'Registered keeper since 1980 and one owner previously. Subject to a 'nut and bolt' restoration. Engine, front / rear suspension and brakes all thoroughly overhauled. New petrol tank and stainless steel exhaust fitted. Full interior re-trim. Everything either replaced with new parts or reconditioned as necessary including the Webasto sunroof. Big history file with numerous old MOTs and tax discs plus photos of the restoration and associated invoices. Superb car, old V5 registration document present. Engine bay detailed as is the underneath. All new brightwork. The MG was last on the road in 1998 at an indicated 13,834 miles. Its odometer now shows some 15,435 miles so the C GT has covered just 1,601 miles during the last twenty-one years'.
Intended as a flagship sportscar to replace the Austin-Healey 3000, the MGC was introduced in autumn 1967. Based around the same two-door monocoque bodyshell as the humble MGB (albeit with a substantially altered engine bay and floorpan), the newcomer was powered by a 2912cc OHV straight-six engine allied to either four-speed manual plus overdrive or three-speed automatic transmission. Equipped with new torsion-bar independent front suspension, telescopic shock absorbers and lower geared rack and pinion steering, it was visually distinguished by a 'power bulge' bonnet and taller 15-inch wheels. While, early road tests criticised the car's 'nose heavy' handling later reports were far kinder (which suggests that Abingdon's engineers quickly overcame the larger powerplant's extra mass). With some 145bhp and 170lbft of torque on tap, the model was reputedly capable of 120mph. Too readily confused with the four-cylinder MGB, it was dropped in 1969 after just 4544 Roadsters and 4458 GTs had allegedly been made. Though, some forty years on the MGC's lack of period sales success has only made it more collectible.
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