Monday 29th July 2002

40 Years of MGB

Celebrating the classic British sportscar

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[gnomesmith]

Over a period of five years until 1972 I did some 120K miles of road, sprint, hillclimb and auto test in a 2.2 litre B. Used exhausts, clutches, brake pads, a water pump, Konis, petrol, oil and nothing else. Always started and stopped, hood kept the water out, heater kept me warm. It was no Elan but held the road, went around corners, was pleasing to drive and did everything it said on the box. Sold it for more than half of what I paid for it and it still looked good. I couldn't have asked anymore of a car. MGBs did well at Le Mans and other races and now do very well on the historic rally scene and in club racing.

Why is it then that most people go out of their way to knock the most sucessful sports car ever to come out of these isles?

PS. BGTs are cheap, have amazing spares availability and are simple to work on, they have to be a very sensible buy for economical every day use.

[gnomesmith]

It looks very nice Dave and a very sensible spec, a bit cheap though, John Thornleys old MGBGT has just been sold at auction for £131,250.

Buy Dave's car before he puts the price up to match!