Description
Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire
Viewing: Tues 28th April 2026 from 12pm
Auction: Wed 29th April 2026 from 9am
Location: St John's Rd, Buxton SK17 6BE
1972 MGB Roadster
Estimate
£8, 000 - £10, 000
Registration No: JPK 350K
Chassis No: GHN5267070G
MOT: Exempt
Subject to a comprehensive restoration from 1988 to 1990
Included a full engine overhaul with gas-flowed and ported cylinder head
Interior renovated in 2009
Notable mechanical improvements in 2024
Introduced in 1962, the MGB Roadster enjoyed an eighteen-year production run. With nicely balanced handling and a good turn of speed, it merited the old MG marketing slogan 'Safety Fast'. Based around a monocoque chassis featuring independent coil-sprung front suspension and a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, its 1, 798cc B-series four-cylinder engine was allied with a four-speed manual transmission. Capable of over 100mph, the provision of front disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering greatly aided control.
This MGB was provided with a comprehensive restoration circa 1989, and is supplied with history going back even further—its MOT record begins in 1978. From February, 1989, the car was subjected to a bare-metal respray in two-pack Tartan Red. The block was stripped and overbored to +0. 60in. Hepolite pistons were fitted and the flywheel was lightened by 1½lbs. The engine received new main and big-end bearings, new timing gear, and a Piper 270 camshaft with new followers. A gas-flowed and ported Peter Burgess cylinder head with larger valves went on, as did a new water pump. The carburettors were stripped, bead-blasted and reassembled with new internals. Further new parts included the radiator, master cylinders, clutch friction plate, and wheel cylinders.
The engine was refitted in May, 1989, with a new distributor. The interior was refurbished, the rear axle was overhauled, and reconditioned wire wheels were fitted. Other fitments included a new double-duck hood, a Kenlowe fan, a brake servo and an uprated alternator. The interior was again renovated in 2009, and in 2024 the MG received a service, with a new fuel pump, battery and starting equipment. Running and driving excellently during our photoshoot, it is sold with many invoices plus some historic V5s and tax discs.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
