1980 MG MGB Limited Edition Black Convert 1.8L 40k Rebuilt Miles NO RUST NO RES!

Price: - Item location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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1980 MG MGB Limited Edition

Fun Car!

PLEASE NOTE: THE PICTURES APPEAR AS THOUGH THE CAR HAS LARGE SCRATCHES OR SCUFFS, THIS IS NOT THE CASE, IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY THEY ARE REFLECTIONS OF THE CLOUDS, FORGET TO ADD PICTURE OF MOTOR, WILL BE ADDED SOON

1980 MGB Limited Edition for sale! New Interior, New Top, Rebuilt Engine, NO Rust, Original Paint. This Car has never seen a winter!Complete Vehicle History! She does have a couple paints chips here and there and small split by mirror on both sides as shown in pics (apparently a problem with the MG's) but overall in very good shape (She's gonna turn the big 40 soon, so please don't expect it to be perfect) Clean Title!

IReserve the right to end this auction anytime as I am selling locally.

Please call Jeff for viewing or questions 312-753-9736

The Limited Edition was a marketing endeavor between B-L and the U.S. distributorship in Leonia, NJ to boost slipping sales in the North American Market. The production period of the North American version "LE" was 1979-1980. It was assured that the cars were always black as there was an agreement between "Leonia" and all North American dealers that the "LE kit" would be only installed on black cars and to buy a black car of that time period, it had to be a Limited Edition only. Less than 2800 were produced in 1980

The ironic thing about the "LE kit" is that it is partially made up of parts manufactured in the U.S. The front air dam and luggage rack were made in the U.S. and then shipped over to England for packing into a kit that was then shipped back to the U.S. with the cars selected to be "LE”s, which were then installed by the selling dealer. This is why some "LE”s do not have a luggage rack. The dealer no doubt pulled it from the kit to put on another customer's non-LE car.

The following items make the Limited Edition unique as compared to the other MGB models of that time period. it must be also noted that the North American model came only in the "Tourer" body style and not the GT.

  • Front air dam
  • Silver lower body stripes
  • Luggage rack
  • Leather covered, padded, three spoke steering wheel with a special center hub. This uses the same MG applique as the wheels
  • A Limited Edition dash plaque installed on the glove box