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[SiC]

I'm going to be like the Rev often says to me ( ) and said it's bloody awful. It's chocked full of filler and a pile of shit.

If you zoom in on the back, there is no rear quarter gap. There should be two panels visible

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It's all cracking off here


Poor repairs on sill steps. Paint appears even to be chipping off.
Interior is going to be awful under those ugly covers - that'll cost more than the car itself to resolve.
Coffee jar zip tied on as a washer fluid reservoir.
Failed it's MOT in 2014 and never retested.

That shiny paint is going to be hiding some right horrors.

It's been tarted up for a quick sale to an unsuspecting buyer.

[AMCrebel]

I really like most MGs but those A's are so butt ugly at the front imo. That grille looks as bad as a Allegro Vanden Plah with its grafted on monstrosity.

That’s funny cos I think the A is much prettier and better proportionally than the B, including the front end which looks elegant to my crappy eyes.

[Hooli]

Aye the MGA is the best looking post war MG.

[LynehamHerc]

I prefer the A as well.
It's got a degree of delicacy which the B doesn't have and a proper grille.

[DodgeRover]

I've had one ride in an MGA, compared to the B they felt incredibly crude, you did however feel like you were flying along at about 40mph.
Wasn't the twin cam the desirable one?

[mercrocker]

The cutaway doors add to the feeling of low-flying but I would say that the MGB needs to be a fairly late model to appreciate any significant improvement. Mind you, I've only had experience of freshly-rebuilt MGAs.....

I'd take a sorted "A" over a "B" if actual money was set to one side - especially if I had to look at it for any length of time.

As usual, my choice would be two-fold - a nice late BGT (I am not averse to bumper-cars for those offer the optimal ride quality) as a daily and a 1600 MGA roadster for whichever day of the year it chooses to be summer.....

[LynehamHerc]

I've had one ride in an MGA, compared to the B they felt incredibly crude, you did however feel like you were flying along at about 40mph.
Wasn't the twin cam the desirable one?

Yep, by what I remember they had a bad reputation at the time for various reasons, mainly the engines were more 'delicate' than the usual BMC fare.

[mercrocker]

They often blame the dealer mechanics for servicing short-comings but I could never help wondering it wasn't more than that. I don't think they had a particularly illustrious competition history either.

[SiC]

Iirc carb vibration caused them to run lean and killed the engines at alarm regularity. Only realised well after the fact and the engine was discontinued.

Shame as the B might have got a twin cam B-series.

[SiC]

Quick Google says my memory was correct:
https://mgaguru.com/mgtech/twincam/tc301.htm