My MG isn’t as it left the factory, majority of the changes happened before I bought the car but I’ve added to the list during the time I’ve owned the car.
- Britax Sunroof – this was likely done by the supplying dealer as it was never an option from the factory.
- Engine is bored over 0.60″ so it’s now an 1860cc engine instead of the standard 1798
- Stainless steel exhaust
- Electronic ignition instead of points
- Tubular shock conversion (front and rear)
- 15″ alloys instead of 14″ wheels that were standard
- Panhard Rod to keep the rear wheels in check and stop the fatter tyres rubbing against the wheel arch
- Set of driving lights wired into the main beam
Since buying the car, I’ve made the following changes
- Hazard light kit has been fitted as none as standard on the 1972 model
- Halogen headlight upgrade to replace the old sealed beam units, with relays to protect the switches
- Rolled the inner lip of the nearside rear wheel arch as I was still getting some rubbing of the tyre against the body work under “enthusiastic” cornering
- Poly bushes all round (some bushes had already been done when I bought the car)
- Parabolic Rear Springs replaced the old traditional leaf springs
Headlight Relays
In order to help out the 1970s wiring I’ve also installed relays for the headlights. In MGs the headlight wiring goes through the switch on the dash so the relays take the strain off the old wiring and the headlight switch doesn’t get warm any more…
Parabolic Springs
A couple of years after buying the car I noticed that the rear of the car was sitting a bit lower than it should and as the previous owner had “upgraded” the rear shock absorbers to tubular shocks I decided to try more modern parabolic springs rather than the standard leaf springs and have been very happy with the results
Hazard Lights
After experiencing a “ride of shame” I bought a hazard light kit as the MG B’s didn’t get hazard lights fitted to the UK models until 1976. This meant that the day I lost the clutch (master cylinder failed) whilst I was sitting at a set of traffic lights was a touch hairy as I couldn’t let the cars behind me know I wasn’t able to move without me getting out of the car and waving them past me so that I could roll back down the hill into a side street. Whilst the kit isn’t exactly factory spec it doesn’t look ridiculous and if I break down again on a busy road I can at least let people know there’s an issue 🙂