** Please note that this vehicle was marked a Category D Insurance Loss. Vehicle Damaged But Repairable in June 2013 **
Highlights
- Well specified car with large sunroof and overdrive
- Recent work to brakes, clutch and fuel system
- Various service receipts covering the last 15 years
- Upgraded interior with leather seats and wood veneer dashboard
- Ideal starter classic
- Registered as a Historic Vehicle
The Appeal
The MGB is a welcome, perennial presence wherever one or two classics gather. Excellent club support, simple, robust mechanicals, an army of specialists and easily available parts make them perfect starter classics.
This 1972 BGT would be a great place to start a classic motoring journey. It benefits from recent work to the clutch system, overdrive unit and fuel system plus a service with only a few miles since. It is nicely specified too, featuring silver painted wires, auxiliary driving lamps, a recent large new Webasto-style sunroof and upgraded interior with leather and wood. It also has desirable overdrive to make light work of long distance cruising.
There is scope to improve the cosmetics so it would work well as a car to practice and develop your skills on.
The vendor says:
“Really fun to drive, and a cheap way to get into the classic car world as I did.”
History and Paperwork
- First registered in 1972
- First UK registered July 1973
- Previously blue which was changed in 1996
- Current keeper since 2020
- Garaged at home by current keeper
- Various service receipts covering the last 15 years
- Invoices for servicing and other work shown in photos
- V5C
- Registered as a Historic Vehicle
- Workshop manual
- Tool roll as shown
Recent maintenance:
- 12/22 - £429 - servicing and other repairs
- 03/22 - £835 - clutch repairs
- 12/21 - £269 - overdrive, fuel system and clutch repairs
The Condition
- Bright red paintwork with some colour variation to note including nearside panels
- Bodywork shows various areas of bubbling including nearside headlight surround
- New Webasto-style sunroof fitted in 2021
- Vendor states that underside appears satisfactory but this is not verified
- Painted silver wire wheels in good condition with matching spare
- Chromework appears in fair condition and complete with rear over riders removed
- Auxiliary lights added to front of car
- Black leather interior with red piping in fair condition with some age to driver’s bolster
- Fitted with aftermarket wood veneer-effect dashboard and console trim
- Dashboard has been modified to accommodate wood trim
- Three spoke leather-rimmed steering wheel
- Modern Pioneer stereo with Bluetooth fitted
- Vendor states that not all switches are connected
- Some age to note to headlining
The Mechanics
- 1,798cc 4cyl MG engine
- 4spd manual transmission with overdrive
- Master and slave cylinders refitted in 2023
- New rear brakes fitted in 2023
- Overdrive unit repaired in recent years
- We are told that it drives very well
- Battery may need checking as mostly unused over winter
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