I drive a 1980 MGB. Sadly, it has rubber bumpers but it puts a smile on my face and everyone who points at it. When it occasionally stalls, construction workers, other drivers, anyone says "you need help? I love this MG, had one when I was young." Everyone from all walks of life love the MGB.
may I offer you my 2 cents worth. .. #1, your Bs bumpers may SAVE your life in this world of horrid drivers , they'll take more than the DOT - req. 5 MPH (ask me how I know) and #2, if they're painted body color they almost disappear 😊 and the car looks sleeker. I service MGs for a living, over the yrs I've learned "just a bit" about 'em, wouldn't trade my '72 BGT for ANYTHING else ♥️
I have the '72 GT. Absolutely no regrets about the purchase. Parts plentiful and relatively inexpensive if required and easy to maintain. Ours has been near bullet proof.
My only grumble when I had my 68 Mki, was that just like my previous BMC stuff, Minor and Major, they suffer spring wind up and can chatter and dance sideways on corrugations, I fixed that by fitting horizontal dampers and this improved the stablity no end.
Great video. I have had a couple and currently drive a '63 and have always loved them. Your description of driving one is spot on. These cars are what I call "non-aspirational". You buy, drive and fix them for the satisfaction that is inherit to the experience of driving, not so much to impress anybody. Not a "Joe-dig-me" car but accessible, affordable and smile inducing.
I liked it in the sixties (driving in my absolutely disastrously produced new 1966 Mini) but mostly the GT version which was the most pleasing to look at, with its a little higher window and roof line! But I luckily never had an actual one! After the Mini I bought a new BMW 2002 in 1970 and never looked back. Never, ever more a British car, though I could have bought one of the last Cooper S to be produced!
The design is decidedly Pininfarina......Scooped headlights and tower taillights are classic Ferrari 250 California Spider........And later 250 GT...........
Keep reviewing beautiful classic cars from all over the world! Maybe with enough time, people will contact you to review their classic sports cars, and hopefully some stunning machines from Italia😊
all easily fixable ... and the twin 6V batteries have been history for ages. the battery location behind seats was for weight distribution and collision protection; MG did know what they were doing, safest small car of its era
As a former owner of a 1969, I can tell ANYONE MGB=More Garage Bills. When "smog-equipped" by 1974 for the US, starting it to go to work was an adventure-often without a happy ending! Like my BSA Gold Star 'cycle. BSA=Barely Starts Anymore. 97% of all British vehicles suffered from two big faults. Poor carburettors (Solex or Smith's Union mainly) and the Cursed Prince of Darkness "George Lucas Electrics Pty. Ltd." The latter never found a short circuit they didn't love, or a bad connection they didn't perfect!
sorry your MG experience was so bad. with patience, time (and not terribly much money) my '72 BGT hatchback has become the all round best car I've owned ... 7 - 8000 miles per year no incurable issues. wouldn't trade it for anything else.
@@sdanen4 like i commented above ... 😁. I worked at a MG/ Alfa Romeo dealer as a kid, even back then it wasn't the cars but the unqualified ham - fisted owners causing the probs FR
Skinners Union not Smiths Union. US models suffered badly (as did many cars in the US at the time) from crude emmisions control measures. Later MGBs were down to about 75 hp from 95 hp. Nothing wrong with the fuel system of the electrics for those of us in the UK (or even Europe) who were brought up with these things. Learnt how to deal with them at "my Daddy's knee" maintaining various BMC vehicles. B the time I was 16 it was like second nature.
