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Highlights
- Smart restored car in stand-out Bracken
- Professional chrome bumper conversion
- Thick history file including clutch by Oselli
- Gorgeous restored example
- 1,860cc ‘fast road’ engine
- Power steering conversion
The Appeal
A good MGB GT is like an old friend: interesting, dependable and thoroughly familiar and comfortable. No wonder that good examples remain in demand and perfect for weekend jaunts or longer road trips.
This very tidy ‘75 in stand-out Bracken has been professionally converted to chrome bumper trim and has a ‘fast road’ 1,860cc engine and power steering conversion that improves its modern day usability. The list of work is extensively and carefully documented in the photographs, including a clutch replacement by specialists Oselli. It totalls an impressive £15,000, much of it between 2015 and 2018.
In very smart condition and benefitting from those mechanical enhancements, this is a great example of one of classic motoring’s most practical and usable GTs.
The History and Paperwork
- First registered 11th July 1975
- Only seven registered keepers
- Fully restored between 2015 and 2018
- Photographic record of rebuild, respray and engine work
- UK V5C
- Tax and MOT exempt
- The most recent MOT was until 27th April 2024 with no advisories
- Huge file of invoices and receipts from restoration and subsequent maintenance
- Lots of old MOT certificates
- Large file of historic invoices and bills
- Original old V5 and owner’s handbook
- Haynes manual and parts catalogue
- Invoices for more recent work in recent years totalling over £15,000
- This includes a £4,500 bodywork restoration bill
- Clutch replaced and power steering fitted by Oselli
The Condition
- Extensively restored by specialists and summarised above
- Smart Bracken paintwork and chrome bumper conversion
- Remains in very good condition with solid bodywork and great paintwork
- Ribbed velour seats with head restraints
- Three-spoke sports steering wheel
- Period 1980s Philips radio-cassette
- Very good carpets and door cards
- Black crackle-finish dashboard
- Later-style rotary heater controls
- Webasto roof in working order
- Rubber MGB tailored floor mats
- Spare wheel and tool kit
- Repainted in original Leyland Bracken at a cost of over £4,500
- New panels and floors all-round
- Appears excellent underneath
- All chrome and trim in excellent condition
- Rostyle sports wheels with good tyres all round
- No structural advisories on last MOT
The Mechanics
- 1,860cc ‘Fast Road’ B-Series engine supplied and fitted by Moto-Build in Surrey
- Four-speed manual gearbox
- Switchable overdrive on third and fourth
- Oselli power steering conversion making the car more usable as a day-to-day vehicle
- Vendor reports that the car starts and runs well and is extremely usable
- Clutch replaced by Oselli
- No mechanical or running gear advisories on last MOT
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