Lot Ended
Description
Genuine factory V8 with manual overdrive; restored over the last five
years with many thousands spent; huge history file; Heritage
Certificate
Supplied new by Ware Garages Ltd of Hertfordshire
in January 1974, this superb factory V8 comes to us finished in British
Racing Green, and fitted with Dunlop polished face wheels that look to still be
in lovely condition after their refurbishment in 2020.
Inside we find a
pretty, original looking interior with blue cloth seats supplemented with
leather headrests, grey carpet, and black dash, all presenting in great order.
The Webasto sunroof was replaced by The Trimming Centre, East Sussex in February
2020, it slides freely and the roof lining looks to be in good nick
too.
Under the bonnet we find the trusty Rover 3.5 V8 putting its 137bhp
and 193lb/ft to the rear wheels via four-speed manual transmission with
overdrive. Although it is free to tax and MOT exempt, an MOT test was
carried out in April of this year showing no advisories and according to the
odometer the car has travelled fewer than 400 miles since.
In the
history file we find stacks of invoices for the past five years, during which
time it appears the car underwent a full overhaul, with invoices for
new front and rear chrome bumpers in 2019, a full axle rebuild by ARRC in 2020
plus much, much more, the total spend could easily be into the tens of
thousands.
On the Heritage Certificate we can see that this MG would have
left the factory in July 1973, finished in Harvest Gold with the same Navy blue
interior that it has now, with cast alloy wheels and factory fitted
overdrive.
This is a wonderful example of a factory V8 MG, that has
clearly had much expenditure put its way in recent years. A rare model, being
one of only 2,591 made between 1973 and 1976, it is ready to use and
enjoy.
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