Description
This is lot number 502 in the Bonhams Beaulieu Sale on September 14th, please see the Bonhams website for full details.
Only four previous owners
Present ownership since 1990
Restored in 1990
Original interior
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. Attractively styled, cheap to run and easily maintained by the home mechanic, the 'B' carried on MG's traditional role of providing affordable, sports car motoring for the ordinary enthusiast.
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. Its popularity undiminished today, the classic MGB is one of the easiest sports cars of its era to run and maintain in the 21st Century, being served by a worldwide industry of spare parts and services providers.
Finished in black with red leather interior, this MGB Roadster has had four previous owners and was restored by the current vendor in 1990, the works including a new hood, new wire wheels and body refurbishment. Our vendor describes the car's condition as generally good: the interior leather remaining original and the engine in very good working order for its age and mileage. (It should be noted that the speedometer has ben changed and that the current mileage total is 2, 554.) The car is offered with a handbook, V5C document, and MoT to 14th June 2025.
