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10 Feb 2011, 10:18
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MGB shell anyone?
Overheard a conversation between a pair of old MG geezers here, and one has an MGB that he is dismantling. The chassis is MOT'd, but his son wants the engine out of it. 1979 BGT. From the sound of it, it's prepped for spraying, but now has lost out to a new toy...
I don't know price, but I'm happy to pass on details if folks wanted to talk to him?
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11 Feb 2011, 21:25
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Chum of mine recently sold a 1972 rubber bumper BGT for 2 pints. It had been in his barn since the head gasket went 10 years ago . The buyer, another chum, reckons he was ripped off.
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11 Feb 2011, 23:58
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Originally Posted by Colin McKay
Chum of mine recently sold a 1972 rubber bumper BGT for 2 pints. It had been in his barn since the head gasket went 10 years ago . The buyer, another chum, reckons he was ripped off.
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the other chum's probably right - if it was a '72 rubber bumper car then it was a ringer as the r/b first came out in '75 
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12 Feb 2011, 00:31
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I know where there is a rare wire wheeled BGT automatic that can be bought for silly cheap money at this moment
The guy in the workshop next to me has a 63 roadster on a rollover stand fitting almost all the new panels you can buy. He is well aware that he can buy one "ready to go" for less money but he just loves doing it !!!
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12 Feb 2011, 06:31
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Obviously doesn't believe in the 'continuation' approach Gordon.
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12 Feb 2011, 07:34
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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
The guy in the workshop next to me has a 63 roadster on a rollover stand fitting almost all the new panels you can buy. He is well aware that he can buy one "ready to go" for less money but he just loves doing it !!!
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Good for him, I like his style! 
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12 Feb 2011, 13:17
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Originally Posted by GORDON STREETER
I know where there is a rare wire wheeled BGT automatic that can be bought for silly cheap money at this moment
The guy in the workshop next to me has a 63 roadster on a rollover stand fitting almost all the new panels you can buy. He is well aware that he can buy one "ready to go" for less money but he just loves doing it !!!
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I keep falling over BGT automatics, everyone tells me how rare and desirable they are but they never sell - 1800cc automatic in the 70s was always too small IMO, couldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding. Rarer perhaps with wires, but that's personal preference. I'd rather have Rostyles, they take less looking after.
Yeah the MGB is so popular for home resto...I think it's because so much is available, and it's agricultural engineering. Easy to chase down fauts, easy to fix, just an ideal toy car 
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12 Feb 2011, 13:24
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I'd rather have Rostyles, they take less looking after.
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Before or after they have cracked up? 
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12 Feb 2011, 17:12
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Before or after they have cracked up? |
Flipping heck Tel "your in the lead"  BTW thanks for voting for me mate!!!!!!!!
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12 Feb 2011, 17:50
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Obviously doesn't believe in the 'continuation' approach Gordon.
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He brought it as a basket case (well tea chests) somebody had stripped it 30 years ago intending to restore it , the body was left in a garden and it looked like a sieve after it was blasted. At least they had bolted a couple of bits of angle iron across the door apertures !
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12 Feb 2011, 22:37
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the other chum's probably right - if it was a '72 rubber bumper car then it was a ringer as the r/b first came out in '75 |
Had to check, you're right, chrome bumpers. Sort of.
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14 Feb 2011, 12:58
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I take it it's worth nowt, then?
How hard would it be to stick a V8 in there?
I presume not TOO hard? I have a 15 year old who wants a 'project'...
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14 Feb 2011, 13:40
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Quote:
Originally Posted by midgetman
Yeah the MGB is so popular for home resto...I think it's because so much is available, and it's agricultural engineering. Easy to chase down fauts, easy to fix, just an ideal toy car |
Having bought one last year (as my first resto attempt) I don't know if I feel reassured or insulted!
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14 Feb 2011, 14:27
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Originally Posted by Tim the Grey
I take it it's worth nowt, then?
How hard would it be to stick a V8 in there?
I presume not TOO hard? I have a 15 year old who wants a 'project'...
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ideally you start with a rubber bumper shell for a V8 conversion as the tunnel pressings were altered to accomodate it. With the chrome bumper shell you need to do some relieving with a BFH.
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14 Feb 2011, 14:34
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MGDavid
ideally you start with a rubber bumper shell for a V8 conversion as the tunnel pressings were altered to accomodate it. With the chrome bumper shell you need to do some relieving with a BFH.
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And maybe a few incisions with a BFC.
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