Hello Len,
There were better than 6,500 MGB LEs made from March of 1979 to
December of 1979 (the model year starts sept of prior year).
Distinguishing figures: LE steering wheel, "Mag" wheels, Limited
Edition glovebox badge, body decal and front spoiler. Overdrive was not
in all LE cars. There were something like 1,000 Limited Edition UK
models completed from august to oct of 80 (release Jan. 81) with the
last MGBs and MGB GTs rolling out of factory Oct 22, 1980.
Safety fast, David Deutsch
You wrote:
>
>Hi - I recently purchased a 1979 MGB LE #GHN5UL492209G from
>the original owner. The car was originally sold in Canada
>although it spent almost all of its life in southern Calif.
>
>My question is this - all of the LE's sold in Canada had the
>usual LE Badge on the glovebox door and in the bottom right
>hand corner of the badge is engraved the number of the run
>of 250 cars - i.e. my car has #51 of 250 engraved on the
>badge. All of the US LE's I have seen have the same badge,
>but without the #'s. What is the situation in other countries?
>Did the Australians get LE's too, and did their cars have #'s?
>Did British Leyland really resort to American style marketing
>and produce a LIMTITED EDITION that was only limited to the
>number of cars they could sell? What happened in Europe and
>other areas where MG's were sold?
>
>Also, what differentiated an LE from a regular production MGB?
>I am aware of the front spoiler, steering wheel, glove box
>door badge, black paint, silver stripes, mag wheels, tan
>interior, and overdrive. Am I correct on this, or is there
>more or less?
>
>Also, I thought that all LE's were 1979's - was there really
>1979 and 1980's?
>
>Cheers,
>
>Len Drake
>
>1952 TD
>1957 MGA Coupe
>1960 MGA Roadster
>1969 MGC GT RHD
>1979 MGB LE
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