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Greetings, all. I was steered to this site by a friend who rebuilds MGB's. The LBC I have now is a '74 MGB GT, bought in December 2008 as a 'driver', but it now has a bunch of new pieces and is almost as good now as the previous owner thought it was, and I'm a lot greasier. One good thing is that I've actually been using a lot of the tools I've collected over the years.
Got started with British cars in '56 with a '48 Anglia saloon ($75), then there was a '65 A-H Sprite ($300 in '68), '83 Jag XJ-S V-12, and a '61 Alvis TD21 dhc (best of the lot!) - along with assorted Saabs (the real ones), Renaults, Corvairs, a Crosley station wagon, and other more pedestrian vehicles.
 
Welcome Flash. We are from the same era. You will find a lot of knowledge here to help keep your B GT on the road. Everyone always enjoys pictures.

Jim
 
Hey Flash,

Park your toupee and dentures at the door, grab a beer, and hand me that impact wrench, willya? You're among friends.

Welcome home.

Cheers Dave

I'll be in the garage if you need me.
 
Hi There Flash,

"Welcome Back" to the wonderful world of "LBCs" on the "BCF".

Were all happy that you friend steered you in the right direction for whatever your needs or wants may be for your "B-GT".

Enjoy Yourself here and with your "New/Old" toy.

Regards,

Russ

PS: You just may find that the majority of us are from the same or nearby era!
 
Flash,

You have arrived first you have a real car on your hands and you have fallen into a motley crew of car guys that are a cut above most.

Pictures are good and go find the pub every now and a again.

Cheers.
 
I add my "Welcome!" and hearty praise for stayin' th' course. That's a proper list of past experience. The MGB will be baby-poo simple for you to keep runnin'!
 
Quite the resume there. This forum is a goldmine of info.
I'm betting you can add to the mother lode.
Welcome aboard from a fellow old guy with a new old car.
 
Thanks for the welcome messages. It has occurred to me that I have become the old guy driving the cool cars that really annoyed me when I was 16! Most of the people driving the Jag 120s, MG TC & TD, Triumph TR2 and 3, when they were new, had either gray hair, or none. What goes around, comes around!

By the way, there's a photo of the Alvis we sold in "Member Photos" - "Other British Cars". The color is Alice Blue - original to the car.
 
Thanks Steve. It is a great car, and I enjoyed driving it - including several 1200-mile weekend trips to PA and back for car shows - right up until I found out their current value. After that I found it difficult to drive just about anywhere. Now I'm much more at ease in the GT. The Alvis is one of about 20 survivors of the original 59 left-hand-drive convertibles out of a 5 year total of 784 TD21 Series I cars - kind of low production.
 
Geez, Harry... join th' club. That "Responsibility of Ownership" thing is haunting.
 
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