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As 500 000+ were built in nearby twenty years, the MGB is definitely not a rare sports car, even today !
So hopefully, offers and demands are very strong for these nice and authentic little british roadsters or for their spare parts.People like the MGB as a reliable and elegant car, as well as the unbeatable availability of spare parts and accessories at low cost. This last fact helps to keep the MGB as a highly valuable item.
Not only you will find everything you need to rebuild and take care of your favorite car, but you may enhance its confort and performances to exceed what was possible when it was new. This includes but does not limit to : central door locking, electronic ignition or supercharger kit (not for the faint hearted !).




Please read these few advices (among thousands available on the internet) to easily find a MGB and / or MGB spare parts (this also apply for other british classic cars).

Browse the web. Obviously, your already started. But do not waste your time on a "cars of all kind" website unless it can post an email alert every time a new ad containing "mgb" is posted. Better use your favorite websearch engine and type the most accurate keywords (including "mg" or "classic car" or "mg +classic car +lead free engine" etc.) until you find almost exactly what you are looking for. Browse the MG and classic cars webrings.

If you just bought your first MG (a first time is always a great experience), first, order a parts catalogue from at least two mg spare parts retailers. This way, you will be able to compare prices for the same item (and sometime the same BL or Austin-Rover part number !) with the same description.

There are many spare parts retailers across Europe and Worldwide, ie : Moss motors, Moss Europe, The mgb hive, Limora, Heuten, Anglo-Parts, etc.) As they may have sales or different VAT (or custom taxes) you will not always find the cheapest item from the same seller. Most of them have a webshop and you can trust them all even when buying abroad. They are professionals with good customer services.



An alternate way to search and find MG cars or spares is to browse the web auction sites.
You may certainly know and maybe have already bought throught the most popular of all : eBay. If not, you should have a look or even register right now.
This way, you might find cars or spares sold by individuals or companies, and thanks to you personnal eBay profile you will have access to the Completed listings, showing what is the "market price" on the item you are looking for (this prevents to bid at silly price).
You may grab bargains while monitoring items you want to bid for. Be the only bidder and buy at starting price thanks to email alerts on new items from "your favorite searches" and "auction ending soon" for the ones you have added to "your eBay" for monitoring.
Sometimes, some new parts from any retailer are incredibly expensives. Being patient may result in finding a "as new" second hand or "NOS" (New from Old Stock) item at a low fixed rate for which you will be the only bidder. This is the most rewarding.



This is a personnal example : I made a bid on an item sold throught eBay by an individual. This item is a complete lighting / headlamp swith for Mk1 MGB. As I was the unique bidder, I bought it 5 GBP while it is sold around 50 GBP or 70 Euros (knob NOT included) new from retailers !





english
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MGB Technical

Classic car meetings
Home

How to find spare parts ?
History 1997-2001

History 2002-2006