Are
rubber bumper MGBGTV8s attracting growing interest?
An advert in 1974 featuring the Bayflex bumper system said "British
Leyland are the first motor manufacturer to produce cars fitted with
Bayer's totally new Bayflex integral skin polyurethane foam bumpers
front and rear". Although
chrome bumper MGBGTV8s have been the more popular model for many years
there are signs the "rubber bumper" model is attracting
growing interest. They give the MGV8 model a distinctive and modern
appearance. Rubber bumper production was less than half of the number
of chrome bumper MGBGTV8s leaving Abingdon with chrome bumpers, so
in that sense they are rarer.
Jacques Milliet and his sons in Switzerland enjoy Teal
Blue 2101
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Teal
Blue 2101 above was one of four pre-production MGBGTV8s
with the new "rubber bumper" delivered to the BLMC
Austin/Morris Publicity team at Longbridge for the launch of
the RB model in 1974. A few years later the car was purchased
by Geoff Allen, who was foreman of Rectifications Department
at the MG Factory during his long career there, and he enjoyed
driving and looking after the car for many years. After the
closure of the MG Plant in 1980 Geoff set up his own MG servicing
business at his home in Abingdon. Later with retirement he moved
to Congleton in Cheshire and in May 2007 he decided it was time
to to sell the car. Today it is owned by Jacques Milliet in
Switzerland, a longstanding MGBGTV8 enthusiast and good friend
of Geoff Allen our former V8 Register Archivist & Historian.
See a copy of the Bayer Bayflex advert. Link |
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