For Sale – 1974 MGBGT V8 chrome bumper model ...

The Heritage Certificate for this car shows that it was manufactured in January 1974 and first registered in April 1975 with registration number JEC 200N. The car is an early original chrome bumper MGBGTV8 (one of only about 2,500 ever made) with a genuine mileage of less than 35,000 miles. It’s in outstanding condition, having had a fortune spent on it. The sizeable history file shows that the car had very little use for the first 15 years of its life, with the MOT from September 1989 showing a mileage of 17,009. A few years later it was stored in a garage where it spent the next 20 years gradually deteriorating before it was bought by the owner before me in July 2012. Although he spent a lot of money restoring the car – with jobs including a bare metal re-spray (in Audi pearlescent grey), fitting new brakes and suspension, fitting a new leather interior, re-furbishing the Webasco sun-roof, etc. – he finally ran out of funds and sold the car to me. My first job was to have every nut, bolt and washer on the car checked over by qualified classic car restorers (Moorland Classic Cars) and for every issue that they found to be repaired. They had the car for over 3 months and fixed every issue they found during this re-re-commissioning – with their invoice amounting to over £12,000 – but what came back was amazing. The car looks like new and many parts on the car are new – and I’m now confident that it’s been properly and safely restored (it even has daylight running lights). It’s passed two MoT tests whilst in my care, both with no issues, and is currently MoT tested (but, as an historic vehicle, it doesn’t need an MoT and the road tax is zero rated). I’ve reduced the price for a quick sale as I need the space in my garage.