I think the brakes are 100% must do if you are going to sell it yourself. Most people will be disturbed by feeling the shimmy they produce and are not familiar with how easy it is to replace warped rotors. Priced at $50k buyers are going to want the car to feel solid. Same goes for the accumulator. If they can feel it you should fix it.

If you can DYI both and do not need the cash too quickly I would do both fixes and list it at $50k+ and see what happens. You can always try and make deal with your dealer friend if it doesn't sell.

 

A buyer of any premium car at the higher end of the price range is not going to want to buy it "almost" perfect. Too little work to eliminate those stories and take care of them IMO. I would fix them all and list for 49k, and get a quick sale at 47, but I don't like to sit on cars and parade people through them for months....

 

If you fix the items listed yourself you will do fine selling it at 50k. Positive talk from owners/sellers has an impact on the market. Nice cars sell for a premium and yours sounds nice. Sold mine today.

 

bring it to the house with the parts we can do both in a day

 

Great car!
Agree with others, perhaps just take the 44 and move on.
C

 

I agree with the consensus above. If you are going to sell, now is the time. 4 months from now will not be the time.