Go for the BGT, nearly all the parts are the same. Besides it always
seemed to me to be a poor mans E-Type.
Just my Tuppence worth.
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>From: Bill Schleusner[SMTP:b-schleusner@.ti.com]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 26, 1996 2:03 PM
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: B vs. BGT
>
>Fellow SOLers,
>
>Having recently restored and subsequently sold an 1980 MGBLE I am in the
>market
>for another LBC. I caught the LBC bug over twenty five years ago with my
>first
>car, a '60 AH 3000 (only to have it back). I had a burning desire for many
>years to restore a TR6 (take it easy, I couldn't afford one when I graduated
>from college) except for all the horrible things I have read and heard about
>Triumphs. Triumphs seem to have more problems than your typical LBC, which
>have enough already. Since I don't have the $$$ for an Austin Healey 3000,
>nor
>would I use an AH3000 as a semi-daily driver, I am considering another MGB.
>
>My question is this, I am somewhat familiar with MGs (way up the learning
>curve) and would like to restore a 67 B or BGT to avoid all the emission
>problems. To narrow my search to one year seems shortsighted. I don't care
>for
>the dashboards of the later 60's and would like to avoid a rubber bumper (not
>so much for looks but the detoxed engine) so that leaves me in the early
>70's.
>They are chrome bumpered, haven't been choked to death and parts are still
>relatively available. Is there anything I'm missing about these particular
>years that I'm not aware of?
>
>My other conundrum is B vs. BGT. I've always liked the looks of both cars but
>thought a BGT might be nice for a change. The BGTs are harder to find and
>seem
>to command a little higher price for a lesser specimen than the roadsters.
>I've
>also heard they are extremely hot (living in Texas all cars are hot). By hot
>is everyone referring to the hardtop, or are they inherently hot, a la the
>big
>Healeys? Are parts for the BGT any more difficult to find? I found very few
>parts unavailable for my '80LE, which was very nice. Any help from BGT
>owners
>would be greatly appreciated.
>
>BTW Deutsch, I've been an enthusiast for the last 25 years even though I may
>not have owned LBCs for that entire period.
>
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>From Bill Schleusner
>Texas Instruments Incorporated
>b-schleusner@ti.com
>972-917-6920
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