Highlights
- Comprehensively restored since 2025 and just finished
- Work included new BRG paint, interior retrim, and mechanical reconditioning
- Rare 3L roadster with factory optional overdrive
- Engine reportedly rebuilt in the USA
- Voluntary MOT valid to March 2027
The Appeal
Restoring and rebuilding classic cars is hard work. Which is why we rather like this ‘68 MGC - it’s a car where someone else has done all the graft. It’s been done recently and comprehensively, including new British Racing Green paintwork, RHD conversion, a full interior retrim, and an extensive mechanical overhaul. The work began in 2025 when the car arrived from Texas and was completed just prior to the issuing of a new, voluntary MOT in March 2026.
With just 4,452 C roadsters built it is a rare find and one of the best we’ve seen in a long while. Key tells like the door fit plus the condition of the sills, floors and boot all indicate this is a very tidy example. That fresh paintwork is a quality job, and the cabin has been retrimmed to sympathetically replicate the original finish, right down to the choice of a three-spoke sprung factory wheel. The photos and the history file indicate that considerable sums were invested in renewing the mechanicals, building on an earlier engine rebuild while the car was in Texas. The MOT provides transparency around the structure and mechanical condition.
With its torquey 3L 150bhp engine and useful overdrive, this pretty car makes an interesting and very practical alternative to a Big Healey.
History and Paperwork
- First registered in 1968 in the USA
- Originates from Texas before arriving in the UK
- Imported from the USA and now registered on UK plates
- First UK registered July 2025
- Single UK keeper since arriving in the UK
- Engine reportedly rebuilt in the USA, though details of the work are unknown
- Extensive list of repair work including parts from MG Hive
- Many parts refurbished or re-chromed with invoices to support
- Odometer has been replaced so displayed mileage is not verified
- Voluntary MOT valid to 17th March 2027
- V5C
- VIN number GCN1U3078G
The Condition
- Extensively restored since arriving in the UK in mid 2025
- Repainted in British Racing Green and barely used since completion
- The vendor states the bodywork presents well
- Engine bay, boot, and underside have all been detailed
- Bodywork in good order with flush panel fit including across doors
- Although very dry car fitted with three piece sill kits
- Underside shows many new suspension parts in photos
- Chrome wire wheels with matching Falken tyres as shown
- Removable black vinyl roof in good order with clear screens
- Interior fully retrimmed with new leather, carpets, and trim panels
- Features black leather with white piping and seats look barely used
- Sprung three piece factory steering wheel fitted
- The vendor states that everything has been reconditioned or is new
The Mechanics
- BMC C-Series 2,912cc inline-six engine
- Twin SU carburettors
- Four-speed manual transmission with overdrive
- Reportedly drives very smoothly
- Engine rebuilt while car was in Texas we are told
- Extensively rebuilt mechanicals with invoices shown in photos
- Vendor states that all mechanicals have been reconditioned
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