Scott Fisher Wrote:
>The most noticeable difference is that while both the '73 and '74
>MGBs have chrome bumpers, your car should have bug square blocks of
>black rubber where the earlier cars had little chrome teardrops.
Common misconception, the big rubber blocks (Abingdon wags dubbed it
"Sabrina", sort of the same logic as "Dagmars" on US cars of the '50s,
if you know that story) started at VIN 340000. From the beginning of
the 1974 model year (VIN 328000 I think) to 340000 they had the bumper
guards that were on the car since the 1970 model year, as mine does
(336nnn), built December 1973. Fastest way to tell a '74, outside of
the VIN, is the steering wheel slots will be "filled", where the '73
will be open, also carb needles are different, but I don't have any
references handy for specifics on this one.
Hope this helps
Colin WA1KWA
bracec@a1.mgh.harvard.edu
74 MGB
73 BMW 3.0s
|