Highlights

Rare factory CGT with bespoke Sebring style
Stand-out mint green with orange nose and beige leather
Built as a very usable classic touring car
Recent engine overhaul including cylinder head skim and piston rings
Regularly used by current keeper since purchase
Ground-up restoration around 20 years ago has held up well
Voluntary MOT to March 2027 with no advisories

The Appeal

When MG decided to chase US showroom sales by winning races, it faced a major problem in the form of a power deficit to the homegrown iron. The result was the MGC GTS, a slippery, lightweight MGC GT that proved so successful that it is best known by its nickname - the Sebring, so named after the track where Hopkirk and Hedges scored victory in the 1968 12hr race.

Only a handful of genuine Sebrings were built, but the iconography and the look have been so influential that replicas are common and highly desirable. Here is one of them, a genuine CGT built in the same year as that win and developed into a Sebring replica around 20 years ago as part of what the vendor describes as a ‘ground up’ restoration. With its mint green and orange colour scheme, it is a really eye-catching example.

The car is set up to be used for long classic touring events, for which its mechanical specification and comfortable beige leather cabin look perfectly suited. The vendor tells us that he bought it in 2013 and has used it regularly for such trips, clocking up around 6,000 miles during that time.

Mechanically, the car has recently benefited from an engine-out overhaul carried out by a classic car specialist. It should be noted, however, that some exhaust smoke persists despite this work, and further investigation is needed. Fitted with a 4spd overdrive gearbox, the vendor describes the car as relaxed at motorway speeds and well-suited to touring. It comes to market with the added reassurance of a voluntary and advisory-free MOT.

The vendor says:

“Few classic MGs offer the character of the MGC. Launched at the 1967 Earls Court Motor Show and built for barely two years, it put a smooth, torquey 2,912cc straight-six under the MGB’s familiar lines. The distinctive bonnet bulge is the only outward clue to the extra engine. The result is a genuine grand tourer: relaxed at motorway speeds, effortless in the lanes, and capable of 120mph in period. With fewer than 9,000 built, the MGC remains one of the rarest and most rewarding cars to wear the octagon. It’s a great example. The slight engine smoke needs a careful set of hands. All the recent work has been carried out by a classic car specialist. The car is simply a second project that needs a new home.”

Key Information

Mileage: 8,518 miles indicated (total mileage may be higher)
Country of registration: United Kingdom
MOT status: voluntary MOT valid to 29th March 2027 with no advisories
Technical specs: 2,912cc inline six-cylinder petrol, 4spd with overdrive
Paperwork: buff logbook, V5C, tax discs, invoices, specification list, manuals

Summary of recent engine work:

New piston rings
Cylinder honed
Head skimmed
New valve stem oil seals
Heavy duty timing chain and tensioner
Big end bearings and journals examined and considered in good condition

The Detail

Recent engine-out overhaul as detailed above
Exhaust smoke persists despite overhaul, which the vendor notes may need further investigation
Eye-catching mint green paintwork with orange nose and bonnet trim
The vendor notes a couple of small dents and a windscreen chip
Minilite-style 15in alloys in good order with some tarnish and marks to note
Fitted with quality Dunlop tyres
Underside as shown with no structural or other advisories on MOT
Steel spare wheel included as shown
Beige leather interior with matching carpets
Some light age to note to carpets and interior fittings, but not unsightly
Features wood-rimmed steering wheel
Dry stored between classic tours throughout current ownership

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