MGB Roadster Budget Restoration Challenge

[Rumpledinkie]

Set myself a challenge back in January, rather than carry out a restoration on my 1979 MGB Roadster the conventional way, by replacing lots of panels, I thought it might be interesting to see if I can restore the car to a reasonable level without spending very much at all. So lots of cutting out of rust, fabrication of repair panels and lots of welding, also decided to carry out a chrome bumper conversion, making quite good progress and spent very little, check out my playlist for progress so far.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLx9R2ofZadv5A_2...

[M138]

Best of luck with the restoration.
I must be one of the few who don’t mind the rubber bumpers on the MG’s. When they came out in the late 70s they looked more modern, so I’m guessing that mindset has stayed with me.

[//j17]

M138 said:

Best of luck with the restoration.
I must be one of the few who don t mind the rubber bumpers on the MG s. When they came out in the late 70s they looked more modern, so I m guessing that mindset has stayed with me.

Not the only one. OK the later cars benefit from a bit of a suspension drop but look a lot less like some 1950's throwback and more like something styled when TV was in colour.

Also with the numbers being retro-chromed they are probably the more interesting ones to see at car shows these days. Bit like walking through the "Escort forest" many shows have these days, where it's the 'dull' ones that stand out from the "another fake Mexicos or RS" line-up.

[Turbobanana]

//j17 said:

M138 said:

Best of luck with the restoration.
I must be one of the few who don t mind the rubber bumpers on the MG s. When they came out in the late 70s they looked more modern, so I m guessing that mindset has stayed with me.

Not the only one. OK the later cars benefit from a bit of a suspension drop but look a lot less like some 1950's throwback and more like something styled when TV was in colour.

Also with the numbers being retro-chromed they are probably the more interesting ones to see at car shows these days. Bit like walking through the "Escort forest" many shows have these days, where it's the 'dull' ones that stand out from the "another fake Mexicos or RS" line-up.

Not a fan of the RB myself, and owned a CB BGT around 20 years ago. But, I must say I'm quite drawn to the last-of-the-line LE model which seemed to come out the other side and looked great, in GT form with the deep front spoiler, even though it was way out of date by that point. Roadster works less well, in my opinion.

Good luck with the resto, OP - sounds like an interesting project!

[MoggieMinor]

Good luck with your restoration. Its very satisfying to do it like this, make or repair as much as possible.

I'd keep the rubber bumpers though, always preferred the look and chrome conversions just look fake.

Thats just my opinion, Its your car to make how you want,

[niva441]

I think with my rubber bumper the front spoiler offsets the bumper to an extent. Colour contrast is also a factor.