1973 MGB Roadster
No Reserve

Registration No: 3279 MG
Chassis No: GHN5291486G
MOT: Exempt

• In current ownership for over four decades!
• Understood to have had just four previous owners, and covered 115,000 miles from new
• Has toured France and Switzerland with the vendor
• Accompanied by a history file, including the original Passport for Service

PLEASE NOTE: The vendor wanted the reassurance of submitting the car for MOT testing in preparation for the sale, unfortunately it failed, but only due to an exhaust gas leak.
PLEASE NOTE: The registration number '3279 MG' is now included in the sale of this lot.

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 1,798cc B-series four-cylinder engine was allied with a four-speed manual transmission. Capable of over 100mph, the provision of front disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering greatly aided control.

This 1973 MGB impressively comes with history from new. Originally registered ‘KJU 330L’, it was sold through the Regent Autocar Co. Ltd. of Market Harborough to one G. Garner, also of Market Harborough. It was retained by Garner until December, 1981, when it was bought by an unnamed owner as a seventeenth birthday present for his son but, being unwanted, it was passed on in February, 1982, to a G. Brindley, apparently under similar conditions, so that March it was sold to a friend of our vendor. Our vendor acquired it in 1985 and has enjoyed it enormously, covering many miles including holidays to France and Switzerland.

In more recent years, the MG has covered minimal mileage and has not been on the road since 2020, so some cursory checks before use may be required. However, it started readily and ran well for our photoshoot. Complete with a boot rack for extra holiday luggage, it has the potential to be a really usable classic. It is offered with an interesting history file including the V5C, the original Passport to Service, several invoices, and MOTs dating back to 1981, when the mileage stood at 59,984. It has now covered 115,000 miles.

PLEASE NOTE: The registration number shown in the images is not included in the sale.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
[email protected]
07538 667452