The elegant GT was unveiled (first production Door handles changed to push-button typeġ966 model year. 18GB five bearing engine, oil cooler standard inįuel tank increased from 10 to 12 gallons and supported by bolts Closed-circuit breathing, 18GA replaces 18G engine.ġ965 model year. Laycock Overdrive optional, folding top standard, factory hard-topġ964 model year. Now that the reader is totallyĬonfused, read on as I attempt to create a simplified list of a less than This system carried on to series "5" when the U.S. Therefore the MGB was identified initially as model "3", (i.e. Hand drive, etc.) first number, model (started with MGA Mark II showing Prefixed by "G" for make of car: (MG) "H" for size of engine (1400-1999Ĭ.c.) third letter for type of body: ("N" for open two-seater, "D" forĬoupe) fourth letter if found for variation form standard:("L" for left In the rationalisation of BMC numbers in 1960, the MGA 1600 numbers were Where body numbers are known, I have included them in brackets. Today might have some idea of what was actually aboard his car when it wasīuilt. I have attempted toĬompile a chronological order to these changes so that the MGB owner of Over the next eighteen years, the MGB was to soldier on with numerousĬhanges and facelifts that were introduced to try to keep the model somewhatĬompetitive with its more advanced contemporaries. Mechanically the first MGB closely resembled the MGA with theįaithful "B" series BMC engine bored out to 1798 c.c. Monocoque body boasting greater interior room despite 3 fewer inches in Initially designated EX 205, this project was to become the MGB with a In 1959, Sydney Enver began work on a successor to the successful MGA.
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