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What's a PB?
 
I don't have one, but what information do you need? I know a few people who own them and they are active on the T-ABC list. You might try asking questions there. Also, try the MG Enthusiasts' BBS in the Pre-War section.

Kenny, a PB is a pre-war model M.G. Looks similar to a T-type but much older.

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whoa... that's a beauty of a car! Can I have one dad!?!?!? Huh? huh? Can I? Please? Can I? Can I? huh? puhleeeeeeeeasssseee??!? Oh commoooonnn, I promise to feed it everyday!
 
Rob, if you want a basket case you can pick one up for a few thousand. Fully restored they are worth about $30-40K.
 
*grumbles* and then there are the hidden costs of having a place to keep it and work on it and ad nauseam...

drat! maybe in a few years... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
 
Keeping it isn't the expensive part. Buying the missing bits is! Plus, when you hear people whine about a tiny door gap problem on their MGB, you will have no sympathy for them if you are a pre-war car owner. Problems getting the door to close at all are common and very, very difficult to correct. The body is made of wood and every tiny miperfection affects everything else. People spend an entire month just getting the body panels, tub and doors lined up right. Of course once done it is a thing of beauty!
 
yup... gotta agree there, that car is 'hawt'! I like seeing the slots on the side for the trafficators and the suicide doors... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif

and ... is that a hand crank hole I see being hidden by the MG emblem on the lower front? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif That car would be a hoot to drive, but I can't picture myself driving one everyday.
 
As always, you guys are the best.

Thanks! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/england.gif
 
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/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif That car would be a hoot to drive, but I can't picture myself driving one everyday.

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I hardly think that a PB would be <u>anyones</u> daily driver.
Now a PA, on the other hand..... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devilgrin.gif
Jeff
 
ok... I've seen pictures of PA's with and with out running boards... which is it? Or is it the "race"/"Ralley" versions didn't have the full running boards on them?
 
Beautiful car... I love the 2-tone blue, and the painted grille slats.
 
Most PA's came with running boards....alot of race/rally guys swapped them for 'cycle fenders'...mostly a weight thing i think.
 
The PB came with a engine less than 1L (900 something CC), no syncromesh on any of the gears and a Bishop cam steering like on the TCs. The engine was an osingle verhead cam with the cam driven through a set of right angle gears, driven by a verticaly mounted generator at teh front of the engine, driven in turn by another set of right angle gears off of the crank. There was no fan or water pump, it was cooled completely by thermosyphon circulation of the coolant, which was surprisingly efficient. It had no speedometer, the tachometer (which was a chronometric, which means it used a clock work internally and the needle anvanced and cam back down in descrete increments) and was calibrated in RPM on the inner ring, MPH in third on the second ring and MPH in top gear on the outside ring. The frame and body was flexable beyond all belief, to the point that you could feel it flexing when you went around corners. With the sloppy Bishop cam steering, if you went ove railroad tracks at speed, it was anybody's guess which way the car would dart off when the front wheels came back down on the ground. We had on for a couple of years and yes, it was not a real good daily driver. The 0-60 times could be measured in fortnights and the suspension was like riding on 2x4s. With no syncromesh, I soon learned that it was as easy to shift without grinding gears without using the clutch as when you did. As a result I only used the clutch to start out and to stop. I drove it from Seattle to Los Angles for a GoF West in 76 and that was a real experience. All that aside, I still feel that it is one of the prettiest cars that MG ever made.
Cheers
 
Dave,
In my dreams since I retired, I win the powerball and buy a PB & K3, thereby having the best OHC 4 & 6 that MG ever made!!
 
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