1973 MGB GT, 1798cc. Registration number DFM 94L. Chassis nu...

Hammer

£1,600

1973 MGB GT, 1798cc. Registration number DFM 94L. Chassis number GHD5 316684 G. Engine number BHM 1111ES 59278.
Sold with the V5C.
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.
DFM was first registered in Chester on the 6th April 1973. It has has a Gold Seal engine fitted at some point. In about 2005 it was taken off the road and placed into dry storage and has recently been recommissioned, this has included oil and filter changes, a coolant flush with new water pump and thermostat and pipes. It now runs well but would benefit from a carb tune.