Description:

1965 FIA MGB Competition Car – New Build

Built by MG Motorsport and supplied with a new FIA Historic Technical Passport (HTP), this MGB has been prepared to 1965 Period F specification and is eligible for FIA historic racing, hill climbs and a wide range of UK and European historic race series.

The car has recently undergone a comprehensive rebuild by MG Motorsport and is offered with a freshly built engine which has completed only its initial running-in. It is ready for final preparation and competition use. The current FIA HTP confirms the car as a Period F (1962–1965) MGB in FIA Class GTS11.

The engine has been built by MG Motorsport around a crack-tested and line-honed original block, bored to 1845cc.
 

Engine specification includes:

- Steel billet crankshaft

- Steel competition connecting rods

- JE forged pistons

- MGM full race camshaft

- Modified followers

- Heavy-duty competition bearings

- Steel flywheel

- Competition clutch

- Fully balanced rotating assembly

- Peter Burgess full-race cylinder head

- Weber 45 DCOE carburettor

- Large-bore Maniflow exhaust system

- Facet Red Top fuel pump

- Malpassi fuel pressure regulator

- 80-litre foam-filled aluminium fuel tank

- All components are new apart from the original block and cylinder head.
 

Gearbox:

- The gearbox retains its original casing and has been rebuilt by MG Motorsport with a new close-ratio four-speed SCCR gear set.

- The rear axle features a 4.1:1 crown wheel and pinion with a 3J plated limited-slip differential, together with new EN24 axle ends and the usual race modifications.
 

Suspension and Brakes:

The suspension has been rebuilt throughout using MG Motorsport components, including:

- Rebuilt lever-arm dampers front and rear

- Adjustable rear dampers

- Competition springs

- Uprated anti-roll bar

- SuperPro polyurethane bushes

- The car sits on MG Motorsport Minator wheels fitted with Dunlop Racing 5.50L x 14 tyres.

- Brakes are new throughout, with race calipers, discs and pads at the front, together with relined rear shoes and competition wheel cylinders.
 

Body and Interior:

- The body has been completely refinished in British Racing Green, including the engine bay, boot compartment and interior.

- The bonnet and boot lid are aluminium, while the works hardtop is currently finished in red but can be supplied in an alternative colour if required.
 

Further work includes:

- New windscreen

- Polycarbonate side and rear windows

- New seals and exterior trim

- Refinished crackle dashboard

- New wiring loom

- New 8,000rpm rev counter

- Detachable Moto-Lita steering wheel

- The cockpit is equipped with:

- Tillett B6 Screamer FIA seat

- Lifeline Copse six-point harness

- Lifeline plumbed-in fire extinguisher system

- FIA-specification welded-in roll cage

- Panoramic competition mirror

- FIA Documentation & Eligibility

- The car is supplied with a new FIA Historic Technical Passport (HTP) issued by Motorsport UK, confirming eligibility as: Period F (1962–1965), FIA Class GTS11.

It is also ideally suited to Motor Racing Legends' new Generations Trophy, the dedicated all MGB championship, where a professionally prepared and well-developed FIA MGB offers the pace to run at the front of the field.

Available exclusively for sale with Besley Heritage Ltd: £46,995

Website:

https://www.besleyheritage.com

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