72 MGB GT
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AndySheff

Original Poster:

6,883 posts

233 months

Friday 22nd May
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If you want to count a Vauxhall Nova GTE as my first English car. Then this is my 2nd ! yikes My new/old 1972 MGB GT. It's my first 'classic'. It's had an older restoration but is still in very nice condition. Overdrive works. Drives sound and stable. Brakes nice and straight even if it does need a push with the non-servo braking. But I got a servo thrown in with the car so easy to upgrade smile Had a really enjoyable 50 mile drive home with it. It's a nice back to basics experience. The only real 'modernaties' it has is a radio/tape player.




SirGriffin

247 posts

94 months

Friday 22nd May
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Lovely, great cars, enjoy! smile

Mr Tidy

30,398 posts

153 months

Friday 22nd May
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That looks like a lovely piece of nostalgia. thumbup

Huzzah

28,787 posts

209 months

Friday 22nd May
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I've always liked the roadster, but warming towards the GT these days.


If I had the space I'd like a sebring, on minilites.

Ken986

587 posts

150 months

Friday 22nd May
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Always preferred the GT, lovely lines.

Last time I was in one was about 1981 in Matlock !
Looking forward to your updates.

Hub

7,065 posts

224 months

Friday 22nd May
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I love the look of these. It's amazing how many there are around too. I can walk around the local roads and see several on driveways, they must be one of the most well preserved cars out there!

Mr Tidy

30,398 posts

153 months

Saturday 23rd May
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I think parts availability is a major factor in so many still being around.

AndySheff

Original Poster:

6,883 posts

233 months

Saturday 23rd May
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Ken986 said:
Always preferred the GT, lovely lines.

Last time I was in one was about 1981 in Matlock !
Looking forward to your updates.
It was only when doing some research before buying that I discovered the GT is Pininfarina designed.

darkyoung1000

2,416 posts

222 months

Saturday 23rd May
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I have a real soft spot for these as a friend had one decades ago and I have happy memories of both driving and being a passenger (it was faster than my Beetle... smile)

Any major plans apart from the servo?

ferret50

2,794 posts

35 months

Saturday 23rd May
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The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!

AndySheff

Original Poster:

6,883 posts

233 months

Saturday 23rd May
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ferret50 said:
The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!
Nice. But the steery wheel is on the right side for Sweden wink

ferret50

2,794 posts

35 months

Saturday 23rd May
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AndySheff said:
ferret50 said:
The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!
Nice. But the steery wheel is on the right side for Sweden wink
Ah!
That's OK then, I was afraid that you were USA based.

Enjoy.

AndySheff

Original Poster:

6,883 posts

233 months

Saturday 23rd May
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darkyoung1000 said:
Any major plans apart from the servo?
No, not at the moment. Except, maybe I'll go for an unleaded conversion.

CaptainScarlet1967

456 posts

11 months

Saturday 23rd May
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Great GT, OP.

To think that only around 5 years earlier, in 1967, there was H-Day in Sweden.

The MGB is certainly one of those classic cars that will always maintain its appeal to classic enthusiasts, IMO.

I always fancied a Midget / Austin-Healey Sprite (aka 'Spridget') myself, but nowadays they seem to have become harder to come by and less likely be encountered as a classic MG on the roads.