Highlights
- Recent £8,000 mechanical renovation
- Pretty Snowberry White with MGC bonnet
- Only four registered keepers
- Tidy car with desirable early B interior
The Appeal
Ask any specialist and they’ll tell you the classic to buy is the one someone else has invested in. Like this pretty Snowberry White MGB roadster, which comes to us fresh from £8,000 of work across the mechanicals and running gear.
The work has included suspension overhaul, new radiator, electronic ignition, new stainless steel exhaust, new rear springs, a fuel pump, carburettor overhaul and fuel tank flush. The result is a car that drives and runs very well.
It is also a good looking car, the early chrome bumper aesthetics enhanced by a purposeful MGC bonnet and that simple white and black colour scheme. The interesting history includes a spell as a workshop model for trainee mechanics during which it was apparently regularly serviced, maintained and improved.
Few cars are as easy to own as a B and this has had the investment to ensure it runs and drives very well.
Few cars are as easy to own as a B and this has had the investment to ensure it runs and drives very well.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 15th August 1969
- Only four registered keepers according to the DVLA
- Current keeper acquired the car last year
- BMIHT certificate confirms the current Snowberry White and black colour scheme
- Factory handbooks
- Two keys
- Previously owned by a mechanics' training school and used as a training model
- Recent £8,000 mechanical and running gear overhaul since 2021
- Invoices from 2021 to 2023 shown in photographs and summarised below
- June 2023 assessment of car with subsequent invoices addressing the points raised
- Last MOT to 15th September 2021 with 19,517 miles showing on test and no advisories
- Little used from 2006 to 2020 according to MOT records
- Now showing 22,140 miles
- The low displayed mileage is not verified
- Supplied with dust cover purchased in August 2023
- Supplied with a SAE trickle charger and fitted with a battery isolator switch
Recent work since 2021:
- Speedo cable replaced
- Speedometer rebuilt
- Fuel pump replaced
- Attention to running and ignition system
- Electronic ignition fitted
- Electrics attended to
- Carburettor stripped and rebuilt
- Fuel tank flushed
- Suspension rebuilt
- Radiator replaced
- Fuel pipe replaced
- New rear springs
- New exhaust system
The Condition
- Tidy Snowberry White paintwork in good overall condition
- There are some points to note to paintwork in photographs
- These include cracks in paintwork on MGC-style bonnet
- Elsewhere there are touched-in marks to rear wing and chips on sill
- Bodywork in straight, generally solid condition with some points to note
- These include small rust spots to some panels as shown
- Underside reported to be in good condition on independent assessment
- Independent June 2023 assessment contains comments on condition
- Buyers will note some rust to floors in photographs
- Chrome wire wheels in good order with wider-than-standard tyres fitted
- Non-matching spare wheel with painted finish
- Black vinyl roof in good condition with matching tonneau
- Door bottoms in good condition according to photos
- Black vinyl interior with early MGB features in good condition
- Fitted with USB charging point
- Carpets, seat, dashboard and switchgear are all well kept with light ageing
- Fitted with wood-rimmed Moto Lita three spoke wheel
- Solid boot floor in what appears to be good condition
The Mechanics
- 1,798cc 4cyl 95bhp MGB engine
- 4spd manual gearbox with factory overdrive
- Stainless steel exhaust recently fitted
- £8,000 mechanical and running gear overhaul since 2021
- These details are summarised above and shown in photographs
- No reported running or driving issues
- Battery isolator switch and supplied with a trickle charger
- Previously maintained by a mechanics' training school
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