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That was, roughly, also the 3 windshield-wiper period, IIRC.

I'll defer to you on that, as I'm no expert in MG's. Doing the clutch job on the MGB and hearing the horror stories from a friend who owned a Jag (the part needing replacement will inevitably require the removal of at least five perfectly good parts just to get to it) was more than enough to scare me away from British motocars for life.

I'm actually a 2002tii kinda guy...

[Gumlegs]

When I was in the Navy, I knew a guy who had a Jag and kept another car -- we called it his dinghy -- for when the Jag wasn't working, which was most of the time.

Ironically, when my wife and I owned the '68 MG, we also owned a '79 Ford Fairmont. The MG was the reliable car.