots of things that need replacing and this is before it gets a paint job.

The car needs a new exhaust and cat, 4 new tyres, new rear window, new wiper motor (I knicked the one off it for the silver F), new coil pack as well as a full respray.

It isn't the labour costs as I would have done all the work myself but the costs of all the bits needed to get it right and then at the end of all that work I would have a car worth less than I would have spent on it plus I really need the space to start my other project.

So today I dragged the car to the workshop and started to strip it, hopefully it will be done for weekend.

The bits I salvage will probably be worth more than a fully restored MGf of the same age and I intend storing what I might need in the future like suspension spheres, window motors, the heater motor, gear linkages, wheels, the hood, the ignition system including all locks, I might even take off the subframes and restore them to save for future use and of course the VVC motor which has no issues.

So a couple of pictures of it's demise.