1972 MGB Roadster

Registration No: JPK 350K
Chassis No: GHN5267070G
MOT: Exempt

• Subject to a comprehensive restoration from 1988 to 1990
• Included a full engine overhaul with gas-flowed and ported cylinder head
• Interior renovated in 2009
• Notable mechanical improvements in 2024

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 MGB was provided with a comprehensive restoration circa 1989, and is supplied with history going back even further—its MOT record begins in 1978. From February, 1989, the car was subjected to a bare-metal respray in two-pack Tartan Red. The block was stripped and overbored to +0.60in. Hepolite pistons were fitted and the flywheel was lightened by 1½lbs. The engine received new main and big-end bearings, new timing gear, and a Piper 270 camshaft with new followers. A gas-flowed and ported Peter Burgess cylinder head with larger valves went on, as did a new water pump. The carburettors were stripped, bead-blasted and reassembled with new internals. Further new parts included the radiator, master cylinders, clutch friction plate, and wheel cylinders.

The engine was refitted in May, 1989, with a new distributor. The interior was refurbished, the rear axle was overhauled, and reconditioned wire wheels were fitted. Other fitments included a new double-duck hood, a Kenlowe fan, a brake servo and an uprated alternator. The interior was again renovated in 2009, and in 2024 the MG received a service, with a new fuel pump, battery and starting equipment. Running and driving excellently during our photoshoot, it is sold with many invoices plus some historic V5s and tax discs.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452