Mystery MGB GT
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This ‘GT is really bugging me, it was sold in February on ebay and is now back up for sale again in Scotland and it’s full of anomalies.
Firstly it’s a rubber bumper on a ’73 M plate, a late interior which was introduced from ’77 on. What threw me was the brake servo on the passenger side until I found a Autocar road test from ’77 having the servo there but updated interior, obviously later models had the integrated servo moved to the drivers side.
This car also has H4’s which stopped being fitted in late ’73 but easy to change carbs but the engine compartment is rubber bumper.
Now I know factory mules were registered for road testing and may have escaped into the wild but this doesn’t seem right unless anybody can come up with a solution apart from the obvious!
Firstly it’s a rubber bumper on a ’73 M plate, a late interior which was introduced from ’77 on. What threw me was the brake servo on the passenger side until I found a Autocar road test from ’77 having the servo there but updated interior, obviously later models had the integrated servo moved to the drivers side.
This car also has H4’s which stopped being fitted in late ’73 but easy to change carbs but the engine compartment is rubber bumper.
Now I know factory mules were registered for road testing and may have escaped into the wild but this doesn’t seem right unless anybody can come up with a solution apart from the obvious!
What's the chassis number?williredale said:
I'd go with that too. Late RB shell with most of the engine bay and number plates from a 73 car. Chassis and engine numbers will be the only way to identify and even they may be ambiguous.
+1, MG did have some vague changeover dates. To help, my 1977 B' was made in 1976 and has the separate servo with later interior. See pics...
v8250 said:
+1, MG did have some vague changeover dates. To help, my 1977 B' was made in 1976 and has the separate servo with later interior. See pics...
And with the passage of time and replacement of parts it's hard to tell what is original and what has been replaced with different parts. Mine has a gold seal engine, 45D4 dissy and K&N filters none of which were original fit. I'm not a stickler for originality and nor, it would appear, have any of the previous owners. If the car is sound and drives well that is more important.goodwoodweirdo said:
I'm amazed the only ID on my GT is a chassis plate riveted to the inner wing, replacements can be bought from Moss….so changing the cars Id is like 5 minutes work…
That's why the theft of classics is rife. Just recently an MGC and a B were stolen on the same night in London. Log books and chassis plates for sale by themselves or with a few rusty components on Ebay aren't helping the situation either.
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