Study in contrast? Perhaps but I think the owner is just being prepared. He/she has a “tow truck” on standby for when the MGB craps out. Being that MG’s are not exactly the pinnacles of reliability that is quite prudent.
That’s one driveway I would be very proud to call my own! These two cars are contrasts in purpose and style, but they do share the similarity of being contemporary when introduced and remaining in production until they were seen as relics.
GTs look good in almost any color, but that green is one of my favorites. It wouldn’t look bad on the Jeep, either.
They’re not really that different in a lot of ways. They’re both what I’d call honest vehicles, built by enthusiasts (or at least by geeky engineers and mechanics ) without the now pervasive influence of marketers and focus groups. I’m with Sean, either or both would be welcome in this retrogrouch’s driveway.
It probably isn’t enough truck for todays world. The truck part of it yes, the traffic part no. For me it would work but you can keep the MG. Had an MGB years ago and prefer my cars to help ease the world’s frustration, not initiate them. Now if that were the truck and a miata, I think it would be great. The truck could handle all the feed and hardware store runs. The miata’s use is nearly universal and self explanatory.
I may be one of the lucky few, but my MGB has been almost as reliable as my daily-driver Toyota Camry. Easy to work on, cheap to maintain. It’s almost the perfect car.
The only problems I’ve had with it were caused entirely by the user (me). I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bumped the wiring harness for the ignition switch after moving my leg off the clutch and had the car stop running. I thought I was going to have to call AAA after stalling on an interstate on-ramp in the rain outside of Little Rock headed to Texas. (It’s the brown wire.)
I like unreliable British cars I have one, it will always start though I have had to hand crank it when the battery went flat it still went and the battery is Japanese, I’d take the MG why not people have reliably driven some of them for decades now the Jeep the same I guess, I hear the Exploder transmissions fitted to some Falcons do just that so unreliability is a universal curse all winter my Citroen has been flattening its battery and Ive jump started it off the Minx it has to run to glow and crank the diesel.
Study in contrast? Perhaps but I think the owner is just being prepared. He/she has a “tow truck” on standby for when the MGB craps out. Being that MG’s are not exactly the pinnacles of reliability that is quite prudent.
MGB unreliable? What you talkin’ ’bout, Willys? 🙂
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That’s one driveway I would be very proud to call my own! These two cars are contrasts in purpose and style, but they do share the similarity of being contemporary when introduced and remaining in production until they were seen as relics.
GTs look good in almost any color, but that green is one of my favorites. It wouldn’t look bad on the Jeep, either.
They’re not really that different in a lot of ways. They’re both what I’d call honest vehicles, built by enthusiasts (or at least by geeky engineers and mechanics ) without the now pervasive influence of marketers and focus groups. I’m with Sean, either or both would be welcome in this retrogrouch’s driveway.
You could leave either or both in my driveway, I dont see many Willys that model at all, MGB GTs are quite common here but one more wouldnt hurt.
It probably isn’t enough truck for todays world. The truck part of it yes, the traffic part no. For me it would work but you can keep the MG. Had an MGB years ago and prefer my cars to help ease the world’s frustration, not initiate them. Now if that were the truck and a miata, I think it would be great. The truck could handle all the feed and hardware store runs. The miata’s use is nearly universal and self explanatory.
My dream driveway.
Don’t let Paul kid you. He lifted that photo from the Wikipedia article on “High maintenance relationships.”
Contrasting vehicles, but I like ’em both!
I may be one of the lucky few, but my MGB has been almost as reliable as my daily-driver Toyota Camry. Easy to work on, cheap to maintain. It’s almost the perfect car.
The only problems I’ve had with it were caused entirely by the user (me). I can’t tell you how many times I’ve bumped the wiring harness for the ignition switch after moving my leg off the clutch and had the car stop running. I thought I was going to have to call AAA after stalling on an interstate on-ramp in the rain outside of Little Rock headed to Texas. (It’s the brown wire.)
I like unreliable British cars I have one, it will always start though I have had to hand crank it when the battery went flat it still went and the battery is Japanese, I’d take the MG why not people have reliably driven some of them for decades now the Jeep the same I guess, I hear the Exploder transmissions fitted to some Falcons do just that so unreliability is a universal curse all winter my Citroen has been flattening its battery and Ive jump started it off the Minx it has to run to glow and crank the diesel.