August 09, 2005
British invasion
While going through the paperwork that had been in the del Sol, I found a random fax from my former insurance agent, listing the VIN # for my old MGB. We loves Google:
the Yellow Peril
It looks like it got totally repainted somewhere along the line; the color looks "off" to me. Sadly, the side stripes (one of the car's most distinctive & best features!) are gone. Also gone are the black rubber bumpers (standard for 1979 model year US cars)— replaced with chrome. Here is what it looked like when I owned it, complete with stripes, rubber bumpers, spoked wheels. The color still doesn't look quite right in the second photo; this is a little closer to the Inca Yellow that I remember.
Amazingly, the car only has 84,000 on the odometer. It had 69,575 miles back on June 29, 1995 (different random piece of paperwork)!
p.s. Ugh. Someone mounted the atrocious luggage rack to the boot. My mechanic at the time (Bob Nicholson, Brittanic Motors) advised against installing the rack because mounting it involves drilling 4 holes in the trunk, which = 4 more places for leaks to occur. <sigh>
Posted by rv at August 9, 2005 03:29 PM to road trip
That is cool you can keep up with your past roadsters. Sweet car. Do you miss it?
Posted by: debra at August 10, 2005 10:19 AMI liked the MGB, but I have to confess that I like the S2000 even more. It has all of the good points, and some features are even better.
Just for grins, I emailed the current owner of the MGB. I haven't gotten a reply yet…
Posted by: rv at August 10, 2005 05:35 PMNo mention about the AIR DAM on the front?
Posted by: poz at August 15, 2005 12:11 PMI didn't know the right word to describe it. It's not a scoop, but… you're absolutely right, it's an air dam.
At any rate, I'm used to seeing that kind of thing on a West Coast Honda or Acura that's been modded by some 18-year-old kid. You just don't do that to a little British car.
p.s. The guy hasn't responded to my email yet.
Posted by: rv at August 15, 2005 01:13 PM