Posted on 09/18/2024 12:34:18 PM PDT by Red Badger
as I said ‘normal size’
....gad!! - are you ever on the mark...! bought a brand-new 1965 MGB right off the show room floor after I got off active duty with the Navy (had more money than I had sense, in retrospect...) what a bitch...! lights always burning out; two six-volt batteries behind the front seats; positive (!!) electrical ground; temperamental SU carbs, ...and on and on and on...could have had a new Ford Mustang for the price I paid for that “B”.....still miss it, though....my wife (of 53 years....) thought I was a real stud in that car....!!!
Hah!
I had a lot of fun in that car.. :)
Good for you!
I still have my 1967 MGB roadster, which I bought new in 1966, sitting in my garage, too. It last ran about five years ago.
I sure need to bring it back to life :-).
They should focus on a design similar to the MGA, or TF or TD.
Took my driver’s test in a convertible MGB. Parallel parking was a breeze :-)
Just a Chinese company that owns a name. Not a “British automaker” at all.
It’s no different than some company owning the trademark “RCA” and whoring it out to anyone willing to pay for it. RCA ceased to exist nearly 40 years ago, but you still see the trademark on things. It’s the same thing with MG.
There are NOT MGs.
Just like I wouldn’t touch a Chinese-made Buick, I wouldn’t have an MG now. I had a dream job when I was 18 (’72-’73). My father was the service manager for a dealership that did repairs for a small-time seller of muscle/sports cars. Part of my job was shuttling them back and forth. There were Chevelle 396’s, Olds 442’s, a Judge, too. The scariest was a Firebird with a 455 V8. But the absolute most fun was an MGB, probably about 1970 vintage. I can’t comment on reliability. It was loud, rode rough, and had about a 1.8L 4 banger in it. It wouldn’t win any drag races, but I still wish I’d bought one.
British sports cars were built to handle narrow, twisty, British roads, and were never meant be used on American highways. I had half a dozen Triumphs in the ‘60s, iincluding three Spitfires. They were all fun to drive with outstanding handling and superb gearboxes, when they weren’t in the shop, which was often. The biggest problem was the rod bearings. At our highway speeds they just would not last.
Once had a 1978 MGB. Worst POS I have ever driven. Lucas parts is all I have to say.......
At 17 degrees and below, mine would never start without a battery jump.
“almost like new but dusty”
AKA “New old stock”.....glad your vintage European sports car is up and running.
Enjoy! đź‘Ť
I remember reading an article about a guy who had a old Triumph in Minnesota. He set his alarm at 2:30 am every morning so would get up and start the car going down on a hill, drive it a little bit to warm it up enough so it would start at 8:00. Then he went back to bed. One day he raised the trunk lid to fix a flat and a semi went by, and the wind tore off the trunk lid. He still had fond memories of the car.
Bound to have better electrics and build quality than when they were made by British Leyland.
My first car was a 1959 MGA 1600 MkII
Totally unreliable
Totally fun when it ran...
Good times
Lucas. Mastered the art of a simultaneous short and open circuit.
What did I do with that gadget I had to balance SU carbs?
what about triumph motorcycles?
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