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12th November 2019, 12:19 | #51 |
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Update! If all goes to plan, I have a 1978 MG BGT that is being delivered to me this afternoon, call me mad as I've bought it blind.
I've not blown the budget, bought her at a good price, so there's money in the kitty to hopefully get her upto a good standard. I guess she will be a usable rolling restoration, something for those winter months, most probably rolling into next summer, and the next, and the next, and so on. lol Wish me luck. Oh! Its a bloooming rubber bumper model. |
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12th November 2019, 12:33 | #53 |
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12th November 2019, 18:09 | #55 |
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I think that I have posted this old picture up before, of my collection of cars at some point.
We had a couple of rubber bumper MGs in the family fleet, including his and hers MGBs (SWMBOs was the white one ) and a Midget too. Happy days!
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12th November 2019, 18:36 | #56 |
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Great photo Bob.
Well! its here, talk about a step back in time, even though its a 1978, the overall design certainly does feel 60's. The brakes work, only just... better than the Capri I looked at the other day lol. Its gonna need another respray, its been resprayed already, but very badly. Oh Did I say what colour it is? Its ORANGE I didn't blow the budget, I was pretty much getting put off from buying one, as all the 4k and 5k MGB's we looked at all had issues, cosmetic and mechanical, its quite frightening as to why these cars hold their price TBH. I wonder how long I will keep it for? I'm either going to love it, or hate it??? First thing to sort out is the MOT, it don't need one, but previous owner put in for one last week and it failed, nothing major, seems to be solid underneath, apart from o/s rear sill area which was its main failure. My thoughts so far... I'm wondering WTF have a bought? She is piggy in the middle. She has some new parts, brake master cylinder, some sort of carb set-up refurb etc. Last edited by Dallas; 12th November 2019 at 18:38.. |
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I think the orange suits it in a retro way. I agree that rubber bumper ones will become more sought after.
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12th November 2019, 19:21 | #58 |
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Roll on next summer, you just cant do much through the cold winter months, not without a nice warm spacious garage.
The old girl has come with 3 folders of paperwork, even a parts catalog, seems she has been looked after, hopefully she has. Time to get myself a garage built. |
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Hopefully its just the outer sills that are rusted - lots of work if the whole structure needs doing but well worth it to keep them going.
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I agree with Jdwoodhou about the colour, as it captures the 1970s.
The MGB GT that I owned was Harvest Gold = -NAUGHTY WORD- brown. Most restorations are "safe" colours such as Tartan Red, Old English White or British Racing Green. I would enjoy it as it is.
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