CARS WITH BAD REPUTATIONS
Matt Bell on 14th August 2019
We look at some of the classics with bad reputations, debunk the myths and ask whether a bad name makes a bad classic?
Classic MGB
RETRO STYLE MAKEOVER
Matt Bell on 10th April 2019
'Backdating' is all the rage these days. But is it really worth doing? We looked at these two iconic classics to help make our minds up.
CANARIAN CLASSICS
Matt Bell on 5th December 2018
The Canary Islands boast a thriving classic car scene, as well as a large and active all-marques club on the isle of Gran Canaria – as Paul Guinness was recently reminded.
ROAD TEST – 1978 MGB ROADSTER
Glenn Rowswell on 17th July 2018
Classics World's Chris Stacey test drives and reviews the 1978 MGB Roadster…
MGB GT BUYER’S GUIDE
Glenn Rowswell on 16th July 2018
he MGB was a classic, sleek two-seat open top or 2+2 hardtop GT at the leading edge of 1960s sports car design, a description that was still true when it passed out of production in 1980! Throughout that time it was powered...
ROAD TEST – 1968 MGB ROADSTER
Glenn Rowswell on 26th June 2018
Classics World’s Paul Bussey test drives and reviews the 1968 MGB Roadster…
MGB VS MGF
Glenn Rowswell on 17th May 2018
Welcome to Old School vs New School where we visit the controversial subject of traditional classics compared to their more youthful equivalents. This time, the MGB versus the MGF…
BARONESS JEAN DENTON’S LOST MARATHON MGB RESTORED
Matt Bell on 16th March 2018
A rally MGB that contested the 1968 London to Sydney Marathon is to return to the limelight after 50 years thanks to the efforts of the MG Car Club’s MGB Register.
RETRO CARS ADS – MGB
Glenn Rowswell on 16th February 2018
One of the best ways of giving the MGB some extra appeal in the USA back in the early ’Seventies was to major on the fact that it was no mass-produced offering. This particular advert pointed out that the MGB was “still built with a marvelous device called the human hand”.
AN ENCOUNTER WITH AN ILL-FATED MGB BT
Glenn Rowswell on 22nd November 2017
Ted Connolly remembers an ill-fated encounter with an MGB GT...
ROAD TEST – MGB GT
Glenn Rowswell on 21st November 2017
Classics World’s Paul Bussey test drives and reviews the MGB GT…
ROAD TEST – MGB ROADSTER
Glenn Rowswell on 7th November 2017
Classics World’s Paul Bussey test drives and reviews the MGB Roadster…
MGB ROADSTER RUBBER BUMPER BUYER’S GUIDE
Glenn Rowswell on 25th September 2017
While its chrome bumpered Forebear may be the poster child of the classic car hobby, the of maligned ‘rubber bumper’ MGB of 1974 onwards doesn’t enjoy quite the same level of adoration. The car gained its infamous safety bumpers...