Is This Little Murray Mini Tricycle Worth Fixing?
Q: Wondering if its worth anything or is it worth fixing.
A: You look to have a mid-late 1960′s Murray tricycle. From the photo that you provided it’s hard to tell what is dirt and what is rust and where, but it looks to be a combination of both. If you were going to have the tricycle professionally restored, it will cost hundreds of dollars…and not hundreds as in two hundreds, many hundreds. If you did it yourself, you’ll still spend a ton of money and a lot of time fixing it up.
If this was your tricycle when you were young and it has sentimental value, they sure, it might make sense to fix it up, refurbish it or restore it. If you plan on making money on it, you won’t make any profit after restoration or refurbishing.
You can make it look a lot more appealing simply by washing it. You can also use a bit of chrome polish on the chrome areas, and within a minute or two you will see a huge improvement. A good cleaning and a bit of a polish will go a long way in increasing resale value
