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u/rumbletom 1d ago
My friend had an MGB in the 80's and when he passed another one they would peep the horn and wave. Bless their little cotton socks.
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u/Impossible-Hawk768 The Angel 21h ago
That looks more '60s than '70s, though.
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u/slicineyeballs 11h ago edited 11h ago
Looking at other photos, that Ferrero Mon Cheri ad went up some time in 1969 and was removed in 73 or 74. The Wrigleys ad was changed by 71, but the Daily Express ad had disappeared by 1970. So, based on those, this is either 69 or 70.
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u/Additional-Weather46 1d ago
They always look cool as fuck, but Christ they’re objectively awful the moment you’re in one.
Aside, wish I’d have been able to see the place back in the day.
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u/SatisfactionMoney426 20h ago
The woman I worked for in the 1970s at my saturday job had an F reg one given. It had been parked on a drive for a few years unused. The top leaked like a sieve and it wouldn't start if slightly wet. Bit of a bugger as we lived at the seaside and you could almost watch it rusting away. I remember she paid £5 for a new wing mirror after hitting the garage wall and scrapped it a few months later when it was 95% rust and got £7 for it...
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u/dragon-fluff 1d ago
I did. Great cars if you're mechanically inclined. I knew the underneath as well as the inside.
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u/Max2310 1d ago
They were a lousy car, but a guaranteed babe magnet.
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u/Ilsluggo 9h ago
Every time I would be at the point of pushing my MG over a cliff, some cute young thing would come up to me and gush, “oooh I just love your car” …and I’d pour another £500 into it.
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u/AmazingRedDog 1d ago
That car last changed hands in May 1988 (aged 21) and at that time it was red. They didn’t tax (or MOT?) it in November that year.
Must have given up.
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u/enemyradar 1d ago
It's just car-shaped rust in some old bastard's garage where he was going to "fix it up".
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