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Old cars are shite.
« on: 31 July 2018, 18:06:07 »
I started a thread a while back about an MGBGT owned by an old friend of mine, and how best to sell it. He has decided to send it to auction and asked me to have a drive in it today to check everything is ok before it gets collected on Thursday.

I owned one of these briefly a long time ago, and didn't have fond memories of it, but 40 years on and taking into account the progress in the intervening years, I was shocked how awful it was.
As MGB,s go, this is as good as it gets, but I wouldn't want to drive it for any distance unless I was being well paid to do so.
The only way I can try and convey how awful it was, is to say that I got back into my sons 17 year old 1.2 Punto, and it was immediately obvious that it is an immeasurably better car in any way you care to think of.
This is the actual car.
https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-25th-august-2018/1972-mgb-gt/
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #1 on: 31 July 2018, 18:18:37 »
I bet its better in almost every way than a 2002 Pauxhall Zafira diesel ;)
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« Reply #2 on: 31 July 2018, 18:36:55 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 31 July 2018, 18:18:37
I bet its better in almost every way than a 2002 Pauxhall Zafira diesel ;)

Pauxhall,I've not come across one of those yet  ;D
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #3 on: 31 July 2018, 19:15:22 »
Quote from: Migv6 on 31 July 2018, 18:06:07
I started a thread a while back about an MGBGT owned by an old friend of mine, and how best to sell it. He has decided to send it to auction and asked me to have a drive in it today to check everything is ok before it gets collected on Thursday.

I owned one of these briefly a long time ago, and didn't have fond memories of it, but 40 years on and taking into account the progress in the intervening years, I was shocked how awful it was.
As MGB,s go, this is as good as it gets, but I wouldn't want to drive it for any distance unless I was being well paid to do so.
The only way I can try and convey how awful it was, is to say that I got back into my sons 17 year old 1.2 Punto, and it was immediately obvious that it is an immeasurably better car in any way you care to think of.
This is the actual car.
https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-25th-august-2018/1972-mgb-gt/

Be nice.....call it character.

If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #4 on: 31 July 2018, 21:25:27 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 July 2018, 19:15:22

If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.

Wash your mouth out with soap and water M'lud!  :o

The Morris Marina 1800TC was a fine motor car, especially in coupe guise!  :y.     ;D
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #5 on: 01 August 2018, 00:03:20 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 July 2018, 19:15:22
If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.

Yep. Make a "sports car" but use a gutless old boat anchor of a tractor engine because that's what's in the parts bin. ::)
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #6 on: 01 August 2018, 07:05:51 »
 And add in Morris Minor style suspension

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« Reply #7 on: 01 August 2018, 08:31:16 »
Had a Marina 1.8 TC Jubilee back in the seventies, thought it was great back then, had a nice exhaust note, even put 100+ chrome wheels on it real "Jack the lad" 😎
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #8 on: 01 August 2018, 10:30:52 »
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 31 July 2018, 21:25:27
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 July 2018, 19:15:22

If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.

Wash your mouth out with soap and water M'lud!  :o

The Morris Marina 1800TC was a fine motor car, especially in coupe guise!  :y.     ;D


Yes......a Marina coupe was a sure way to loosen the knicker elastic of a scrumpy intoxicated 'darzett' farm girl back in the day. :)
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #9 on: 01 August 2018, 11:04:58 »
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 01 August 2018, 10:30:52
Quote from: Sir Tigger QC on 31 July 2018, 21:25:27
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 July 2018, 19:15:22

If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.

Wash your mouth out with soap and water M'lud!  :o

The Morris Marina 1800TC was a fine motor car, especially in coupe guise!  :y .     ;D


Yes......a Marina coupe was a sure way to loosen the knicker elastic of a scrumpy intoxicated 'darzett' farm girl back in the day. :)


Yes, she would probably want to take them off after pissing herself laughing.


And I'm a serial crap car owner, which has proved to be a very effective contraceptive....
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #10 on: 01 August 2018, 12:06:45 »
Quote from: Nick W on 01 August 2018, 11:04:58

And I'm a serial crap car owner, which has proved to be a very effective contraceptive....

Yep, you can spend an awful lot on welding before you get near the savings earned by a 100% effective contraceptive. :y
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Re: Old cars are shite.
« Reply #11 on: 02 August 2018, 01:34:01 »
It`s a good thing that there is a forum for old shite then

 http://autoshite.com/forum/3-autoshite/

I think they have a get together once a year of unexceptional shite, in a big field somewhere  :-\ 

 
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« Reply #12 on: 02 August 2018, 02:14:21 »
Quote from: Kevin Wood on 01 August 2018, 00:03:20
Quote from: Field Marshal Dr. Opti on 31 July 2018, 19:15:22
If memory serves it has the same wheezy 1.8 litre engine than went into the woeful 1.8TC Marina.

Yep. Make a "sports car" but use a gutless old boat anchor of a tractor engine because that's what's in the parts bin. ::)

BL actually spent money on developing the B series & was it the O or S series  engine  :-\
Anyway they put that engine in the ITAL 1.7 & later  as a 2 ltr in the Monstro cars ::)
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« Reply #13 on: 02 August 2018, 07:40:32 »
2.0 Montenogo's, orible things.

You have to remember that the MGB was utter shite when new and age wont have improved it
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« Reply #14 on: 02 August 2018, 08:06:39 »
Hugely popular in their time and still hugely popular now.Still no accounting for taste I suppose :D
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