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Q & A: Buying an MG!

Tuesday January 03rd, 2006
Q & A, MGA, MGB, MGC, MG T-Type, Midget
john:

great tech tips on the namgbr website. i got some pointers from your articles particularly the preference for an overdrive, su carbs, compression variance, rear end noises etc. i'm looking to buy my first mgb roadster. i've loved their look since i was a teen, 1/2 a life ago and finally, i think it's time. tell me something please, what would be your ideal purchase (year, options etc.)? if that ends up being incredibly rare or correspondingly expensive, would you mind listing a few others and perhaps some to avoid or some tell tale signs of a tight car?

how's the power in an mgb? i'm not expecting much but assume that as the production years passed, some improvements were made. i live near the rockies in the midst of some very mountainous highways, will an mgb overheat or take forever on a 10 mile mountain pass?

thanks in advance,

jeff
Jeff!

Look at six before you buy one!

My favorites? The "end" of each style: 66/67 which was as nice as the early MGBs became; 73/74 which was as nice as the chrome bumper MGBs got; 77-80 which are the ... read more