It's your MG. You do with it what you want.
Even if it's putting it on a monster truck
drive train, like that TR7 picture that someone
will undoubtably put a link to now. :-)
There is no one way to do these cars. Everyone
has different likes and dislikes.
There is a split bumper B sitting at a repair
shop a couple of blocks from my office. 2 years
ago I talked to the shop owner about it. He took
my number and gave it to the owner. Who was interested
in selling. Sort of. I wasn't really in the market at
the time. We traded voice mails for a week. I wanted
to find a price if anyone was interested, or if I
could finaggle a sell/buy thing. But I never got
many details.
Two years ago, I didn't see any rust on it, on a
5 foot inspection. Haven't been that close since. Top
looks good, interior needs work. I believe it was in
for carb work, and the guy is kind of using it as long
term storage. It has moved around in the lot, but not
been driven in probably 4 years or more. I have a one
car limit, and don't think I could even get away with
sell/buy.
Seems a shame to be sitting so long.
bernd wrote:
> 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"
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>>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:
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>>> 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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