1968 MGC Roadster

MGC Roadster an exceedingly high end restoration. Approximately 100 photographs stage by stage of a bare metal respray finished in tartan red. British heritage certificate matching number automobile. Mohair convertible roof, 5 chrome spoke wheels fitted with 5 Michelin sports tyres, stainless steel exhaust. Black leather interior with red piping. Comes with four binders of service records and recipes through the cars entire life. A lovely six cylinder exhaust note and just sitting behind the steering wheel of this MGC realising your in something really special. With just 2000 right hand drive examples made for the uk market. This is a stunning excellent sports car so genuine enquires only please. If you have to ask the wife don't bother coming.

The MGC was a 2, 912 cc, straight-six version of the MGB sold from 1967 and produced until August 1969[24] with some sales running on into 1970. The car was given the model code ADO52. It was intended as a replacement for the Austin-Healey 3000 Mk. III which would have been ADO51 but in that form never got beyond the design proposal stage. The first engine to be considered was an Australian-designed six-cylinder version of the BMC B-Series but the production versions used a new seven-main-bearing development of the Morris Engines designed C-Series that was also to be used for the new Austin 3-litre four-door saloon. In the twin SU carburettor form used in the MGC the engine produced 145 bhp (108 kW) at 5, 250 rpm.[25] The body shell needed considerable revisions around the engine bay and to the floor pan, but externally the only differences were a distinctive bonnet bulge to accommodate the relocated radiator and a teardrop for carburettor clearance. It had different brakes from the MGB, 15 inch wheels with Pirelli Cinturato 165HR15 tyres (CA67).[26] a lower geared rack and pinion and special torsion bar suspension with telescopic dampers. Like the MGB, it was available as a coupé (GT) and roadster. An overdrive gearbox or three-speed automatic gearbox were available as options. The car was capable of 120 mph (193 km/ h) and a 0–60 mph time of 10. 0 seconds.[25]

The heavy engine (209 lb heavier than the 1, 798 cc MGB engine) and new suspension changed the vehicle's handling, and it received a mixed response in the automotive press. It later transpired that the BMC press department had set the tyre pressures of the cars in the launch fleet incorrectly (to the same values as the standard MGB) and that even the correct pressures were insufficient to get the best handling from the car.