Lot details Registration No: SOB837S Chassis No: GHN5436017G Mot Expiry: March 2013
The MKII MGB of 1967 brought an updated manual gearbox with revised ratios and synchromesh on all gears, as well as the option of a Borg Warner automatic unit. Other changes included a revised rear axle and switch from dynamos to alternators. In 1969, Rostyle wheels replaced the previous pressed steel version for standard fit. With the MKIII derivative of 1972 came a new facia and improved heater. However, the biggest visual change in the car's history occurred two years' later, when steel reinforced rubber bumpers replaced the chrome ones and the ride height was raised by one inch. By the time Roadster production ceased in October 1980, a total of 399,070 are said to have been produced.
This right-hand drive home market Roadster departed the Abingdon production line in 1977. It is understood to have been resprayed last year and fitted with a new clutch, battery, radiator and tyres. The vendor informs us that the MG has required very little welding to the underside and is in "very good original order, that's commensurate with the recorded mileage of just 52,375". He describes the bodywork, Blue paintwork and Black interior trim, four-cylinder engine and overdrive gearbox as all being in "good" condition and the hood as "serviceable". 'SOB 837S' is MOT'd into March 2013.
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