As someone who spent a few years using an MGB-GT as a daily driver, my junkyard radar is pretty well attuned to detect Crusher-bound examples of the iconic British sports car. Incredible quantities of Bs were built over a run that lasted close to 20 years, and of course you’ll want to read Ate Up With Motor‘s excellent history of the breed after you’re done here. The biggest problem with this sturdy little car (other than the Prince of Darkness) was the lack of power from its antiquated pushrod engine, so a previous owner of this car solved that problem by adding a Taliban-grade Toyota truck engine. (Read More…)
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Tagged as 1970s, 1979, 1979 MGB, British Leyland, british sports cars, Denver, Down On The Junkyard, Engine Swap, junkyard, Junkyard Find, Malaise, Malaise Era, MG, MGB
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