Clear signs the market is warming up even if the April weather is unseasonably cold
Over the last few weeks a number of the MGV8s advertised for sale on the V8 website have been sold - and some quite rapidly too! The flow of MGV8s and RV8s for Sale on the V8 website is good and the site has become the leading place to advertise a car or find one.

Jay Janiga reluctantly put his RV8 Woodcote Green 1632 on the RV8s for Sale webpage on 11th April 2008 as he is moving to the US and could not take his much loved RV8 with him. His email on Saturday 19th April reported a very rapid sale.

Well, I'm happy/sad to tell you that my car has sold! Actually, it was sold in two days, and the new owner flew down from Scotland today to pick it up. I let him know all about the V8 Register, and encouraged him to join, so you may see Woodcote 1632 again, hopefully! Thanks for doing such a splendid job with the advert, this was an incredibly easy and pleasant transaction. Once we are settled in the U.S., you'll be hearing from me again. All the best - you do a fine job! Jay Janiga

Nigel Ricardo reported his MGBGTV8 sold on 16th April 2008 after several months on the V8 website through the winter months - at no extra charge!

Please remove my advert from the site - fourth one from the top. I am pleased to say it has sold to someone in Romania!!!!! The cleared funds are in my bank and he is collecting the car from me next week. I must admit I thought it was a scam when he contacted me , but it has all turned out well. Many thanks for the advertising and I sold it through the V8 website. Nigel Ricardo

Harry Edison noted in a letter to that he had a response to his advert almost "within minutes" put his RV8 Woodcote Green 1687 on the website on 6th April 2008.

Many thanks for placing my advert on the website and for the photo which is fine. I am pleased to say I had a response within minutes (almost). A telephone call from Scotland on Monday afternoon. I thought it was truly a long-shot, but the guy has now phoned to say he is sending in the AA for an inspection report, so he must be serious. I had a Factory MGBGTV8 for about 10 years in the 80s and 90s and much prefered that to the RV8. Harry Edison

Tracy Verga telephoned to say his Factory MGBGTV8 Harvest Gold 0829 had been sold to an MG enthusiast in Somerset, Trevor Jones, who promply registered the car online with the V8 Registrar. Tracy's car had been on the V8 website for some time but he wanted the car to go to a good home.

So if you thinking of selling your MGV8 or looking for one, the V8 website is the place to look
You can place the advert very easily using the online service and usually the advert is posted to the V8 website with a matter of hours. Why wait for the monthly copy dates with commercial magazines - go live with your advert rapidly and you get more than one month too! Yes we belive MGV8s sell well on the V8 website so you have can have up to six months for your advertising fee! Now that's a deal the magazines find difficult to match.

See the V8s for sale webpages

	Woodcote Green 1632 (1995) Class 1 rated with 22,500 miles and a full service history. Taxed to December 2008 and an MOT to February 2009. Pirelli tyres with only 2,000 miles, refinished wheels, Clive
Wheatley's Koni shock absorbers and new sports cats. Optimax chip installed by Mark Adams and rolling road tested at TVR. Cold AC with new condensers. All interior timber trim refinished to original spec plus an elm gear knob. Full and half tonneau covers, tool roll and Sony CD radio with MP3. Personal registration "N14 MGR". Very sadly for sale as moving back to the United States. £14,750 ono.

Brooklands Green 1512, was Harvest Gold, full professional restoration in 2004 included both quarter panels, inner wheel arches, wings, doors, floors and inner and outer sills. I have a folder with invoices and receipts for the bodywork and engine rebuild. New carpets, seat coverings and interior trim. Spax conversion on front and

rear, Petronics electronic ignition, twin Facet fans, BL front spoiler, louvered bonnet, JVC radio with electric aerial and Heritage certificate. Webasto roof, Dunlop composite wheels in good condition with new Continental tyres having covered less than 4,000 miles, the recorded mileage is showing 120,000. Only reason for sale is we are moving to a new house in early 2008 and the new house does not have enough garage space. £5,950 ono. (17.11.07)

	Woodcote Green 1687 (1995) in showroom condition with only 11,000 miles and the usual export model
refinements. Air con, multi CD player and both full and half tonneaux. Full service history and provenance since 1998. £14,500 (6.4.08)

Harvest Gold 0829 late 1973 Factory chrome bumper specification. The car is in very good condition, owned 2½ years, always garaged, unmodified with the exception of having the benefit of a Spax damper conversion. An extensive body overhaul

was carried out in the late eighties and the car has just returned from Robin Lackford Engineering having had a full engine, gearbox and general mechanical re-build, with many other new parts including stainless steel exhaust and exhaust manifolds, new tyres and a new Webasto roof covering, costing in excess of £8,800. With the car covering less than 500 miles in the last 2½ years it is time for it to go to someone who will use it. Taxed & tested. Price: £7,500. (13.8.07)

Posted 19.4.08