Lot details Registration No: TBX848L Chassis No: GHN5285481G Mot Expiry: May 2009
Introduced in 1962, the MGB Roadster enjoyed an eighteen-year production run. With nicely balanced handling and a good turn of speed, it merited the old MG marketing slogan 'Safety Fast'. Based around a monocoque chassis featuring independent coil-sprung front suspension and a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, its 1798cc 'B' series four-cylinder engine was allied to four-speed manual transmission. Capable of over 100mph (especially if specified with overdrive), the provision of disc/drum brakes and rack and pinion steering greatly aided control. Today, it enjoys a very strong following and with its GT sister has spawned a dedicated support industry making it among the most practical and cost effective of all classic cars.
Finished in red with black upholstery, this particular example is described by the vendor as being in "A1" condition with regard to its engine, four-speed manual plus overdrive gearbox, electrical equipment, chassis, bodywork and wheels / tyres (while, he rates the interior trim as "good" and notes the presence of "a few paint chips to the bonnet and doors"). Reportedly "a former Channel Islands car which was acquired by a RAF pilot in 1989", 'TBX 848L' is further understood to have been "completely re-shelled at a cost of £13,000 that same year". Apparently laid-up some fourteen years ago, the Roadster remained in dry storage until entering the current ownership in May 2005. Subsequently recommissioned and improved with "a reconditioned engine and renewed overdrive", the MG is said to be "mechanically excellent and bodily solid". Riding on wire wheels, it is offered for sale with assorted paperwork / invoices and MOT certificate valid until May 2009.
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