Original MGB Prices

Someone asked on the MGOC forum for the original MGB prices so I thought I'd put this information on my blog for all to see. Dad had a book called M.G. MGB and MGB GT from 1962, published by P. Olyslager Motor Manuals as book 72. It is part of a Sunday Times series. The...

First Drive

So back to the back story. Early April 2012 - time for my first drive in the MGB! Went back to the garage with the family, including my mother to collect the car. And now it looked great. Newly re-chromed bumpers back on and ready to go. And what a drive home - a great...

Things start happening

In late 2011, I finally decided it was time to get the car back on the road. So with the help of a flat bed, she was taken to LMG Kent Ltd. to let Stuart and Russell have look over her and tell me what needed doing to pass an MOT. I had mixed feelings...

Background

So a bit more background on the car. She rolled of the production line on 12 April 1966 and pretty much straight into my father's ownership. British Racing Green bodywork, with black interior trim and a grey hood - standard at the time. She came with wire wheels, heater, foldaway hood (grey frame) and overdrive as...

Introducing the project

This blog is going to cover the trials and successes of bringing my father's 1966 MGB Roadster back into use after a lay up of around 35+ years! He bought the car from new in 1966, and used it for around 9 years until my brother was born. Then the practicalities of needing a car...