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The problem is that 'Sandy Beige', the official name of the colour, is one of the rarest around. Add 40 years of sunshine to the mix and it's hard to get a perfect match. A respray is one thing that it does need and I've already got two new doors which are to be sprayed and fitted so the doors are irrelevant.
As for not being the best examples they are both £2000 cars but the cream one is an excellent example for the money. One look at the engine bay shows that it is a very well looked after example.
I'm not entering these cars into competitions. The 75 model has just been sold and the 68 model is my daily driver and has covered 3000 miles in the last three months with an oil and filter change being the only expense.
But you are right, they are not the best examples. The best examples are worth anything from £8k to £20k. Until I win the lottery I'll only be spending that sort of money on my practical and safe family car.
As for not being the best examples they are both £2000 cars but the cream one is an excellent example for the money. One look at the engine bay shows that it is a very well looked after example.
I'm not entering these cars into competitions. The 75 model has just been sold and the 68 model is my daily driver and has covered 3000 miles in the last three months with an oil and filter change being the only expense.
But you are right, they are not the best examples. The best examples are worth anything from £8k to £20k. Until I win the lottery I'll only be spending that sort of money on my practical and safe family car.
Your sandy beige GT is worth more than £2k, probably closer to £3500 maybe £4k assuming it is similar condition all the way through.
However no BGT is worth over 8K, total madness to spend that on one.
Unusual to see a sandy beige car, it's one of those colours that was never particularly popular, cars are never painted in after resto so only a small percentage stay that colour. Good to see!
However no BGT is worth over 8K, total madness to spend that on one.
Unusual to see a sandy beige car, it's one of those colours that was never particularly popular, cars are never painted in after resto so only a small percentage stay that colour. Good to see!
dinkel said:
MGB owners tell me the palstic bumpered ones are the ones to buy. Better quality and all that.
True?
No:True?
- The engine 's strangled (different distributor etc) in a lot of them, in order to comply to the US emission rules.
- The ride height's been increased, doing bad things for the car's handling.
- This one is personal: compare a chrome to a rubber bumpered car, which one do you think is more beautiful?.
dinkel said:
All well, seeing Wim monday . . . Will say cheers 
Yes, please do so. Thx!dinkel said:
Ride height can be fixed. You'll need a set of updated springs anyways.
Engine has to be modded also: add a carb, soup ignition, flow intake and exhaust . . .
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Of course this looks well . . .
The force is strong in you Engine has to be modded also: add a carb, soup ignition, flow intake and exhaust . . .
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Of course this looks well . . .
Welcome to what is commonly called 'the slippery slope'.Fyi, I know of a very nice '64 (pull handle!) car that's for sale : here. You met the owner btw
Edited by Church of Noise on Monday 5th November 00:21
People keep pulling down rubber bumpered cars, no matter how you look at it they are more refined, more robust, vastly cheaper, but do have issues.
I disagree that RB cars don't handle, I'm sorry they do, I've owned a variety of B's from a 65 pull handle through mark 2 and 3 up to the very last RB cars. Firstly Roadsters handle better than coupe's, they handle much flatter, and are much nicer to flick through bends.
The pull handle and b's up to mark 2 ish always feel quite agricultural, mark 3 onwards they just feel more solid, the early cars certainly feel more sporty but all the b's handle pretty similarly, also the late cars have rear anti roll bars which make a big difference, a RB car without it is awful.
But lets be blunt they don't look as nice, aren't as desirable, and have generally horrible interiors.
However £3k buys you a usuable RB roadster spend another grand on a set of leather seats and new carpets, set of mini lights, stainless sports exhaust, spend a few hours sorting the carbs out (knife edging, flowing, removal of obstructions including idle stabiliser) £4k for a nice usuable B with a leather interior and most importantly you can enjoy driving it and not worry about leaving it in car parks.
I disagree that RB cars don't handle, I'm sorry they do, I've owned a variety of B's from a 65 pull handle through mark 2 and 3 up to the very last RB cars. Firstly Roadsters handle better than coupe's, they handle much flatter, and are much nicer to flick through bends.
The pull handle and b's up to mark 2 ish always feel quite agricultural, mark 3 onwards they just feel more solid, the early cars certainly feel more sporty but all the b's handle pretty similarly, also the late cars have rear anti roll bars which make a big difference, a RB car without it is awful.
But lets be blunt they don't look as nice, aren't as desirable, and have generally horrible interiors.
However £3k buys you a usuable RB roadster spend another grand on a set of leather seats and new carpets, set of mini lights, stainless sports exhaust, spend a few hours sorting the carbs out (knife edging, flowing, removal of obstructions including idle stabiliser) £4k for a nice usuable B with a leather interior and most importantly you can enjoy driving it and not worry about leaving it in car parks.
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