So is it a roadster or a GT? Heck, maybe it's a GT that they cut up and
made into a roadster.
I guess that means the soft top goes into the trunk, right?
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Rowan [mailto:jimrowan@uic.edu]
Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 1999 1:08 PM
To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Roadster fit for a king...HRH MGB GT?
King's Roadster
>From the Scottish Daily Record
6/16/99
IT'S 30 years old and has 75,000 miles on the clock, but it's still a car
fit for
a future king.
With pristine new paintwork, a renovated engine and remodelled leather
interior, the MGB GT is the perfect present for Prince William's 17th
birthday.
Not only that, but the roadster belongs to Prince William's dad, Charles.
Staff at Manchester College of Arts and Technology were asked to take on
the car by the Heritage Motor Centre in Warwickshire.
Bosses at the museum say there are no special plans for the stunning car.
But a series of coincidences has led to speculation that the car would be a
perfect gift for the young prince who will be able to apply for his driving
licence.
While other vehicles the college has restored for the museum have been
given no firm deadline for completion, the college was told to make sure
this
sporty little number was ready for June - the month of William's birthday.
The college was also asked to ensure the engine ran on
environmentally-friendly unleaded petrol - a measure not usually necessary
for cars destined to stay in a museum.
David Hayward, tutor in vehicle restoration at the college, said: "They
said
they wanted it for June, but there was no date given.
"From what I could gather, it was going on display and eventually would go
back to Sandringham.
"There is a bit of a thing about Prince Charles giving it to his son.
Anything is
possible but who's to know?"
Students at the college have been working on the car since February when it
began to look a bit tired.
But after four months, the students have restored one of Prince Charles'
first
cars to its former glory.
Mr Hayward added: "We have rebuilt it completely.
"It's had some body work, with new wings and sills - the usual things that
rot
over the years.
"Then we took the engine out and cleaned it up. It has had a complete
repaint. And it has been retrimmed in leather.
"Everything has been put back as it was originally because of its historic
value.
"We turned it round in four months, which is an incredible time scale. When
you are restoring a car it can take two years."
Fred Coulthas is managing director of the British Motor Heritage Group,
which runs the museum.
He insisted: "There are no plans to my knowledge for it to be used in any
other way but to come to the collection."
He said many cars at the centre ran on unleaded petrol, either because they
had been converted or they had been built before the war and could run on
the fuel without any modification.
As part of the tie-in between British Motor Heritage and the college,
students are also part-way through the restoration of a 1956 Ford Zephyr
that belonged to Prince Philip. And, in future, they are to work on a royal
Land Rover.
Mr Hayward said the royal cars created a special enthusiasm in the college
workshops.
He said: "It's the fact that students are working on prestige vehicles
like this
that puts a buzz into it.
"There has always been a queue of students wanting to work here."
Cheers,
Jim
99 Miata
60 Sprite
"If it's not a roadster, I don't wanna drive it"
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