Highlights

• Desirable Mk II (GHN4) model with aluminium bonnet and early round rear lamp lenses
• Full body restoration and repaint
• All-synchromesh overdrive gearbox
• New leather seat upholstery
• Upgraded suspension

The Appeal

The History and Paperwork

• First registered 11th November 1968
• Road Tax and MOT exempt 
• Its most recent MOT expired in June 2022, with no advisories
• Previously registered in Northern Ireland, prior to arriving in England 2019
• Four former keepers
• Large collection of invoices for servicing, parts, and upgrades
• MOT history on file back to 2011
• Driver's handbook and Haynes workshop manual
• Two sets of keys
• Reluctant sale due to the vendor acquiring an MGA
• Part of a small collection of classic cars and only for sale due to the recent purchase of an MGA.

The Interior

• Seats retrimmed in black leather with white piping as per original pattern 
• The upholstery shows little sign of use
• New seat foams
• Seatbelts fitted
• Recent black carpets and rubber overmats which feature the MG logo
• Veneered dashboard and centre console
• Switchgear in good condition and reassuringly tactile
• Pioneer stereo fitted in dashboard
• Wooden-rimmed steering wheel
• Boot fully carpeted, with a spare wheel under a cover and bagged tool kit

 The Exterior 

• This MGB retains the aluminium bonnet and round rear lamp lenses for this model
• The vendor tells us that it has been subject to a full body restoration, with many new panels 
• Repainted in its original British racing green code GN29 circa 2017/18
• Interior panels and underside painted in body colour. the latter being Waxoyled
• The chrome trim looks very good, with no obvious pitting or damage we could see
• The 14 inch wire wheels have been refurbished and fitted with new chrome spinners
• The soft top sits on a new frame and body catches
• With the hood folded it can be stowed in a half tonneau cover, in black with white piping matching the interior
• The floors, sills and chassis look nice and solid with no visible corrosion or damage noted
• A new windscreen has reportedly been fitted at some point

 The Mechanics 

• 1,798cc four-cylinder engine
• All synchromesh gearbox, with overdrive on 3rd and 4th gears
• Very clean engine bay with correct red painted engine
• The vendor informs us that the engine is responsive, and maintains 60-65 psi oil pressure when hot
• The braking system is said to have been refurbished, with new discs, callipers, wheel cylinders, hand brake cable and upgraded with a servo
• Suspension refurbished front and rear with new road springs and telescopic dampers
• The differential has also reportedly been refurbished
• Many other new parts fitted including radiator, starter motor and exhaust
• The car is said to drive very well, with the overdrive functioning as it should and no known mechanical issues to report.
• There is a photographic record of much of the mechanical restoration work carried out 

Summary