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stolizino Gary Kinslow
San Antonio, TX, USA   USA
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1969 MG MGB MkII "HRH Camille Of Marmite"
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crashbash david bash
Saint Charles, MO, USA   USA
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wish i had the cash even at that price! how much are healys going for now? hmmmm will look at it for you if need be. have owned 4 cs car is 1/4 mile from my daughters house dave bash

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69GT Robert Tyree
Murrieta, CA, USA   USA
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1969 MG MGB GT "The B"
1975 MG MGB "Tangerine Sky"
An LE spoiler, really?

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7mg2 Andrew Hardie
Calgary, AB, Canada   CAN
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1969 MG MGC GT "Mr "C"
1972 MG Midget MkIII
Yeah, they're pretty proud of it, but it is a very nice car. A better choice than the Primrose GT they were trying to peddle for ever on eBay IMHO.



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crashbash david bash
Saint Charles, MO, USA   USA
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yeah kinda sloppy looking dual exhaust loose seats, etc. spoiler does help at speed just customized by last owner not concours at concours price

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NO1MGC John Vevers
Helensville, New Zealand   NZL
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A nice car enhanced by Healey engine and 15 and a half inch wheels smiling smiley

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mgbanthony Platinum Member Anthony Henderson
Eastern Thousand Islands, ON, Canada   CAN
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1974 MG MGB
Nice car. Cs are apparently worth a little more than similar quality early Mk1 Bs, but apparently not much.smoking smiley

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Whimaway36 Bill Coon
Greensborough, vic, Australia   AUS
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Anthony

A top MG C is worth a lot more than a MK 1 MG B the two cars don't compare Bs lack torque and go, will be interesting to see what that car sells for.

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Bill

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Clemson, SC, USA   USA
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It looks far more correct than most. A few items I noticed:

Incorrect exhaust and front spoiler as mentioned earlier. I would also expect a better job on the seats for that kind of money, although it does have the correct one year only 1969 seats and tonneau cover. Unfortunately, the rare tonneau cover has two holes cut in it that shouldn't be there. Not sure what those "buttons" are below the holes. It is missing almost all the smog equipment. Jack should be painted black. The trunk should be body color and the ash tray base should be satin flat black. It looks like they were sprayed with bed liner. Not a fan of the British flags on the trim. I wonder if they are hiding a defect under one of them? The floor mats are a little different than the originals, although I have not seen reproductions that are identical to the originals. The radio center console looks reproduction without the original grain. The stitching on the steering wheel is incorrect. It appears to be an MGB wheel with an aftermarket leather cover. Some of the items under the hood are the incorrect color or finish.

Despite these relatively minor issues, it is a nice car. Not sure it is worth 33k. At that price point, you are getting into Porsche 911 (997), Ferrari 348 and C6 Corvette range.

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mowog2 Drew Hastings
Albion, Indiana, USA   USA
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Holes in tonneau cover should be there to allow fastening of the lap/shoulder harness to the body....buttons are the actual seat belt mounts which have plastic locking tabs on them. Good car with some previous owner personal modifications to his taste but would be interesting to see some "during restoration" pictures to know what was originally under that shiny paint to justify a price that high.

Drew

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FlashGumby Gold Member Scott McGrath
Boca Raton, Sunny South Florida, USA   USA
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1969 MG MGC "Madge"
Aside from the LE Spoiler (which looks far more "wrong" than I would have thought it would), I like it.

Hope they get a bidding war over it. It's been nice lately to read all of the "maybe the press was wrong back when" articles that seem to be popping up.

(In reality, the success of the factory Sebring cars and the fairly simple upgrades Downton did to greatly improve the factory C speaks volumes about how poorly run the Leyland operation was. Even if I'd known back when that the press was reviewing a poorly prepped example of a car that was being delivered to the consumer in a not-quite-finished state and that the press cars had underinflated tires I'd have wondered what mysterious snafus and gremlins awaited me (even with the Downton upgrades) and what kind of service I'd be getting. I'd have likely bought American. Kudos to original owners like Bruce for seeing the potential and bringing the Abingdon offering up to snuff.)

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4451 Paul Howard
PA, USA   USA
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1970 MG MGB
Zoom in on pix, no screws at bottom of wings, can't see "seam" where dog leg meets rocker?? Might be pretty rusty actually?

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mowog1 Gold Member Rick Ingram
Saint Joseph, IL, USA   USA
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I don't understand why it seems to be mandatory to pick apart any and all cars found for sale.

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In reply to # 2672026 by mowog2 Holes in tonneau cover should be there to allow fastening of the lap/shoulder harness to the body....buttons are the actual seat belt mounts which have plastic locking tabs on them. Good car with some previous owner personal modifications to his taste but would be interesting to see some "during restoration" pictures to know what was originally under that shiny paint to justify a price that high.

Drew

I stand corrected. I forgot about the seatbelt mounts.

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Clemson, SC, USA   USA
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In reply to # 2673041 by mowog1 I don't understand why it seems to be mandatory to pick apart any and all cars found for sale.

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If you ask an "outstanding" price, you open yourself up to criticism because the expectation would be equally high. Kind of like a basketball player who states "I am one of the 10 best players ever", He better have the stats to back it up.

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