I thought I would chime in and say a few words in defense of my hybrid 71 B.
Ten years ago I took my 71 down to bear metal and totally gutted it, I had
it painted a Ford red color, took the pillow dash out and put in a dash with
glovebox, put on the earlier overrides on the bumpers (the solid chrome
overrides) put an earlier grill in, upholstered my seats with the red
piping, replaced the tail late tail light housing with the earlier tail
light housing, nothing concourse on this "B" but I love driving as my daily
driver and it has everything on it I like. Just my unsolicited 2 cents
worth -:)
Bernie
71? "B"
> I take those idiosyncrasies for granted, I guess.
> Yes, the grill is from an earlier car and the
> lights (rear) are, too. Those were preferences of
> the PO. The one before that chose the dash and
> the bumpers. The bumpers are replacements, and I
> expect these were more plentiful than the split.
> As far as the dash is concerned, this one provides
> a glove box.
>
> The build date and the registration do confirm
> it's a 1970, though. It's a driver. And the
> heater does work, but I don't really take it out
> in the snow. That was just for pictures.
>
> t wrote:
>
> > Hi James,I thought 1970 MGB's has a split rear
> > bumper? And that's not a 1970 but a pre-1969
> > grille. But the dash & interior looks like a
> > 1972!! Wha' hop-pened? Did you change it
> > yourself or did the PO's change these things? I
> > believe that this will all detract from the cars
> > provenance But hey who's to know, right? You
> > never said it was as original nor correct car.
> > As long as it runs good and the radio
> > works...And in your case the heater is
> > efficient....I've seen worse selling for
> > more..Good Luck Just be sure about the cars
> > actual build date as opposed to the day it first
> > sold... Next....Albert Escalante1978 MGB, 1957
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