Registration No: DPL 513V
Chassis No: GHN5483496G
MOT: Exempt

• In current ownership for seven years
• Subject to a six-month recommissioning upon entering into the vendor's ownership to the cost of some £5,200
• Five former keepers and in previous long-term custodianship
• Benefits from an overhauled fuel system and carburettors, along with four-pot brakes
• Offered with history file, half tonneau and full tonneau cover

Introduced in 1962, the MGB Roadster enjoyed an eighteen-year production run. With nicely balanced handling and a good turn of speed, it merited the old MG marketing slogan 'Safety Fast'. Based around a monocoque chassis featuring independent coil-sprung front suspension and a leaf-sprung 'live' rear axle, its 1798cc 'B' series four-cylinder engine was allied to a four-speed manual transmission. Capable of over 100mph, the provision of front disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering greatly aided control. The biggest visual change in the car's history occurred in 1974 when steel reinforced rubber bumpers replaced the chrome ones, and the ride height was raised by one inch. By the time Roadster production ceased in October 1980, a total of 399,070 are said to have been produced.

Manufactured in 1979, this MGB Roadster was first registered in the United Kingdom on the 1st of August that year. Fitted with the aforementioned 1781cc straight-four engine, along the unit fitted was a replacement unit fitted in 1996 (at 87,406 miles), allied to the four-speed manual transmission with overdrive, the Roadster is finished in Green with White interior upholstery and a matching White hood. In previous long-term ownership and placed into storage by said owner for approximately twenty years, ‘DPL 513V’ entered current ownership in 2015 and has a recorded mileage of approximately 89,000 miles.

Recommissioned upon the vendor’s purchase, to the cost of some £5,200, the work completed included new front wings, front panel and rear valance, full repaint, stainless steel exhaust, renewal of many mechanical parts and new tyres. Further benefitting from a brake overhaul in 2020 which included fitment of four-pot brakes, a renewed fuel system (with E10 fuel use in mind) and carburettors, along with an unleaded cylinder head. It's accompanied by a history file that includes some previous MOTs, a collection of invoices, and a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452