1968 MG B GT - Only 41000 miles - for auction

This car is in auction on The Market website. The auction ends on 10 October. Price is an estimate.

This MGB GT has an interesting history in that it was used as a teaching aid at Crawley Technical College for a number of years. Students there would carry out oil and filter changes on it and strip and rebuild the braking system, giving them invaluable experience before they were unleashed on customers’ cars in the real world. The vendor believes it was then given to one of the lecturers when he retired, who then used his considerable skills to restore the car in the nineties.

The vendor has now had the car for almost three years, and is only selling it because his business needs a four-wheel-drive pickup; the MGB GT might be one of the most versatile classic cars in the world, but even it can’t compete with a Toyota Hilux’s load-lugging and off-road ability…

The older respray is holding up very well indeed. It was obviously done to a very high standard as the paintwork is still glossy and free of defects. Yes, it’s picked up the odd stonechip and small mark here and there but it’s a solid job still and easily good enough for you to enter the MGB into your local car show.

We’d guess that some work went into preparing the car at the same time; the panel gaps are very good, being tighter and more even than some we’ve seen on similar cars, and that sort of thing doesn’t come about without the expenditure of a lot of time and trouble.

The chromework is generally good. While some of the brightwork, most notably the badges, appears to be original, we’d bet that a lot of it was new when the car was re-assembled following its respray all those years ago. Some bits are slightly tarnished, and those that can’t be refurbished with a dollop of Autosol and a healthy dose elbow polish could be replaced when time and funds allow.

The folding black Britax sunroof looks to be almost new too. It furls and unfurls easily, and is tight and weatherproof when it is closed. The white headlining is in good condition and is free of rips, tears and scuffs. There is a small mark towards the rear but that doesn’t look serious.

The underside appears to be solid and protected with a neatly applied coat of underseal. The boot floor is clean and solid underneath the carpet and spare wheel cover.

The wire wheels are not in the first flush of youth, but they’re still presentable and run true. They are all fitted, including the spare, with matching Pirelli Cinturato tyres and the correct inner tubes by a specialist in Harrogate around a thousand miles ago. You’ll know by now of our fetish for matching tyres on a car. We think this is a just one of a number of things that point to a fastidious owner who is unlikely to skimp on the small stuff when it comes to maintaining their car.

There is some peeling of the paint underneath the rear valance due to light surface rust and this will need catching before it turns into something more serious, as will the small blemishes at the nearside and offside base of the windscreen and front wing join.

The rest of the bodywork could be left as it is, although a demanding owner might want to machine polish the car to get rid of the swirl marks.

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The vehicle can be viewed with us in Abingdon, South Oxfordshire.

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