Think Racing

So for years I have debated - What car would I run? Should I stick with the MGBGT, or run a MGB. Which series, SCCA or SVRA? Should I build a street legal, autocross/vintage race car? What color scheme? Colors are fairly insignificant, however I have made some decisions and things are starting to fall into place.

I am going to run the MGB as an SVRA spec vintage race car. The vehicle will not be street legal, but I will, as I continue to build and prepare it, compete in SCCA Solo II competition.

For the last several weeks, I have been studying the SVRA competition regulations, as well as creating a build sheet – what to do and when, budget development and a compilation of the necessary parts and needed tools list. In between all of that, I was also searching the southeast for a good MGB body that would serve as the donor recipient of my red 1971 MGB GT.

After countless inquiries and searches, during my lunch break, I typed MGB parts car into http://www.google.com/ and fate took over. With 37 minutes left, an ebay auction was about to close on a 1975 MGB.

I quickly shot the link to my dad and together over the phone we studied the pictures. I was not looking for a car that required a lot of additional body work and panel replacement. It was important that whatever car I moved on, it had to be in great shape.

It looked like this vehicle was the one. The kicker, I won the auction and purchased the entire car for a whopping $76.

I called my wife and told her, I bought the MGB. The only caveat - The gentleman that I purchased it from was moving from Maryland, where the car was located, to New Hampshire, so we had to get it that weekend.

Luckily, mom and dad were on the way, so we packed up the kids and made the trip to Northern Virginia. Dad and I were up that Saturday and off to claim this prize. We had no real idea what to expect. It took us the whole morning and afternoon – the most difficult part being a frozen rear wheel on the passenger side - to get the car in position to be flat towed home.

I flat towed the car – having named it Grace – back to our home in Winston-Salem, NC.

It now resides in my garage awaiting the first steps in its transformation. MGs are great, especially when you can fit two of them on one side of the garage.