• Hi Guest!
    You can help ensure that British Car Forum (BCF) continues to provide a great place to engage in the British car hobby! If you find BCF a beneficial community, please consider supporting our efforts with a subscription.
    There are some perks with a member upgrade!
    **Upgrade Now**
    (PS: Subscribers don't see this gawd-aweful banner
Tips
Tips

MGB, LBC graveyard & an extra

Share this page

JPSmit

JPSmit

Moderator
Staff member
Silver
Country flag
Online
as preaching north of Toronto today. One of the parishioners drove his MGB. Number 65 I think of the last 100 - very nice, very original. (forgive the lousy pic - there was a car behind me) Then, just a short distance away is an LBC shop. These were parked outside. Finally, was heading north on the 400 the other day and saw a Nissan Figaro - he pulled off just as I was catching up but got one shot on my cell phone (as are all the other pics)
 
and a few more
 
Can anyone tell me why those pictures excite me?
I need to get a life.

- Doug
 
Nice find and thanks!

For anyone wondering, the little gray sedan is a Triumph Standard 8 (the car sold before the Herald). At one pont I thought it would be cool to drop a decent 1500 Spitfire motor in one of those and build a keen vintage racer (which kind of similar to what I'm doing with the Austin).
 
My first saloon car was a 1955 Standard 10, very like that shown above. It was possibly the worst car I've owned from reliability and general condition aspects, though that wasn't the fault of the car. I bought it dirt cheap and sold it as soon as I could.
 
One of my buddies had one painted brown at Earl Sheib's for $39.95. we called it "The Turd". It was a slug but we had lots of good times in it. Never thought of it as a racer though. I guess as the world is an ashtray to a smoker, every car is race car to you race guys. I'm sure glad you exist, Nial, you are quite the guy and I so enjoy your posts. You appear to be wringing the most out of life! {And your rides]
 
What are you doing,
taking pictures outside of my house?
 
That TR Standard looks a little like a Fiat 1100 Salon I had for a short while in High School.
 
I believe that Standard 8 is the same car they still produce to this day in India under the name "Hindustan Ambassador" It can be had with a couple of different Isuzu Diesel plants as well as LPG or propane engines.
 
Banjo said:
I believe that Standard 8 is the same car they still produce to this day in India under the name "Hindustan Ambassador" It can be had with a couple of different Isuzu Diesel plants as well as LPG or propane engines.
Click to expand...

No, that's the Morris Oxford - similar looks though.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindustan_Ambassador
 
Similar threads
Thread starter Title Forum Replies Date
CJ Burton MGB-GT 1966 MGB GT Speaker Restoration MG 8
C For Sale Free '77 MGB wire wheel conversion parts MG Classifieds 3
B For Sale Next to last MGB produced, #523,000. Given to Henry Ford by British Leyland. Anyone interested in it? 2,032 original miles MG Classifieds 4
C MGB MGB slooowly overheating MG 11
R MGB 74 MGB Chrome Bumper New Harness MG 3
wkilleffer MGB MGB windshield replacement near me MG 8
T Wanted MGB Coil Over Front Suspension MG Classifieds 0
R MGB 74 MGB Chrome bumper Grounding (Polarity) Question MG 7
Carlbanan56 MGB MGB cylinder head MG 11
C MGB MGB steering rack MG 0
D MGB 1979 MGB for sale near me MG 3
Carlbanan56 MGB MGB valve seals MG 1
M MGB 1967 MGB starter conversion MG 9
CJ Burton MGB-GT Bolts for INERTIA STARTER on 1966 MGB GT MG 11
M MGB Ground polarity '67 MGB MG 2
M For Sale 1978 MGB MG Classifieds 0
Carlbanan56 MGB MGB oil consumption MG 5
ab-1970mgb Wanted 1970 MGB - Emissions Parts MG Classifieds 4
C MGB Re strapping a MGB seat bottom MG 2
Simmo MGB Re Engined MGB MG 4
Carlbanan56 MGB MGB rear break rebuild MG 6
C Wanted Early MGB soft top and/or tonneaus, condition not very important MG Classifieds 0
Carlbanan56 MGB Mgb turn signals MG 17
J MGB 1970 MGB Steering Lubrication MG 1
L SOLD!! For Sale MGB Hardtop MG Classifieds 3
EvansClassicCars For Sale 1980 MGB for sale MG Classifieds 0
J MGB Tire pressure for 1980 MGB MG 14
5 Wanted Wanted 1966 mgb banjo type axle rear hub MG Classifieds 0
I MGB Purchase of 1972 MGB Roadster MG 3
C MGB-GT MGB-GT Front Ride Height MG 0
J MGB Advice for new MGB owner? MG 16
D Wanted Wanted: Chicklet Headrests for MGB/C! MG Classifieds 0
Editor_Reid MGB Anders Clausager's "MGB" book MG 4
J MGB 1966 MGB won't start MG 1
Erica General MG Oil Drain Valve -- mine is an MGB, but they have others MG 3
TunaJ Will MGB Upper Seat Runners work with Midget seat rails? Spridgets 1
Erica MGB Carburetion and MGB fuel economy. MG 0
wkilleffer MGB MGB clutch slave bleed driving me nuts MG 38
R MGB side chrome installation MG 4
C MGB MGB MG 5
3798j Off Topic MGB at the Drive in Bank MG 1
wkilleffer MGB 1974 MGB clutch master cylinder questions MG 1
Rut MGB 62-67 upper MGB steering shaft MG 3
VeeCee MGB 1974 MGB Roof Installation MG 0
J MGB Just bought a 1966 MGB MG 50
T MGB MGB hoses MG 6
AngliaGT ANOTHER TR6,& an MGB Spotted 0
G MGB Sorry from the Newbie...Clutch gone on 78 MGB MG 17
Briancole702 MGB-GT 71 Mgb gt no gas in float bowls MG 1
Ranger68 Wanted 1969 MGB Sun Visor Wanted MG Classifieds 1

Similar threads

Back
Top