Highlights
- Certified as a ‘LE’ model
- One of the very last built and registered
- Less than 12,000 miles from new
- Vast history file
- Long MOT to October 2024 with no advisories
- Superb collector-quality condition
The Appeal
With resurgent interest in the MG brand perhaps there is no better time to revisit arguably the firm’s best-known car. The MGB was its longest-lived model and a car so intrinsic to the classic car scene that it is instantly recognisable even by non-enthusiasts.
Against that background this car is quite the MG unicorn. A final ‘LE’ Limited Edition model, one of the last registered and with vanishingly low mileage, it is surely an exercise in box ticking for any enthusiast of these remarkable cars. It is, naturally, in exceptional condition as verified by its long, advisory-free MOT.
The History and Paperwork
- First UK registered on 4th April 1981
- Just four owners from new, current owner since 14th September 2019
- Vast history file including original bill of sale dated 7th April 1981
- Carries a correct ‘GVAD’ VIN prefix as used on LE models
- Old MOTs and MOT history verify the exceptionally low mileage
- Long MOT to 8th October 2024 with no advisories
- Very good MOT history with few advisories, all minor
- Some service records and repair invoices included as shown in photographs
- Ziebart rust proofing certificate
- Never used in the wet by current or previous owner and always garaged
- We are told there is a Heritage Certificate verifying the car’s LE number
- Supplied with a set of five spare wire wheels with nearly new tyres
The Condition
- Superb bronze metallic paintwork which are told is original and unrestored
- Immaculate interior with classic ‘deckchair’ multicolour fabric trim in very good order
- Bodywork retains its Union Jack LE decals in good order
- Other LE fittings including front spoiler present and intact and in good order
- The condition inside, out and under reflects the low mileage and fastidious owners
- Sits on non-standard alloy wheels with knock-off hubs and good tyres
- Evidence of wax oil across chassis
- Chassis is in very good order with no structural advisories on recent or previous MOTs
- Supplied with tonneau cover and soft top cover
- Soft top in good order and clearly well kept
- Interior switchgear in good order with clear decals, dials and no obvious deterioration
- Dashboard well presented with no visible damage
- Fitted with a later radio/CD player but otherwise entirely factory standard
The Mechanics
- 1,798cc 4cyl MGB engine developing around 95bhp
- 4spd manual gearbox with overdrive
- We are told the brakes, clutch and gearbox work well and are in good order
- The car shows healthy oil pressure at expected levels when cold or warm
- Recently fitted fuel pump, battery and screen wash pump
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