Description
Kelham Hall | Newark, Nottinghamshire
Viewing: Tues 22nd September 2026 from 12pm
Auction: Weds 23rd September 2026 12pm
Location: Kelham Hall Main Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire NG23 5QX
Registration No: PRX 701M
Chassis No: GHN5317431G
MOT: Exempt
Home-market example with overdrive and painted wire-wheels
Offered from long term previous ownership
History file and weather equipment
Subject to much improvement in current ownership
Due to be driven some 100 miles to the sale
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 1798cc ‘B’ series four-cylinder engine was allied to a four-speed manual transmission. Capable of over 100mph, the provision of front disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering greatly aided control.
This home-market MG B Roadster was first registered in the United Kingdom on the 7th of August 1973, having been manufactured that year. Presented in the attractive colour combination of Teal Blue with but Grey reclining seats with Blue piping and walnut dash, ‘PRX 701M’ is accompanied by a soft-top, hood cover and full tonneau cover all trimmed in Black and sports painted wire-wheels. Fitted with the aforementioned 1798cc straight-four engine mated to the four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive, the MG was retained in the previous ownership for thirty-six years (between 1984 and 2021).
Benefitting from much improvement while in the current ownership, the MG has received servicing; replacement boot carpet; new points, condenser, distributor cap, and water pump; overhaul of the carburettors; fitment of Halogen headlights and a new windscreen. Offered with a history file which includes an owner’s handbook, a large selection of service and parts of invoices, previous MOT certificates back to 2000, the purchase invoice from the previous owner in 1984, and a current V5C document.
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