Description
MGC GT – Superb Specification - £50, 000 spent
The MGC, planned as a replacement for the Austin Healey 3000, was based on the MGB and intended as a long distance tourer with a smooth straight six engine developing 150bhp, a top speed in excess of 120mph and, most importantly, an utterly addictive soundtrack.
The initial launch was a public relations disaster with wrong tyre pressures and poorly prepared cars, but history has been kind to the ‘C’ and today good examples – particularly of the CGT with overdrive - are rightly recognised as a classic grand tourer.
At Milestone Classics we do like to market outstanding GT’s and when this stunning example was offered to us, we simply could not refuse. The car was purchased by the current owner around seven years ago (cost £25, 000) and has lived in a heated/ dehumidified garage and not seen wet road since.
Finished in the original colour scheme of Mineral Blue with black leather interior this UK market car was the subject of a £35, 000 body restoration & engine rebuild (Robin Lackford) during 2017 and more recently the rear-axle was rebuilt (Heathrow Transmissions) and expensive Frontline 5 link rear suspension fitted.
Specification:
Engine/ Gearbox
· Triple Webber 45 DCOE carbs & 266 cam
· Lightened crankshaft/ flywheel - fully balanced
· Vernier timing gear with heavy duty timing chain
· Ported & polished head with competition valves/ springs.
· Uprated Setrab oil cooler & Mocal oil catch tank.
· Maniflow inlet & 6 branch exhaust manifolds
· Maniflow twin pipe/ 4 box exhaust
· High efficiency radiator with dual Revotec electric fans
· Hi-torque starter motor.
· Electronic ignition
· Gearbox rebuilt 2004 (MG Motorsport)
Running Gear
· Front – Spax adjustable shocks, uprated torsion bars & ¾” anti roll bar with ball joint links.
· Rear – Frontline 5 link suspension, 225lb springs, AVO adjustable shocks
· Wheels – 5. 5-inch KN Minator knock-on alloy wheels, 185/ 70 Pirelli CN36 tyres
· 3. 7 final drive axle
Body & Interior
· Restoration by Robin Lackford – no expense spared.
· Sebring front & rear valences
· Upgraded GT seats with headrests (rear seat removed)
· Motolita 14inch steering wheel
· Push-button start/ fan override switch/ battery cut-off
The car comes with a large history file detailing work in excess of £50, 000 (not counting the owners time), handbooks and Heritage certificate.
On the road the car is utterly capable and the ultimate long-distance GT. Equally at home on a trip to Spain, Goodwood Revival car park or simply a blast down to the beach this is, we believe, the best sorted MGC GT on the market today.
An opportunity not to be missed....
