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[STEMO]

These old fords seem to be fetching a bob or two

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/cars/article-10852779/The-Holy-Grail-Ford-Capris-sell-record-60k-auction.html

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

A mediocre car 40 years ago, is an even more mediocre car today.
But fools and their money........

[STEMO]

A mediocre car 40 years ago, is an even more mediocre car today.
But fools and their money........

That's the name of the game. One fool buys it and, immediately, it goes up in value. He sells it for more to another fool and so on. Unfortunately, someone is left holding it when the music stops.

[GastronomicKleptomaniac]

You'd have to be mad... But then if I had the disposable income...

[countrywoman]

Wish I had my very early MK 1 3L GTXLR in Monza blue , saying that when I sold it it paid for my 71 340 RT Dodge Challenger  in 1980 . Now thats a car I wish I still had .

[Stu.C]

Well, it's not really a car - it's more just a car shaped ornament - when you get to that end of the market.


You see them everywhere - thousands spent on 'nut & bolt' restorations, with panels & paint more perfect than they left the production line, a grand spent in the blink of an eye for the exact right original ashtray, engine polished and tuned to buggery, then kept in a cocoon and never driven for fear of it getting dirty or devalued. I find them tediously dull... 

[Rangie]

My mate spent £28,000 buying a MGB GT V8 & importing it from New Zealand & is now spending upwards of £25,000 having it completely stripped down & rebuilt , utter waste of money in my opinion for a car which stays in the garage for around 350 days of the year & will no longer be "original". I will admit that the engine sounds beautiful but after a ride in it you appreciate how much vehicles have improved since 1974.

[Andy B]

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 I will admit that the engine sounds beautiful but after a ride in it you appreciate how much vehicles have improved since 1974.

The only time I've been in one was driving a a lowly 1800(?) GT in the early 80s .....it wasn't the best even back then 

[Nick W]

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 I will admit that the engine sounds beautiful but after a ride in it you appreciate how much vehicles have improved since 1974.

The only time I've been in one was driving a a lowly 1800(?) GT in the early 80s .....it wasn't the best even back then 

The MGB was hardly state of the art when it was launched in 1962. All of the major mechanical parts were already 'well proven' in lots of everyday cars.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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 I will admit that the engine sounds beautiful but after a ride in it you appreciate how much vehicles have improved since 1974.

The only time I've been in one was driving a a lowly 1800(?) GT in the early 80s .....it wasn't the best even back then 

The MGB was introduced in 1962 and wasn't cutting edge even back then when dinosaurs still roamed the Earth.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

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 I will admit that the engine sounds beautiful but after a ride in it you appreciate how much vehicles have improved since 1974.

The only time I've been in one was driving a a lowly 1800(?) GT in the early 80s .....it wasn't the best even back then 

The MGB was hardly state of the art when it was launched in 1962. All of the major mechanical parts were already 'well proven' in lots of everyday cars.

I just said this but not quite as quickly....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Anyway...I'd prefer an MGC even if it turned out to be utter shite.

[Keith ABS]

 MGB,s are just really Austin Cambridge convertables
Mate used to be a vehicle restorer.
The customers would come in with this rusty pile and say "I want it restored back to factory"
I said,"if they want it back to factory, they would never accept it" Doors would not fit, panel gaps all over the place, very poor paint finish with runs, pinholes and barely and coverage in places. Then you had bits that didnt work, all on factory fresh BL products. They were some of the worse. Suppose thats what comes of factorys that would go on strike at the drop of the hat.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I drove an MGBGT about five years ago, It had been completely rebuilt by the owners club workshop and had several mods to make it more acceptable to drive in modern traffic.
It was a pile of utter shite.
I would rather drive my sons 21 year old 1.2 Punto any day of the week. 

[countrywoman]

Your all soft!!! We had a race prepped (it had  raced in touring car championship in the 60s) MGB roadster that we serviced and that went like dung of a shovel, bitch to start on a single Webber  40 though but okay once you had the technique. Have driven/worked on a BGT V8 , okay for what it is.