MGB-GT Wana seea sharp GT! Original owner to boot!

[Camshaft]

'74... where's th' side markers? Grill's been retrofitted too.

I ain't dingin' that car at all, just sayin' it's not "original".

It's beautiful.

It is nice, but a 74 should also have rubber on the overriders...or big "Sabrina" ones. I was thinking '72 maybe?

Bruce

I thought the earliest '74s didn't even have the Sabrina overriders.

 

[JPSmit]

On the other hand just a couple of mods

https://toronto.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-classic-cars-1965-MG-MGB-Coupe-2-door-W0QQAdIdZ189175579

 

[rick_ingram]

'74... where's th' side markers? Grill's been retrofitted too.

I ain't dingin' that car at all, just sayin' it's not "original".

It's beautiful.

It is nice, but a 74 should also have rubber on the overriders...or big "Sabrina" ones. I was thinking '72 maybe?

Bruce

I thought the earliest '74s didn't even have the Sabrina overriders.

That is correct. The 1974 model year had chrome overriders with rubber insert, then Sabrinas, then to the 74-1/2 with the rubber bumpers.

The grille would have been a "honeycomb" grill for the chrome 74 as well.

A 1972 would have had a "fishmouth" grille.

None of them 70's series would have had eared knock-offs, as they became obsolete after the 1967 model year.

Note the headrests in the car...this style appeared in 1970.

I'm standing by my comment of 1974...with owner modifications done during a respray to eliminate side marker lights and the honeycomb grille.

 

[hilsideser]

...he could leave it in my driveway, (with the keys!)

 

[rick_ingram]

Steve lives in Michigan and his GT is a 1974 - the last year of chrome bumpered MGBs. (The last of the GTs exported to the North America was the rubber bumpered 1974-1/2 model....the GT was produced for the home market through the end of production in 1980).

Here's a picture of Steve's car that he had posted on his Facebook account. Should clear up what year it is. :wink:

 

[Bruce74B]

YUP...OK...'tis a '74 fer sure! Look at those Sabrinas! Woohoo!

 

[vping]

Yup. mid to late '74. I had a '74 built in August that had Sabrina's, Man they are heavy.

 

[Bruce74B]

my 74 built in December of 1973 had the smaller ones still.

 

[rick_ingram]

my 74 built in December of 1973 had the smaller ones still.

That would be correct. Chrome overriders with rubber inserts.