So I recently found out my school's auto shop class lets you restore your own car....

"therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)" (therevengeofthesaab)
10/18/2016 at 18:10 • Filed to: None

I will now spend the next 7 hours looking at non-running MGB GTs around the internet for next year’s class. I guess I could also get a Classic Mini, although those might be more expensive.

DISCUSSION (14)

CaptDale - is secretly British > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 18:12

LUCKY!! I have a ‘69 Sprite MKIV sitting in my storage unit because I have nowhere to finish its restoration.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 18:51

I’ve always much preferred the GT to the converts!

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 19:56

If one had to do something old, British, a coupe, and more far affordable than an E-type, might I suggest a Triumph GT6 for consideration? At GT6 is superior to an MBG in every way, can still be found as a project affordably, and not every wanker in the local British car club has one.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1973-Triumph-Other-GT6-/232113272512

therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now) > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/18/2016 at 20:17

Interesting, will consider....

deekster_caddy > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 20:27

Here you go!!

https://m.facebook.com/yellowmgb/

Done at a voc tech school near me during evening adult ed classes!

Also, my first car was a ‘72 MGB GT, so I highly approve of your lead pic!

deekster_caddy > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/18/2016 at 20:30

Wow, superior in every way is quite a claim. Having owned a couple of MGs, they are pretty unique, it would take a lot of convincing for me to believe you. Yes I know the TR6 had a bigger engine, but still... the MGB is iconic for a reason...

AntiSpeed > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 20:37

+1 for the GT6, especially if you find an MK1. They look like the teenage son of an Aston Martin and an E-Type Jag.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 20:38

Kinja'd!!!

TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/18/2016 at 23:21

What kind of school? High school? College? Either way I’m moving to where you are cause I don’t think anything like that exists here in Cali.

tacogx > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
10/19/2016 at 00:23

MBN to have an autoshop class at your school

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > deekster_caddy
10/19/2016 at 10:57

An E-type is iconic. A Morgan is iconic, too. My experience was that MGBs are only iconic to the people who owned them. I learned to wrench from a guy who was an old British car mechanic. My beef with the MGB is that it would’ve been a fantastic 50's British sports car. The problem is that they built them in 60's and 70's, and they actually got worse as the model carried on. I love me a midget, and I respect the MGA (especially in twin-cam form). The MGB was like “awe, what the hell happened guys?”

The GT6 at least made nice sounds from that 6 as it accelerates slower than probably any new car sold in the US today. They look sexy, they make nice sounds, and they are properly fun on a twisty road. The GT6 got better as it carried on, and they sorted out the weird, but very fun, handling of the early cars. The GT6 even had a 12-volt negative earth electrical system.

While I’ll always lust for an E-type (and if you have the means, I highly recommend it), and even an XK120/140/150, my British car sensibilities really lie in Lotus. Give me an Elan, please. In fact, I’ll take two. I’ll even take the fun that is the funky looking Europa, and I would certainly take a Cortina.

deekster_caddy > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com
10/19/2016 at 12:22

I suppose what is iconic about them is how many people they reached in the US when the rest of the US market was moving quickly towards malaise sedans. I had a ‘72 MGB GT as my first car, it was a complete POS but I loved driving it.

The platform clearly became long in the tooth and MG’s lack of real updates ended up being the demise of MG, but that’s for a different discussion.

therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now) > TheBimmerGuyWhoNowOwnsAChevy
10/19/2016 at 17:38

Better start applying for a Canadian citizenship ;)

Svend > therevengeofthesaab (really likes pre-2005 hondas right now)
12/26/2016 at 04:13

How about an MGB but with some modern twist.

Like the MGB Sebring here, it’s a 1971 MGB with a Ford 302 V8 engine.

Kinja'd!!!

MGB GT Sebring V8.(yes, I believe the bonnet is off an MGC)

Kinja'd!!!