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£39,200

1969 MG C GTS ‘Works-tribute'

United Kingdom • 23 Nov 2019 • Lot 137

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This MGC GTS Sebring replica, built to 'Works' specification in the early 1980s, boasts a rich racing history with luminaries like Gerry Marshall and Colin Pearcy at the wheel. Recently recommissioned and offered with FIA papers, it presents a unique opportunity for hill climbs, circuit racing, or fast-road use, despite a minor gearbox issue that the vendor commits to resolving.

Condition

7

The car presents and drives very well after being fully recommissioned. It has a history file including FIA papers dated 1990, the current V5 documents, and various invoices for work carried out over the years. Some £6,000 has recently been spent with Thomson Garages in London. There is a small gearbox issue which the vendor will pay to have fixed for the new owner

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

GCD169396

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

VVK 9H

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The MGC GTS Sebring was one of the best looking and most iconic creations to come out of the BMC Competitions Department in the 1960s.

MG felt that success in International competition would help their brand image in general and the forthcoming launch of the MGC in particular.

Work on designing a lightweight 'C' began in 1966 with the intention of competing in the World Sportscar Championship (Group 6 Sports Prototypes) and six bodyshells were built with the centre structure built from steel similar to the production cars, whilst the exterior panels, such as the roof, doors, and the instantly recognisable bubble-arched wings, were formed in aluminium.

Ultimately, only two lightweight versions of the MGC GT were assembled by BMC at Abingdon.

These 'Works' cars, RMO 699F and MBL 546E, (affectionately known as 'Romeo and Mable') ran in the 1967 Targa Florio and in 1968, the MGC GTS, as it was now known, raced at Sebring and the 84hr-long Marathon de la Route at the Nürburgring.

Their...