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Hello. I live near Lausanne, I have owned a 1972 MGB roadster in Harvest Gold for 34 years (so it is not, as is commonly suggested, evidence of a mid-life crisis), and, after three decades of my somewhat amateur maintenance, it was in a sorry state. I submitted it during C*v*d to a specialist bodyshop for a rebuild, and to his colleague for a thorough overhaul of the ignition and fuel systems.
I refitted the interior myself with new carpets, seats rebuilt, door cards, etc., and a serious stereo upgrade: its was reading a recent query about installing speakers on this site that lead me to join, and I have replied.
I have not refitted the roof, neither hard nor soft, so it is only driven on dry days, since I have had a lifetime of rust and have decided to go cold turkey on that particular delicacy. Needless to say, it's a joy, not least for the continual feeling of surprise when she starts first time...!
 

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Welcome to BCF! Good to have you with us. And good to see that Harvest Gold MGB of yours.

I miss my first Little British Car, a 1974 MGB, but have enjoyed a number of "non-modern" cars over the years.

For people who can't see the HEIC photo you attached, here's a jpg version:

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As we used to say in Ticino - Buondi, ed alla prossima!

Tom M.
Connecticut USA
 
Many thanks for the warm welcome, and for including the photo. I'd forgotten how shiny she looked!

For seven years I drove a smoke grey 1967 Morris Traveller when a student in Bristol back in the Eighties, and was extremely popular for moving closets and beds and who knows what, and on occasion for driving 9 of us back from the pub...
Learned a lot on that car, including woodwork, and much about the electrics when adding a tow-bar, which on that car was dead simple.
Until recently had a tow-bar on the MG, which, if nothing else, added extra protection against a cellphone-induced minor rear-end shunt. Made a nice mess of her plastic Nissan, mind...

Halcyon days!
 
Halcyon indeed. My Traveller isn't smoke grey, but is quite a survivor, having been assembled and sold first in New Zealand.

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Ah yes, that's a beautiful blue. I could open the driver's door with a paper clip, and start the car with a screwdriver, the locks were so worn!

I didn't know CT is so sunny! I seem to remember visiting Watertown (Tafts?) many moons ago in October,
on a day so grim any traveller owners were steadfastly hiding their timbers from the rain.
 
Welcome to the British Car Forum. That’s a nice MGB!
 
Thanks. Some people don't like Harvest Gold, others don't like the "fish-mouth" recessed grill.
Neither of them bother me, and members of the public always complement the one, and are oblivious of the other.

Indeed I went for originality on the respray, and have been told by passers-by, "it's nice to see an MGB not in red or BRG".
I once saw an E-type in the same colour, and it looked beautiful, so I felt vindicated!
Although I've also seen an Austin Allegro in HG, not quite so beautiful...
 
Bienvenu, benvenuto, willkommen, bainvegni!

Love your neighborhood! Beautiful place to go cruising in an MGB.
 
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Bienvenu, benvenuto, willkommen, bainvegni!

Love your neighborhood! Beautiful place to go cruising in an MGB.
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Hi, yes, thanks, it is, 35 years and counting, no regrets! Appreciate it every day.

Did a cruise last year with the Bern chapter of the MGCC. Beautiful day, glorious countryside, 34 MG's -
and throughout the morning, not a soul spoke to me. Must have been the Vaudois plates...
 
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