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£3,200 - £3,600
1973 MGB GT, 1798cc. Registration number HAX 763L. Chassis number GHD5 305503G. Engine number Ivor Searle RS 47257 (incorrect on the V5C).
Sold with the V5C, keys, history folder, photographic restoration folder.
Outstandingly successful despite, or perhaps because of, its relative simplicity, the perennially popular MGB remained in production for 18 years while rivals came and went. Conceived in the late 1950s and launched in 1962, the MGB was mechanically similar to the preceding MGA, though with unitary-construction bodyshell instead of its forebear’s separate chassis. To compensate for the newcomer’s increased weight, the existing four-cylinder B-Series engine was stretched to 1,798cc while the MGB’s aerodynamically efficient lines made the most of the 95bhp available to achieve a top speed which just bested the magic ‘ton’. A ‘right first time’ design that changed little over the years, the MGB had enjoyed sales totalling in excess of 500,000 cars by the time production ceased in 1980.
HAX was comprehensively restored in ???? with new panels, including floors, sills, inner wing panels and outer wings. The engine has been replaced with an Ivor Searle unleaded example.
Our vendor has enjoyed his time with the car but now finds it a tad tricky getting in or out.
Fees apply to the hammer price:
Room and Absentee Bids:
15% inc VAT*
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18.6% inc VAT*
