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Vintage barn find with a terrible ad

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It's value restored would be around 20% of the restoration cost not counting the cost of the bike in the first place.What’s it worth in this condition? Plus when it’s restored
If you want to make money restoring stuff, restore other people's barn finds and charge by the hour. There's a very short list of bikes worth restoring on speculation. Brough Superior, Vincent or something with provenance.IMHO bikes like this have a finders price. Collectors buy them restored, but for much less than the cost of restoration. This is collectable, but not particularly valuable.
If someone bought a James in this condition, it would be for a labor of love restoration done by an enthusiasts, but not a money maker.
I figure $2000 would get some interest from vintage bike hobby guys.
They are pretty simple bikes, 2 strokes are simpler and military bikes of that era were made made for easy field repairs. -- most of the work in a restoration would be finding parts.If you want to make money restoring stuff, restore other people's barn finds and charge by the hour. There's a very short list of bikes worth restoring on speculation. Brough Superior, Vincent or something with provenance.
If my uncle was alive and nearby I'd be interested as he worked on the Famous James bikes during WWII.
Didn't Deely have a fit when some of those and maybe Triumphs get sold off cheap?They are pretty simple bikes, 2 strokes are simpler and military bikes of that era were made made for easy field repairs. -- most of the work in a restoration would be finding parts.
Back i the 70's my dad leased some old warehouse space in Trenton, it had a pile of new in box surplus WWII BSA military bikes. They were partially assembled, me and another 12 year old were kept busy tryine to assemble one. The front ends, wheels, chain, lights all needed to be assembled. I think we spent more time removing the 30 year old cosmolene.
In 1980 a scrap yard out in Newtonville was selling off WW2 surplus Triumph TRW's in the crate for $1500. If only 15 year old me had some foresight...Didn't Deely have a fit when some of those and maybe Triumphs get sold off cheap?
The bike from The Great Escape:
Apparently, after filming, a farmer got hold of it and used it to herd his sheep. Now it’s valued at 1.5m and is in the Triumph Museum.