November 19 2008
Promising: 1965 MGB Roadster Works replica
Update 29/11: The MG has been relisted. Links updated.
In every roadtest the MGB Roadster features, the car comes out as rather boring and underpowered. These cars scream for upgrading, in our opinion. For us, the V8 engine swaps and rally (replica) versions are the ones to go for and we were well chuffed when we first set our eyes on the little thumbnail of this particular car on German ebay.
This car is an ex-UK car that was shipped to America some years ago and made its way back east to Germany. The seller mentions MG Motorsport and it makes us wonder if the MG dealer/tuner had any involvement in the building. There is a picture in the auction where it shows the original British registration R7DBL and of course the cars with rego 6DBL, 7DBL and 8DBL were well-known racing cars. Nice touch. We wonder if the registration would still be available if the car got re-registered in the UK.
The car oozes with patina and we’re glad that the works tributes are not just showing in the cosmetics department. It has been fitted with a limited slip differential and panhard rods at the back. The brakes have been overhauled. The 1800cc engine is a later B type with five bearings and has a four-gear transmission, with no overdrive unfortunately. It all remains a bit vague what engine mods exactly have been done though. The car sits on Competition knock-off wire wheels.
The Roadster also comes with a brand new white hardtop with air vent on top. It is for sale out of Munich in Germany and as mentioned before is being auctioned on ebay Germany.
