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LOVELY JUBILEE

Limited edition anniversary models are becoming increasingly collectible and even the later 75th anniversary MGF or 80th TF are now gaining in value, providing they are genuine and haven’t been modified. Back in 1975, it was the ideal opportunity for MG to celebrate 50 years with a Jubilee model, although strictly speaking in my view MG was 52 years old at the time. No point in bringing up that old chestnut again.

750 rubber-bumper MGB GTs were produced to celebrate this half-century anniversary. According to they were all finished in New Racing Green (paint code BLVC25), a colour that was used in 1970 and 1971, and reintroduced

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