WHO ARE THE MG OWNERS ON HERE AND WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED

How about former owners?

1974 MGB. Owned it for a couple of years going to college in the late 70's.

Believe it or not: Purple with a kind of yellow interior. Sounds terrible but honestly it wasn't that bad.

I became an expert in changing fuel pumps on that car. By the time I sold it, I knew every page in the Haines repair manual.

 

Big MG guy here. Currently have a TD and '73 round-arch Midget. My wife and I left our wedding in the Midget. Have also previously owned several B's.

MG's were what got me into being a "car guy" in the first place. In 1992 I turned 15, and in MS at that time that is when you could get a license. Like most guys my age at the time, I thought I wanted a truck of some sort, preferably 4WD. My parents were not "car people", and although I liked sports cars and generally thought they were cool, they were something I assumed were beyond my reach and of course my parents would never buy me, so I just didn't pay too much attention. Of course, I liked and could name all the common sports cars of the day such as a 300ZX, Corvette, etc, but I wasn't into the car scene. Didn't read car magazines. I was very mechanically minded, rode dirt bikes, liked airplanes, and liked going fast, so basically my mind was a fertile ground just waiting on someone to plant the seed.

Anyway, along comes my 15th birthday and I start pestering my parents for a truck. My dad says to me, "I know what you need, and it's not a truck....you need an MGB!". I had no idea what an MGB was, none. Of course at 15 you are immediately suspicious of anything your dad suggests. There was just no way it could be anything good. So I ask, "what the heck is an MGB?!?". He says "Well, it's a little 2 seat convertible sports car". At this point I was in somewhat of a state of shock, my mind still trying to process the fact that my dad may just have suggested something cool. Still, I remained skeptical. I had vague recollections of my dad telling stories about an MG something-or-other he had when he got out of college in the 60's, but I never paid much attention. He tells me he saw an MGB for sale in the local classifieds, and figured we could at least go have a look at it. He said if I liked it, great, and if not, we could go look at trucks.

So we go on a beautiful early April spring day, the sun is shining, the azaleas are blooming, its 70 degrees, and there under the big oak tree was a shiny Pageant Blue 1978 MGB. I was sold from 50 feet away. We took it home, and that was my first car. My dad, coincidentally, also got to drive it from time to time. It also taught me how to work on cars, because there were days I had to figure out why it wouldn't crank if I wanted to get home from school! I have been an MG guy and a car guy ever since.
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'52 TD here.

This little puppy will be at the Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix this year.
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Wedding pic:

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I've got a 79 MGB that I bought instead of a motorcycle in college, my dad and I are finishing up a 60 MGA and just last night we looked at an MG TD that my sister has already claimed if we end up purchasing the car

 

Like most British car owners you can't have just one:
'53 BN1 #923 Coronet Cream One of 300 in this color offered only 2 months honoring the coronation of Queen Elizabeth
'56 BN2 Factory 100M one 0f 640
'67 BJ8 owned for 32 years
'66 XKE OTS

 

To paraphrase...

I have a Sprite and that's almost an MG.

 

Yes. He feels our pain.

 

Rehab! Oddly only one photo per page from iPad?
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Just sold my '67 B-GT which I had owned since college. Sad day indeed, however I've replaced it with a '54 XK120 OTS soooo.....

 

Uro, I'm having severe Sprite-envy now.

When I was 15 I rebuilt a 1973 MGBGT: major bodywork, engine (at age 17), suspension, electrical. Second-most fun thing I did as a teenager.

When I think about the tools I used back then I'm amazed I ended up with a working car. Had a toolbox full of rounded-off screwdrivers, that doubled as chisels, no vice, no wire wheel, no impact wrenches (electric or air).

 

Easiest car in the universe to restore! Go for it!

 

The MGA, just need to work on the good ole SU carbs a little to get it running right, way too rich right now


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New electrics!
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