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Installation of the C-series engine required considerable effort to shoehorn into the existing platform, which also required significant reinforcement to deal with the additional weight and higher performance, amounting to a 53 percent increase in power over the B-series unit.
MG MGB & MGC
of the optional Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic transmission and reinforced understructure didn’t help matters either. Christened the MGC, the new vehicle came in both open and closed variants. Despite weighing almost 350 pounds more than the MGB, it was a much faster car, one with refined manners and effortless power. Never a big seller, however, only 4,544 roadsters and 4,458 GTs were built before production ended in 1968.
Miss Congeniality
An updated version of the MGB was introduced alongside the MGC at the London Motor Show in October 1967 as a direct response to rationalization considerations and new safety and emissions laws that were taking effect in the North American market. Known unofficially as the Mark II, it featured the MGC’s all-synchromesh gearbox fitted
A factory illustration showing the MGB’s myriad features.
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