Why Buy an MGB? | 5 Reasons in Less Than 5 Minutes

Why buy an MGB? We offer five reasons in less than five minutes on why you should consider purchasing this iconic British roadster.
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[@derekr1113]

1. You really learn about your car - as it is always breaking down and developing new faults 2. You can invest in the best oil - regularly as it drops so much 3. You become friends with the Evri man who delivers new cheap copy parts - that dont fit on a weekly basis 4. You gain massive value for money from your AA membership - also save fuel driving home by coming back on the back of a breakdown lorry 5. You polish, invest, cherish and love the car to find that the value will continue to reduce as petrol cars are phased out over 10 years

[@jeffhildreth9244]

An obvious non owner of an MGB. Ignorance and inability to work on and maintain your own car is evident here. Please list you experience with the MGB 1. Nonsense, one of the most reliable cars built 2. A fallacy.. My 1963 leaks a drop a week from the diff and sump plugs. A bit of Teflon tape on the threads and done. I'm not bothered. 3. Partially true, Moss has diminished in quality of parts and customer service and the prices have become intolerable given the increased cost and substandard quality.. ( Note the Repeated advertising in the video) Example MG Midget headlamp chrome surrounds, will NOT fit.. Design, Materials and workmanship is poor. Impossible to modify to make them work, Another Early MGB ( through 67) turn signal switches.. total garbage, 100% failure rate. Suggest ordering from Brown and Gammon is England, cheaper and better in all ways. Also consider BP North West. Also Moss's shipping very very very expensive and slow. Customer service forgetaboutit. Nothing like pre current regime. I have been dealing with Moss since 1964, what it has become is a mystery why they are still in business. " That don't fit on a weekly basis.. do they fit in a daily or monthly basis ?" Literacy counts toward credibility. 4. Intelligent owners use Haggerty or other specialist insurers, cheap and outstanding service. My annual insurance is about $215 US and covers everything and anything including your own blunders. 5. " petrol cars are phased out over 10 years"... That would be true of all cars if it happens , not just MG

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

You don't sound like someone who owns one; with a few basic skills and tools a car that is preventatively maintained will give you fairly trouble free enjoyment. A lot of the pleasure and satisfaction from owning an old car is the engagement, the getting to know how it works, how to keep improving it and recognising the difference of driving at 50 mph that feels like 80 versus doing 80 that feels like 50 in a modern car, albeit with none of the senses being stimulated.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@malcolmlane-ley2044 Are you addressing me or the ignorant fool who made this video ?

[@Glenn-bi1od]

I loved my 73....still remember the day i bought it... Tahitian blue with a tan/buckskin interior....I was 20 and it was love at first sight. It didn't always love me back... seriously hate Lucas and I used to pine for a 5th gear....still, on a twisty country road it was the most fun you could have with your cloths still on.

[@steves.922]

Loved my 1974 MGB-GT back in the day. Had the optional electric overdrive which was great on the interstate.

[@Chaser2]

Low 20s for a rubber bumper MG? Naaa. I’m thinking that would have to be a full on restoration. Otherwise I think it would be between 5 and 8k

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Not fair posting facts. To add:; the RBBs are NOT "classics"

[@samuelwahls8315]

He did say in concours condition

[@davewolf7510]

Man this is when I wish the Japanese offered nice reliable little crate engines for smaller vehicles. The old 1.6L from a late 90’s Civic Si with the same 5 speed would be a blast in such a flyweight little car

[@jeffhildreth9244]

A waste of a gear box. Getan MG Laycock de Normanville O'drive.

[@MichaelOlivera-pn9sb]

Parents while growing up had a MGA... For a short period of time..

[@Peter-wc4kr]

Can you convert the rubber bumpers to chrome bumpers?

[@malcolmlane-ley2044]

Yes

[@MGB-learning]

I like MGBs so much that I own 6 of them. 5 are fully restored with the 6 in the works.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

What years and configuration?

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Describe "fully". Thanks and congrats.

[@dogtownfiddler5903]

I have two 67 mgb😢 they handle like waffle house gravy but I wouldn't trade em for the world ll

[@jeffhildreth9244]

Consider shocks, poly bushings front and rear.and a 3/4 anti roll bar instead of the factory 5/8ths or 9/16ths. Makes a huge difference. Also consider shimming your steering box and 85-90 gear oil NEVER grease. Also check the king pins.. if needed lots of money and time.

[@matteresfinchese1337]

White Margaret Gonzalez Brenda Perez Scott

[@jeffhildreth9244]

1. "most certainly a shop in any town that can keep one on the road" Complete rubbish. In my town of 120,000 there are perhaps 3 professional shops that could work on an MGB.and none can overhaul Sus, Gearboxes etc. There are a half dozen more with experience and skill who will not work on other's cars.. such as me. I did it long enough starting in 1964 I have no interest except for myself , a few close friends who own MGBs and our local Brit car club members. Independent shops are the main reason many MGBs need attention. Most are arrogant, clueless butchers. 2. " super charger kit from Moss motors" $5000 dollars. Absolutely unnecessary and a waste of money for the vast majority. For that price you could have the engine refurbished and slip in a hotter cam and have the head ported install a TT exhaust, and have a hot street machine. 3. "5 speed conversion" Another $5000.. not worth it. Install and overdrive gear box. The car was not designed for 5 speed.. Lots of work and not worth it. Just did that for my friends hopped up 71 Midget. A colossal waste of time and money. And the amount of fabrication to make it fit is a nightmare. 4. " a a rubber bumper car in concours condition in low twenties" Two points here. 1 finding or making an RBB to Concours is patently absurd. What a waste of time and money. Fools don't buy RBB cars with an expectation of improvement without massive sums of money and thousands of hours of work. THE RBB is a hole in the garage where your money goes. I have no problem with the looks of the hideous bumpers.. but the low 60s Horse power and all the smog devices and that stupid carburettor .. and there's more. 2 inches higher off the ground, more weight and more. $40 Grand no way ho zay. They were built form June of 74 to the 80s. Don't buy one , if you must they are less than half the price of a chrome bumper car.. which brings up converting the RBB to chrome. Over $2500 and lots of them and fiddling. And the Carb.. it really needs tossing all the smog bits and installing a proper set of SUs.. another $2K plus. Prohibitive. chrome bumper car made from 1960 to 1974 June can go for about double that. for a driver quality car can go for a bit less. 5. Your pricing is unfounded.. , suggest doing some research. 6. "classic roadster", MGB never built a "roadster".. the MGB is a "TOURER" That is what MG called the MGB. By definition a roadster did NOT have roll up windows, they had no windows or side curtains such as the MGA, MG TF, MG TD and the MG TC and all the MGs prior, Bug Eye Sprites . Nowhere will you find in any MGB literature (factory) the word "ROADSTER" for the MGB. 7. The MGB was NOT "built from 1960 to 1980". The first MGBs were 1962 and around 5k of them They are some what rare.. the one to get would be one of the first 100 produced.. check the VIN tag they started with #100 not with #1. I have owned a few MGs since 1964, my first was a 1953, one of the 1700, competition MG TD Mk II models. I restored it as an 18 yr old. My own money and time and no assist. Currently own a 63 B, sold my 64 2 years ago. Now looking for a 62 and a 65-67 GT. I owned a 1969 MGC GT,, miss that car. Bought new while working for British Motors of Monterey (Calif) Mineral Blue, factory sunroof and a rare 4speed auto trans. BMC of Monterey was the official Rolls, Bentley, Jag, Aston Martin, MG, Healey, Morris, Lotus, Mini Cooper, Jensen, etc. 14 lines of cars 12 in the service Dept alone. All total I have owned 30 Brit cars including an SDI, 5 Land Rovers 58-74 (pre yuppie junk) a Rare one of 21 Fairthorpe Electron Climax, 6 Morris Minors 51 onward, 2 Morris Oxfords, 4 Thames vans, 58 Bugeye Sprite. 56 MGA which I restored and stuffed a 3 main MGB motor, an a few more.

[@PatriciaHarris-s8x]

Evangeline Estate

[@crispycade4444]

Funny enough all 5 apply to the Austin Healey Sprite and MG Midgets as well and IMO they look better

[@beegee22]

All 5? It looks like we missed the Sprite GT and the Midget GT. Do you have pictures? 🤔🤔

[@jeffhildreth9244]

@@beegee22 Maybe referring to the Ashley and the Sebring.

[@boomerang1125]

I have both a 1969 TR6 as well as a 1973 MGB in 'Black Tulip (aka: eggplant color) with an Ochre colored leather interior. The MGB rides smoothly and it is peppy. Added were a 5 speed Tremec transmission as well as an electronic starter. The TR6 runs extremely well too but it's more of a 'blokes' car. MGB's are more refined. The designs of both cars are flawless. The exude that British sports car charm.

[@jeffhildreth9244]

"electronic starter" Do you mean a hi torque starter.? As to the TR6.. the best I can say is "industrial". They are an engineering and material time bomb. I wanted one until I drove a few and worked on them. Clumsy and dangerous. The US version of the TR6 was around 110 HP the Brit version was 150 HP. Nice quote from the boys at Top Gear on "blokes" car.

[@AgnesCandice-s6h]

Feest Points

[@jeffhildreth9244]

That was enlightening.