Check out this ultra-smooth MGB Roadster as I sport up and down the rolling hills of Yorba Linda. This iconic classic has sold on Bring a Trailer: bringatrailer....
The center "console" is not original. About $185 for a piece of plastic from Moss. The the cost of the grille etc. Visor hardware, no visor. The tach is in the speedo hole and vice versa. Too much fuel gauge bounce, check the sending unit. Smiths tach.. electric.. Do you have the original 3 main or a 5 main. Headlight switch should be a toggle if you care about originality. Rear view mirror is a replacement Why do you flick the overdrive if you are not on a hiway or freeway? Does the car have a motor and front and rear bumpers? How about the boot? Single 12 volt battery and switched to negative ground or 2 6 volts and positive ground ? Oil cooler? Original front and rear bumpers?
A walk around may have been good before the drive? But she seems to go well. This early collectible MG is missing the centre moulding under the centre dash which usually has a lovely radio speaker grill...
Yeah, the speaker grille definitely ties in well with the rest of the car and they still do make spares of the part, which is good. I still use the mono speaker console for my factory radio. And surprisingly, it is very audible despite only being one speaker.
Very nice car. Definitely a sports car that was well known for its surprising speed and features despite it being a little car. I own a 66 MGB, only differences being it has a toggle headlight switch, is non-OD, has a factory radio, and is a brighter red. I'm wondering if this car has the 3-bearing engine instead of the 5-bearing, because around 1965, they changed the engine to a 5-bearing.
Easy: Is your tach cable driven ( cable trough dash to carb side of motor.) The change to electronic tach and 5 main was October 1964. Keep in mind back in those days cars were registered by the DMV on the sale date, not the manufacturing date. I prefer 3 mains.. I currently have a 1963. Sold my 64 3 years ago, and now looking for a 62. a 66 will be a 5 main if it is the original motor. Give me the motor=er number and I'll give you a correct date. Oh, and the on the tach it should show the manufacturer's name as JAEGER if cable driven, Smiths if electric. PS the second best years were 65,66,67.
Yep that's the optional O/D switch, which really does help in some cases as it can reduce engine wear, gearbox wear, and fuel consumption. You get around 29.5 MPG with O/D on at cruising highway speeds. They had this because it was the equivalent of a 'fifth gear'. Only downside is that they're rare in a Mk.1 and are more common in Mk.2 models.
The center "console" is not original. About $185 for a piece of plastic from Moss. The the cost of the grille etc.
Visor hardware, no visor.
The tach is in the speedo hole and vice versa.
Too much fuel gauge bounce, check the sending unit.
Smiths tach.. electric.. Do you have the original 3 main or a 5 main.
Headlight switch should be a toggle if you care about originality.
Rear view mirror is a replacement
Why do you flick the overdrive if you are not on a hiway or freeway?
Does the car have a motor and front and rear bumpers?
How about the boot?
Single 12 volt battery and switched to negative ground or 2 6 volts and positive ground ?
Oil cooler?
Original front and rear bumpers?
A walk around may have been good before the drive? But she seems to go well. This early collectible MG is missing the centre moulding under the centre dash which usually has a lovely radio speaker grill...
Yeah, the speaker grille definitely ties in well with the rest of the car and they still do make spares of the part, which is good. I still use the mono speaker console for my factory radio. And surprisingly, it is very audible despite only being one speaker.
Very nice car. Definitely a sports car that was well known for its surprising speed and features despite it being a little car. I own a 66 MGB, only differences being it has a toggle headlight switch, is non-OD, has a factory radio, and is a brighter red. I'm wondering if this car has the 3-bearing engine instead of the 5-bearing, because around 1965, they changed the engine to a 5-bearing.
Easy:
Is your tach cable driven ( cable trough dash to carb side of motor.) The change to electronic tach and 5 main was October 1964.
Keep in mind back in those days cars were registered by the DMV on the sale date, not the manufacturing date.
I prefer 3 mains.. I currently have a 1963. Sold my 64 3 years ago, and now looking for a 62.
a 66 will be a 5 main if it is the original motor.
Give me the motor=er number and I'll give you a correct date.
Oh, and the on the tach it should show the manufacturer's name as JAEGER if cable driven, Smiths if electric.
PS the second best years were 65,66,67.
What is the toggle switch on the left?
I think that is overdrive.
Yep that's the optional O/D switch, which really does help in some cases as it can reduce engine wear, gearbox wear, and fuel consumption. You get around 29.5 MPG with O/D on at cruising highway speeds. They had this because it was the equivalent of a 'fifth gear'. Only downside is that they're rare in a Mk.1 and are more common in Mk.2 models.
@@RaggedyAtom Not "rare" just fewer of them. It is not the equivalent of a 5th gear. A fifth gear will give you the usual .8 over.