Description
Tartan Red with Black trim piped Red, This desirable RHD home market early three-bearing crank pull door handle MGB was originally built at Abingdon on the 24th September and despatched to the Surrey MG Dealer Haslemere Motor Company Ltd of Guildford, Registered on the 7th October 1964 with the Surrey registration number EPE 17B, Supplied with the factory options of Front anti-roll bar, Smiths heater, BMC radio, Ashtray, Tonneau cover and Wire wheels, Complete with Spare wheel, Tonneau bars & Jack, A photographic 4, 000 hour nut & bolt restoration by concours guru Derek Mayor was carried out in late 1980’s and subsequently EPE 17B dominated the concours circuit through the 1990’s with awards for Benson and Hedges International Masterclass Champion, Autogylm Concours 1st Gold Class, Autogylm Concours Regional Winner, MG Owners Club National Master Class Winner, MG Owners Club Premier Class Winner, MG Day Best Chrome Bumper MGB, MG Car Club Class winner, Brooklands Spring Gathering Best MGB, MG Car Club Best MG, MG Owners Club 1st Concours – MGB Chrome, The Queen Victoria Concours MG Car Club Post 1960Car of the Show, MG Owners Club 1st Premier Class Winner, MG Car Club The McMullen Cup & Award for best Classic, MGCC Best MGB, MGCC International Silverstone 1st Premier Concours, MGOC Premier Concours, MGCC Queen Victoria Concours 1st Premier Concours & McMullen Cup plus Award for best MGB to name a few ! The restoration was so accurate and detailed the car was used as THE reference car for the book 'Original MGB with MGC and MGB GT V8:The Restorer's Guide to all Roadster and GT Models 1962-80’ by Anders Ditlev Clausager, widely regarded as the go-to reference book for restorers; and indeed it graces the cover of that book and indeed on the front cover of ‘Haynes MGB Restoration Manual’, Also featured in MG Enthusiasts Magazine, EPB 17B also took part on the MGB50 Celebrations at Blenheim Palace, Complete with an impressive provenance file including a photo album covering the car's restoration and subsequent concours shows, with a list of its impressive prize haul, DVLA ownership records, Service/ parts Invoices, Old MOT’s, A copy of the British Motor Industry Heritage trust Certificate, Various Books and Magazines featuring EPE 17B and remarkably, it even comes with a boxed Corgi model of this very MGB (Corgi 95103; MGB Roadster, 1:18 Scale; Tartan Red, Release date: 1995)... and Yes, you’ve guessed it, it’s wearing the famous ‘EPE 17B’ registration plate ! Famously known in MG circles and regarded to be one of the very best and correct MGB Roadsters, A very special ‘B’ indeed.
