72 MGB GT

[AndySheff]

If you want to count a Vauxhall Nova GTE as my first English car. Then this is my 2nd ! My new/old 1972 MGB GT. It's my first 'classic'. It's had an older restoration but is still in very nice condition. Overdrive works. Drives sound and stable. Brakes nice and straight even if it does need a push with the non-servo braking. But I got a servo thrown in with the car so easy to upgrade Had a really enjoyable 50 mile drive home with it. It's a nice back to basics experience. The only real 'modernaties' it has is a radio/tape player.

[SirGriffin]

Lovely, great cars, enjoy!

[Mr Tidy]

That looks like a lovely piece of nostalgia.

[Huzzah]

I've always liked the roadster, but warming towards the GT these days.


If I had the space I'd like a sebring, on minilites.

[Ken986]

Always preferred the GT, lovely lines.

Last time I was in one was about 1981 in Matlock !
Looking forward to your updates.

[Hub]

I love the look of these. It's amazing how many there are around too. I can walk around the local roads and see several on driveways, they must be one of the most well preserved cars out there!

[Mr Tidy]

I think parts availability is a major factor in so many still being around.

[AndySheff]

Ken986 said:

Always preferred the GT, lovely lines.

Last time I was in one was about 1981 in Matlock !
Looking forward to your updates.

It was only when doing some research before buying that I discovered the GT is Pininfarina designed.

[darkyoung1000]

I have a real soft spot for these as a friend had one decades ago and I have happy memories of both driving and being a passenger (it was faster than my Beetle... )

Any major plans apart from the servo?

[ferret50]

The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!

[AndySheff]

ferret50 said:

The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!

Nice. But the steery wheel is on the right side for Sweden

[ferret50]

AndySheff said:

ferret50 said:

The steery wheel appears to be on the wrong side....



Mine!

Nice. But the steery wheel is on the right side for Sweden

Ah!
That's OK then, I was afraid that you were USA based.

Enjoy.

[AndySheff]

darkyoung1000 said:

Any major plans apart from the servo?

No, not at the moment. Except, maybe I'll go for an unleaded conversion.

[CaptainScarlet1967]

Great GT, OP.

To think that only around 5 years earlier, in 1967, there was H-Day in Sweden.

The MGB is certainly one of those classic cars that will always maintain its appeal to classic enthusiasts, IMO.

I always fancied a Midget / Austin-Healey Sprite (aka 'Spridget') myself, but nowadays they seem to have become harder to come by and less likely be encountered as a classic MG on the roads.