MGC (1967-1969)
he MGB showed potential for more power from day one. The gorgeous styling – particularly when it was made available in GT guise – clothed sharp steering and a nimble chassis that could clearly handle far more than the 95bhp offered by the 1.8-litre B-Series. With the MGB selling well and its Austin-Healey 3000 BMC stablemate killed off, the bright idea was had to shoehorn the Healey’s 3.0-litre C-Series straight-six into MG’s baby. The result was the aptly-named MGC, offered in GT and roadster guise and save for a bulged and dimpled bonnet to accommodate the bigger six-pot and its tall carburetors, it was cosmetically identical to the MGB. This immediately put many enthusiasts off – the C cost £1300, some 30 percent more than the B, yet you got a car that at a glance, looked the same. To be fair,
