Yahoo Autos It's An Open Secret That You Want An Old British Car
The fact is that if you live in a place where it doesn't rain too much, you might as well get yourself a classic British sports car. The reliability argument against these cars is false. Everything from the sixties and seventies with wheels on it will require a certain level of restoration and a whole lot of tuning after purchasing, not to mention regular maintenance afterwards. Italian cars, British cars, French cars, American cars ... even German cars that don't cost as much as an early Porsche. It's just the way classic car ownership goes.
That brings us to the MGB, a real icon of the sixties.
In stock form, its 1.8-liter engine will produce roughly 95 horsepower. A set of 15-inch wheels, upgraded brake pads, a Triumph TR7's bigger clutch and overdrive in 3rd and 4th gear will make it useable in today's world-even though, it must be said, the stock output is hardly enough to move 2190 lbs. in the advertised manner.
Still, at least the turning radius is brilliant, and you can get a really good MGB GT nowadays for $15,000. Doing 60 mph in it will certainly feel like 160, thanks to a lack of noise and heat insulation-plus the thought that literally any crash will probably kill you.
As you would expect, for twice the money, you can also grab a significantly faster version. With its engine bored to 1850cc and a Roots-style Eaton supercharger, the MGB pulls like a dream. Add an aftermarket exhaust, and the classic British sports car party never stops.
Unless something breaks. But you always carry some spares in the trunk, don't you?
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