Cherry 1972 MGB! See exactly why it earns a thumbs up from the CAR WIZARD! 

Wizard - As a long time MGB owner with a fully restored 1966 MGB that I did myself, I would like to correct a few statements made in your video. This comes from point of view of having more knowledge about these cars and that you don't see them very often, not trying to one up anyone here. 1) MG imported over 400,000 MGB's to the U.S. over the 18 year production period. They were the most popular MG model ever produced and were specifically targeted to the U.S. market. 2) MGB's were very successful race cars in their day and won their classes at Le Mans and Sebring, along with many SCCA class championships. They also did well in rallying and and are still prevalent in historic racing. 3) The shock absorbers are not "knee action" shocks, they are "lever action" shocks, as referred to in the factory manual. Even though they are 1930's technology, they actually work very well as compared to tube shocks. 4) The battery was placed behind the passenger's seat to help weight balance the car. 5) The largest supplier of MG car parts (along with other British makes) is Moss Motors out of California. If Moss doesn't have it, it isn't made. You can literally build an MGB from scratch using Moss Motors parts (they even produce entire bodies). Suggest you look up their web site and consider using them if you have any future work on MG's. Your supplier probably ordered from Moss anyways. 6) The SU fuel pumps are notorious for going kaput, but are easy fixes. Usual failures are either the points in the pump, the pump diaphragm, or the leaf valves in the pump. Repair kits are available. 7) If you do see potential for future MGB work, I suggest you get the Robert Bentley reprint book of the factory repair manual. It has everything needed for repairing MGB's, including the special tuning sections to improve performance (albeit circa 1960's and 1970's). This book can be ordered from Moss. 8) The earlier models of the MGB (1963 to 1969) are actually quite roomy and fit large drivers easily. I am 6'4" tall and have to move the seat up on my '66 to reach the pedals. Later years moved the seat mounting system forward in order to accommodate the folding frame convertible top and then anyone over 6' was a bit cramped. 9) These cars are an absolute blast to drive and you are correct in noting any small hatchback of today can blow it away on the road for performance. That is not the point of the car. Being on the road on a beautiful sunny day with the wind in your hair and hearing the exhaust note as you drive on your favorite curvy road is what this car is all about. Keep up the great work and I always enjoy watching your videos.

The MG Abingdon plant that built the B and Midget had a very intetesting production method. Teams of workers at stations wold do their jobs and roll each car to the next station upon completion of their job. No moving assembly line. It was a team centered production style thanks to that, and its important to note, there were ZERO strikes at Abingdon in the 70s. Think about that! A Brittish Legland plant with NO STRIKES! IN THE 70S! Youd thinnk management woulda looked and asked what are they doing right here but of course no. Hence why Brittish Leyland failed.

Love these cars. The best manual shifter I’ve ever operated. Short throw. Very precise. Rorty engine. Great handling. Solid feeling construction. Very satisfying to drive. Horsepower ain’t everything.

Here’s one I know you haven’t heard. Why do Brits drink warm beer? The use Lucas refrigerators with Girling door seals.

I love MGs I have a 1974 midget and a 1959 Morris Minor. I will add that they are actually my only cars

Lucas stands for Loose Unsoldered Connections And Splices. Nice thing about those cars is that you can buy virtually every part for them, even body panels made on the original tooling. You can even buy a complete new body shell assembled on the original jigs.

That MG is in lovely shape...kudos to the owner for taking such good care of it!

Wizard I am currently working at a vintage shop learning all about these mg's. Really cool to see one on the channel!!

British Motor Heritage Ltd in England still make shells and panels for these using the original dies and presses. They are on RU-vid

I restored a 72 over twenty years ago and still have it. Some mild engine and suspension mods and it's lots of fun. Despite having newer and much more capable cars the MG has something special. It feels like proper driving.

My daughter recently bought a 1972 MGB roadster for 4000 dollars . 64,000 miles and the body was great with only 1 rust spot on the inner rocker panel on the driver,s side. It did need mechanical . attention. New braking system plus brake master cylinder, new clutch, new steering rack and a new exhaust .We got all the parts from Moss Motors ..their service was good and they have a great inventory . Wheels, tires, top and interior were perfect. Plus it is a rare Bronze gold with navy blue leather interior. Unfortunately it does not have overdrive. Some cars are survivors that are worth fixing up .Love the Car Wizard...Great Content.

Drive it on a curvy road with the top down and you’ll feel like you’re going 80, until you realize that you’re really going 50. Lots of smiles per gallon in a British car! Great video Car wizard!

These are really simple cars to look after, and a perfect choice for a home mechanic and are extremely popular and relatively cheap, at least in the UK. Parts are readily available, and not expensive. Literally everything is available, even down to a new bodyshell. There are some weak points, but these days there are upgrades. A standard car is never going to set the roads on fire, but that's not the point. The big enemy of these cars, and pretty well all the others of this era is rust. Probably not too much of an issue in Texas, but best kept off the roads in those seasons and locations where salt is used on the road.

Love these cars. I owned a 74 (last year without the rubber bumper) for 7 glorious years until it was totaled in 1987, my last year of college. It was parked on the street and hit by a drunk who dropped a cigarette in his lap! I've got to correct one incorrect statement, while the car is small, it had excellent leg room on the drivers side. I'm almost 6'4 with long legs and with the seat back, I could fully extend my legs behind the pedals. Shockingly it had some of the best leg room of any car I've owned because the leg compartment went far forward. It was definitely cramped width wise; however, I was skinny back in those days and could drive that car all day without being uncomfortable. I loved that car!

I remember drives with my parents in our '72 MGB. They were up front and I was curled up in a blanket on the battery cover back long before child seats and seat belts were a thing, or wrapped up under the passenger side tonneau while my dad drove in the rain with the top down and AM radio blasting. Years later I would inherit the car and loved and cared for it until it was stolen and wrecked. Absolutely broke my heart. Maybe someday I'll find another one to adore and scream at it's electrical issues.

I had a 1971 and while I loved the car, I spent as much time working on it as driving it. That 2nd battery tray was for a 2nd connected battery. They originally were equipped with 2 - 6volt batteries, wired in series. Just another set of connections to give you trouble. Most, like this one, have been converted to have 1 - 12 volt battery.

When I was in trade school, I worked part-time at a friend of my father's shop. He did restorations, resto-mods, exotics, and, I helped him put a Honda S2000 engine & trans in one of these. It took it from barely being able to get out of it's own way, to being a fun little car. Plus, it solved the reliability problems that come with British hardware.

I recently bought one of these, and can tell you they are a BLAST to drive! Parts are readily available and the car is surprisingly extremely reliable as well - love it way more than I thought I would!

As an Englishman, this car makes me weep. What was, what is and what shall never be. All gone. Like tears in rain.

This MGB is very cute. I like the overall styling of it. Kudos to the owner for keeping this car in very good shape

Good job car wizard. I bought mine brand new in August of 1973. I've owned it for 48 years. It's been a great little trouble free car driving all the way out west in 1976

I had one of those. It was a 1966. Incredible car. I was 18 when I had it and took corners as fast as I could. You can't flip em over. At least I couldn't.

THIS CAR MUST HAVE BEEN A FAMILY GIFT TO THE OWNER, THE LOVE FOR THIS MG IS FELT, AND, IT IS SO CUTE 🫖

An old British WWII vet friend of mine who used to restore British Leyland vehicles gave me a piece of advice, "if you buy a British Leyland product buy it new and get rid of it after three years unless you like to waste money", he had MG's, E Types, Spitfires and Austin's, very good advice from a B/L mechanic.

Ron Kluwe covered just about everything I was going to say. I grew up with MG cars being born in the UK and being old! These cars were very common along with Midgets, my particular favourite. You can rebuild the fuel pump quite easily, you can probably get a recon kit from Moss Motors. The second battery tray was exactly that. Originally the B was fitted with two six volt batteries. It may be an export model variation to use a single twelve volt unit, I'm not sure. The one thing that defines all MG's is simple fun. Great cars.

Had a mint condition 1969 MGB in red with black leather with about 50K miles in 1983. Was in a head on crash with a Smokey and the Bandit style 4500 pound Trans Am, each of us going 35mph for a combined 70 mph impact, Smokey had suddenly crossed the line. The car was crushed like a beer can around me, but the cab was remarkable strong, probably saved my life. It was a fun, super-reliable, simple little convertible, handled better and surer than my three Austin Healeys, but not quite as well as my Alfa Romeo Duetto Spyder, one of the most balanced cars I've ever driven. The five main bearing engine on the B is nearly indestructible.

My uncle had a couple Mg's and MGB's... He loved them, I remember days of helping push to bump start one he had when I was a kid

That is a beaut. My father worked in automotive supply we were going past Longbridge one day and he said there would be a strike soon, I queried that, Car parks overflowing with i=unsold cars so management will do something small union will object ends in a strike. Another story they had an inter union dispute over who puts the screws in on a model with a wooden dash because screw goes through wood into metal, recall a customer saying that explains why there no screws in mine and it fell out, (dealers were supposed to fit them- no one told them.

Perfect for cruising on PCH (Pacific Coast Hwy).

One suggestion to insure reliability is to removed the fuse block and clean all of the contacts. Most electrical issues on my '72 MGB are from bad grounds and that fuse block. It's a part of my annual service now.

My brother had 3 MGB GTs over the years , great car but the GTs are solid roofs not rag tops. The bodywork looks in great shape usual rust spots are on the top of the fenders eg seam joint. First one was British racing green , black leather interior cream piping. Chrome bumpers not the plastic stuff. I did my apprenticeship training at Laycocks overdrive plant in archer road , Sheffield , South Yorkshire, uk when it belonged to GKN. Then moved to Shardlows plant another GKN site manufacturing forged & machined crankshafts, happy days.

14:00 the original fuel pump brand is SU (same as the carburettors). This brand is now owned by a British company called Burlen. 14:20 the MGB has two battery compartments because it had originally two 6 Volts batteries connected in series. Many owners later on converted this to a single 12 Volts battery.

The MGB is beautifully proportioned and the perfect size for a sports car. In fact it defines the sports car.

The small Abingdon factory was very much a family firm within the BL monster. They were proud of the cars they built. I bought my 1966 MGB in 1969 and still have it. The fuel pumps are made by SU these days the rights are owned by Burlen they will also sell you new carbs. Those K+Ns are aftermarket. They originally had one metal can plus intake tube arrangement per with a paper filter element.. The points on the fuel pump are a known weakness, our car now has a transistor assisted one. This does lose the ability to tap it with the wire wheel hammer to get you home. Our car still runs all it’s original Lucas equipment and it gives no problems, it isn’t a garage queen having once run off Berlin to home in England in one day after a rally through close to monsoon conditions. Mrs W’s reaction isn’t unusual, women often walk up to ours and stroke it when it’s at car shows. I always enjoy your videos, thank you.

I bought a 1960 MGA roadster when I got back from Viet Nam in 1969. I kept it for 49 1/2 years until it got difficult to get in out of. Great car.

I worked in the parking business in 1970 one year after high school. “I drove ALL the cars” and I mean All. The MGBGT was one of my favorites. Fit like a glove when driving it. It was like being in a fighter jet cockpit, not for speed but fit. A blast to drive. Everything was right there sitting in it. “No other car like it” Not even the Triumph’s came close or any other car. Some of my other favorites listed from that time period 1970 to 1971 I drove. The Buick 225, the Mercedes Gull Wing Coup, Olds 442, Mercedes 6.9 liter 450. Opel GT, Brecklin, Saab Sonnit, Cadillac brougham. Chrysler 300, Chrysler’s Cuda, Buick GS, Corvette, two different 3 wheelers, the BMW and I forgot the other ones name. Jag XKE hardtop. Too many more to list. The MGB GT always stands out in my mind even after driving All the different cars back then. I bought a brand new 1971 Beetle, $1645.00 off the showroom floor. Then a new 1973 VW Super Beetle $2395.00. Why the VW Beetles, the most dependable cars you could buy. Easy to maintain, great fuel mileage, everyone seemed to own VW’s back then. Best car’s for the money. I drove 90 miles a day, 5 days a week for 7 years with the Beetle, it never broke down or stranded me in all those years up to 1980. I bought a new 1980 Olds Cutlass Supreme with the V6, nice car. My first automatic.

That is a jewel of an MG. A labour of love for the owner.

Amazing condition underneath…here in the UK, owners can only dream of an MG that rust free 👍🏻👍🏻

Wow! Brings back a lot of memories. I had a 1972 MGB that my Dad bought for me in 74. It replaced my 67 Galaxy 500 that my sister wrecked! Originally the car had two 6V batteries in series, hence the two battery compartments.Later I put in two 12V batteries in parallel. That required a Ford alternator to keep both batteries happy. I put almost 233k miles on that MGB. I did rebuild the top end a couple of times, replacing the 8:1 original pistons with earlier 9.5:1 ones. I never rebuilt the crank, transmission or rear end. I did replace the crank bearings with std ones one time. The 72 had the 18V engine with the largest intake valves so there was some potential to make over 100 hp. Later added a dual point ignition with a 290 deg duration camshaft but still with the standard SUs. the result was rear wheel spinning first to second shifts. I recall hitting 120 mph on the speedo once. I gave it to my now ex father-in-law back in 1988....it was apparently sold in the 2000's. I do miss that car!

My mom used to tell me a story about a friend that was decapitated in one of these after running it under a rig. I just thought it was a mom warning a son not to buy one. I never thought about it again. 30 some odd years later, I'm dating a girl I had known since grade school. We had went out to get uncle's ranch, and in one of the barns sat a wrecked one, top completely cut off. I asked about the car, sure enough it had went under a truck, killing the driver. As soon as I asked who it was, I was dumbfounded. My mom didn't lie, here was her friend's car. Coming from a small town in Texas, knowing some of the same people forever, and not realizing how easily we had the same stories as kids. Anyway, great video wizard! Thanks for the memory.

You, Pete Complete and Atomic Shrimp are my favorite youtube channels. Thanks for doing what you do.

These were built for racing ! The factory had teams at Lemans...Sebring and more in the 60's. The dual rear batteries were to help weight distribution and lower the centre of gravity. Also with battery tech back then 2 six volts supplied more cranking power in the cold than a single 12 volt. All of the dual carb pre 1975 B's ran between 90 and 95 hp depending on year and body style. This is one sweet MGB....overdrive is a big plus! Paint is beautiful. Zero rust.

Years back, I bought a used '77 MGB Tourer (4spd) and enjoyed it. I loved the sound of the exhaust, it was just beautiful. The English really knew how to dial-in an exhaust note. And I've never heard an English car that I didn't like the sound of it. People before me had forced closed both the trunk lid and the hood ripping the metal where the hold-up mount was attached. So the Wizard is correct in being certain to release those latches to close them. The only electrical problem I had was sometimes if I drove through a puddle the starter would kick-in and it would run for about five minutes. Very annoying and seemingly self destructive but it lasted through my ownership.

I just had a 1970 MGB for sale at the last estate sale I worked at. It was mustard yellow with only 42668 original one owner miles. It had been sitting in the barn since 2004. We didn't try to start it but the new customer put new fluid in it and had it running the next day. The reason why it has two battery bins may be because the 70 model I sold had two six volt batteries.

Reminds me of years ago when I used to have a 1972 Triumph GT6 MKIV......Inline 6 with dual stromberg carbs it was an absolute blast to drive and I especially loved that the whole front hood was one piece and when you lifted it up you could just sit on either tire and work on anything in the engine bay.......Yep those where the good ole days.

Many thanks to Henry Jones for sharing with us about the ZERO worker strikes at Abington. Your video makes me miss our '70 split bumper. Good times!!!

Had a 1967 B. It was the most fun car I ever owned, but I had to buy a spare wrecked one in order to keep mine and a couple of friends’ on the road. The points on the fuel pump were a constant headache, but that was forgotten when I was behind the wheel.

MG A series manufactured from 1955 to 1962. The MG B series, manufactured from1962 to 1980. 18 years of MG B series! The later B series included a hatchback! Neighbour had a green hatchback with brown leather upholstery. Beauty 1972 MGB convertible! 1.8L, 80-hp, OHV Dual SU carbs! 4-speed synchro-crash transmission with OVER DRIVE! It could actually drive on the Interstate! Love it! 01:49 "..back window": .. In the later half of the 20th Century, Brits (UK types) referred to the back window/rear window of their automobile as the "back light" . BTW, in the UK, plexiglass is referred to as "perspex". 14:20 The empty battery bracket on the aft port side is awaiting a starboard-side driver. Yup. Weight and balance considerations were taken into consideration for a change in suspension geometry for certain markets... . I have heard the MGB's knee-action dampers on the front suspension could be refilled with either mushy peas or beef gravy, depending upon climate. Rachel Ray's EVO be damned!.. In summer, the plungers on the SU carburettors were partial to a certain Portuguese Port. . In England, aluminum, element 13, Al, is spelled "aluminium". Funny that. Some engineering features of 1950's and 1960's MG's were even quirkier than the 1972 MGB of the Car Wizard's.. Luv yah!

One of my first memories is my parents working on my mom's MGB so she could get to work the next day. This was pretty much a weekly occurrence.

MG's of this era are SO easy to work on. Very simple systems despite the nonsense you hear people mention about unreliable Lucas electronics. I'm sure Wizard will fix things, but there's no reason to send such a car across several states for basic maintenance. Parts are readily available and technical help is widely available on several car forums.

I have a 1974. Sweet. Easy to work on and spares galore. Great car for Hamptons in Long Island. Gets more attention then all the brand new Ferraris and Aston Martins.

It has relays in the electrical system. This car is missing many of the pollution control items like the air pump and gulp valve. Here in South Korea it must have all the pollution control items. Indeed it must look just like off the production line. Nice car. Mine came from Amarillo, Texas. That is why there is no rust on the this sample and mine. I have owned mine for 32 years, since January 1990. Nice to see one in such condition. This car does hold a tall person very well. I am 6’3” and fit in very well. Thanks for posting!

MoWoG you'll find stamped on a lot of parts. It's an abbreviation of Morris (Mo) and Wolsley (Wo) from when the two companies merged. The G they say either means Group or MG as the prefix at the time for MG's was G.

I had one of these in the '70's as well as the MGC with a 3 litre 6 cylinder engine instead of the 4cyl UK versions of the 'B' had 2 x 6V batteries under the back seat instead of a single 12V. The cars were prone to body panel rust but I guess in Texas, the weather has been its saviour. Good ones go for very high prices in Britain these days.

My mom owned a 1971 (the year I was born) in a burnt orange. She bought it when it was a few years old. I got to steer it when I was about 4. I wish she had never sold it. Was supposed to be given to me when I was old enough to drive. Thanks for the trip down memory lane! These years used to use 2, 6 volt batteries. :)

The good and the bad memories came flooding back with this video. I owned a 1970 split bumper MGB. In yellow.. bullet proof motor and transmission, twin stromburg carburetors, wire wheels with knock off hubs,(just like the car in the video). Loved that car most of the time, hated the Lucas Electrics, mechanical points in the fuel pump. Everyone needs to own a British car with Lucas electrics. Just for the experience. Wonderful to drive, pain in the butt to own.

You need to start a “Wizards Network” repair shops that will sign on to your ethics as an auto repair shop!

MGB's had two 6 volt batteries in series for 12 volts. They did that for weight balance. Many converted to a single 12 volt battery for simplicity.

I love MGs!!! Used to have a 77 B & now a 78 B (52k miles) with the Weber carb conversion. That switch falling apart is common (British Leyland), that overdrive is an aftermarket option that I wish I had on mine. Great quirky little cars, so much fun to drive. That one is beautiful.

My brother has a 1972 roadster. He swapped out the original poorly motor for a Rover V8 bored out to 3.9L with custom exhaust. It's pristine and rust-free in Scotland, thanks to his OCD.

I’ve owned about a dozen MGs over the years and have found that most of the problems I experienced were a result of the previous owner trying to half way fix an issue rather than a fault with the car itself. They are slow, small and uncomfortable for a long trip but they are still a blast to drive

MOWOG is like MOPAR or FoMoCo…. MOrris WOlseley mG. You’ll see it cast in parts or on NOS spares.

In. 2004 or 2005 I bought a 1969 MGB roadster British racing green w/tan seats and top, as a commuter to work With character! It was my daily driver for two years!

I acquired a a pristine 1971 MGB last February also with overdrive. Just a heads up, I was told not to back the car up with the overdrive engaged because if the solenoid that automatically disengages it were to fail the unit can be damaged badly. I am not an expert so take it for what it is worth.

The 1800cc engine produces 90 hp in standard trim. The overdrive gearbox normally worked on the 3rd and 4th gear of the standard 4 speed gearbox. The original battery arrangement was two 6v batteries wired in series to produce 12v, that is what the two trays are for behind the seats under the removable panels. I owned a MGC in my youth which in standard form was fitted with the 3,000cc 6 cylinder British Leyland engine producing 150hp - similar to what had been fitted in the Austin Healy 3000. At first glance the MGC looks identical to the MGB but the give away is that the MGC had a pronounced bulge to the front of the bonnet (hood) with a discrete chrome trim. The other significant difference is that the front suspension was operated by torsion bars each side. It was a great car with a top speed of almost 130mph as against the MGB’s 110 mph. The only drawback was that the steering was very heavy whilst parking due to the big lump of engine.

Car Wizard: A couple of things I noticed on the underside tour of the car. 1) The oil leak. Check the PCV system (it should suck a sheet of paper down on the oil fill neck when idling.) Also check the left side (drivers side) of the engine block. There are two stamped sheet metal covers over the tappet gallery there. They usually have cork gaskets and are often neglected. 2) I was amazed that the inboard pivots of the lower A-arms were in such good shape. Looks like someone may have installed the MGB V-8 lower A-arm inboard sttel-rubber-steel bushings there. 3) Last but not least... the propeller shaft appears to be out of phase. It is possible to get the splines misaligned on the MGB if the shaft was ever removed for a clutch job or U-joint replacement. The splines are not keyed as in some vehicles. The two yokes at each end of the shaft MUST be aligned so that their axes are exactly parallel. It can be hard to see if it is off by one spline when installed. Looks like it might be out of phase by several. Best thing is to take it off and look straight along the shaft.

Great show of the MGB. When I was 18, I had 2 MGBs and an MGB GT. All were cool but I always had to borrow parts from each to keep one of them running good at all times. The rust issues with the floors and rockers was a real problem. The GT was advertised as all new sheet metal which had the 60s/70s restoration of thin sheet metal, rivets, bondo, and undercoating. Even some Porsche 356s were kept on the road with this method. Restore your sportscar in one afternoon in the back yard LOL.

The "Extra" space at the rear was for the "other" battery. The cars were originally designed to run 2x 6 volt batteries - hopefully to give equal weight distribution:-). I had one when I was 21 and checking the electrolyte levels was such a chore it was rarely done! Now in my late 60's I have 2 and they're a joy to drive top down on a sunny day.

I can smell the interior through the video. Love the smell of those old cars 😊

Finally an MGB! Mine's a '78 still going strong at about 85000 original miles

I have always loved the MGAs, MGBs, and the Austin Healeys

We've had British cars in South Africa since the year dot. Easy to work on. Even when you bought them new, the technology was old school!! That Lucas fuel pump can be taken apart... Get to the points on it, clean up the points with a fine nail file or super fine sandpaper and you're ready to go for the next ten years... BTW, the air filters are not original, as you stated, and so is the oil cooler. I imagine it's a warm/hot climate in its home. Warms my heart to see the innards of cars I used to work under!!! Hahaha... Keep up the good work, Wizard.

That's the first car I wanted to purchase as a teenager. I brought one in to my dad's cousin garage. He looked at it and said there would be too much work to do on it. He ended up selling me a '67 Dodge Charger. But I still wanted the MGB.

The car was originally fitted with two six volt batteries , hence the two battery holders. The shock absorbers are called “ lever arm shock absorbers “ You can also get an su fuel pump that has a transistor power unit as opposed to the original contacts type and looks identical.Mowog stands for Morris and Wolseley, the G has a number of meanings, depending on what you read about it.

A friend owns a Triumph TR-3. He had perpetual trouble with the headlight switch. He said it had three positions: OFF - DIM - FLICKER.

17:28 ....I thought Freddy was gonna come bursting thru the screen when Wizard mentioned that fuel-pump...

Lucas fuel pumps had a set of points in them which are much like the points in the distributor. Usually it’s just the points that go wrong and are replaced or the diaphragm which is also replaceable.

Classic British Car . Beautiful lines

Horsepower was rated at 95 net bhp on both five-main-bearing and earlier three-bearing cars with peak power coming at 5,400 rpm with a 6,000 rpm redline. Torque output on the MGB had a peak of 110 lb⋅ft

Of the five British roadsters I’ve owned, the B was by far the most reliable. My uncle bought a 63 when they first came out and it was the first sports car I ever drove. I was 16 at the time, and that drive sold me for life.

The British name for those shock is 'lever arm shock absorbers'. Also the damping fluid in the carbs does not slow the opening of the throttle. It's action is to enrich the mixture on acceleration in place of the accelerator pump you would find on conventional carbs. Those Lucas pumps were hilariously bad and they never bothered to improve the design in many decades. When I was a kid my father had a Landrover which was only about a year old. One night it died in the middle of nowhere. He was completely unfazed - just looked around for a rock & whacked it. Pump started running and we went home. 15 years later I was in the army and the Landrovers were still breaking down for the same reason. I used to help out with recoveries and used the same method to get them going.

Beautiful car, so nice to see it rust free, and so well looked after!! It was the inspiration for the mazda miata.

My MG stalled as well: The heat valve was leaking and water was constantly dripping on and in the distributor. Easy fix with a valve replacement.

Never owned one but always admired them…as well as their Triumph cousins.

Having owned one (as well as a couple of Triumph GT6's), if your English car doesn't leave oil spots on your driveway it usually means you'd better check and see if there's any oil at all in the engine...

What a sweet little ride. Bringing me back to my childhood in Spain. Thanks, Wizard.

I owned a green 74 model in 1976.Now I drive a red 1998 Mazda MX5 as a weekend toy.I would love to try out an MGB again to compare them after 45 years!

MOWOG stands for Morris, Wolseley and MG all Nuffield companies before WW2. It was used on castings and possibly other parts.

Never have I envied a car as much as this one , all the one's I've owned or worked on has been riddled with rust , Excellent video as always Wizard

Wizard, great review, brings back happy memories as an old MG owner. First started with the midget and ended with the MGB GT 1970. Fun cars but not particulier fast.

I love the old British sports cars, and have owned a few (Triumphs in my case). I've had the pleasure of driving a couple of the old MGBs though, and remember absolutely loving them!

MOWOG Found on engine blocks, transmissions, cylinder heads, and pistons, it dates back to the very origins of the British car industry. Before the merger with Morris Motors in 1935, Wolseley and MG were owned as the personal property of Lord Nuffield. After the merger with the bulk of design work carried out at Cowley, the identification number for chassis and engines on Wolseley was assigned a “W” and the letter “G” was assigned to MG (M was already assigned to Morris). Hence the use of Mo (Morris), Wo (Wolseley) and MG to mark the various components with MOWOG as the result.

What a clean lookin little ride, I bet it handles twists and turns like it's on rails...👏🤘🏻🇬🇧

I had a 70, then 72 MGB... Great cars.. I took the drivetrain from the 70 and put it in the 72 (70 had the overdrive trans, which is a major plus).... in 1983,, I bought a '80 limited edition MGB and I swapped that older drivetrain (and suspension) into the 80. The 72 and subsequently 80 MGBs were my daily drivers for many many years. The 80 is now fully restored with a V8 engine swap.

My High School biology teacher had a 1980 MGB coupe, she bought brand new I remember it was quite reliable. :)

Always loved the three small wiper set up. I am well over six feet, and yes, your head will be touching the top, as I did in a Triumph and a FIAT. Never knew you could shut off the heater at the block. Wish I had, as these British roadster are roasters in the Summer, and barely adequate, especially when it comes to defrosting the windscreen in the Winter. Loved the overdrive units. Had a similar one in my Two Series Volvo, and it really cut the revs at Interstate speeds. This MGB is a beauty!

It is oddly interesting that when I was a "kid" back in the 60's and70's and the British roadsters I owned around 15 years old, parts were sometimes very hard to procure and now much easier!

Every Lucas lamp has three setting; dim, intermittant and off.

Over the years I have had 10 MB-Bs and MIdget. The yard looked like a used british car lot. The early year car were very spartan and the car had a great exhaust note to it. There are alot of fun to drive and relatively easy to work on. Still have a garage full of parts, engines, transmission, doors and wire wheel. Tempted to get another B to put some of my parts to good use. Great review Mr. Wizard of one fine looking car.

In the early 70's I had a couple of these from the 60's. Up in Ohio I learned those spin on wheels better be taken off every 6 months and re-lubbed or when you had to take them off it was a hell of a job beating them off. I got rebuilt shocks at JC Whitney as cheap as the rebuilt kits. They do make regular shock replacement kits for them back then. I installed a 8 track in mine and head phone jacks. Had to fiberglass over the back floor where the battery went. I also made a split h pattern under the front seats, bent the floor mental and fiberglassed it to lower the seats 2" or my head would hit the closed top. They do sell metal pans to lower it but it only cost me $10 back then to do it. One year we mounted a 17' canoe on the closed convertible top with foam padding, strapping it down to the metal bumbers, and drove it 2000 miles like that. Tough little car but has bad frame rust rot problems. Let my buddy drive it and didn't know he was drunk. spun around in the snow and bounced off a poll and a brick wall. Every corner was damaged, pulled out the stuff and drove it more, a year later I took a turn to fast and hit an island divide and then went up a hill. Went over 3, 4" curbs and a steel 2" sign poll at over 30mph and was sitting on the hill, put it in reverse over the same stuff and drove home. Sold later to my buddy and he would drive it crazy over 90 mph in the country. No front end work or alignment, lol