2 More MGBs....

[Firm]

I swear, I wasn't looking...I am a member of a local British Car Club and a lady reached out to our Facebook group about her late father's MGBs. Apparently he was a pretty active member and die-hard MGB guy, but fell ill in 2024 and the cars hadn't moved since. Info was spotty, the lady only had one awful photo, so most people passed. I decided to check them out and found to really nice cars, and secured them for a really, really good price.

The beige one is a 1974, the last of the chrome bumper cars, and looks like it was restored somewhat recently...Fresh (and really nice) "harvest gold" paint, brand new carpet and interior panels, engine bay has been painted and detailed with some chrome accessories. It's damn close to pristine, just dirty. This car was apparently his driver and he drove it up until he got sick.

The white one is a 1976, which started life as a rubber bumper car. It was converted to chrome bumpers at some point, and apparently had been sitting for a few years before he got sick even. Decent paint, no rust, lots of nice performance upgrades, but it looks like it got hit in the left rear, not a big hit, but enough to tweak the bumper and push it into the rear quarter panel.

Both cars have just about every aftermarket accessory type add-on available for these, and lots of new parts...Like most wear items are brand new. I get the sense that this guy just liked tinkering and bolting on shiny new parts.

Today I closed the deal on them and then spent about an hour getting the beige one running. It was leaking fuel at the fuel pump, and the fuel line to the carbs was disconnected/broken. I borrowed a fitting for the fuel pump from the white car and installed it - a pain in the butt laying on a dirty garage floor with my family, and the seller's family, standing around waiting in 97F heat...but got it done, got the front fuel line replaced, and it fired right up and runs great!

Pushed the white one outside and used AAA to get it towed home, while I drove the beige one home...About 20 miles, car ran great all the way home.

I think I got some mild heat stroke after working in the heat, and then driving back with the top down and black interior. So I didn't touch them at all after getting home. Suppose to be stormy tomorrow, but if I get a chance I'll dig in a little more. I'd like to get the white run up and running - it looks complete, so it should run once I put a battery in it and replace that fuel pump fitting.

[Tortoise]

Damn, that's quite the score! Seems like a case of "I'd be stupid not to".

Will you end up keeping both?