Owner: John Watson
Make/model: MGB Roadster
Month/year of manufacture: November 1964
Colour: Iris Blue
Engine size/type: 1800cc 4-cylinder OHV
BHP: 70-ish
Top speed: 100mph
Gearbox type: 4-speed with overdrive
Area: Abingdon on Thames
Date purchased: July 1989
Pet name of car: "Iris"

History: Fully restored in 1991 for the 30th anniversary year of the MGB in 1992. I have been to France, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland and Holland on events with the MGB. It is an early Mk1 with pull-out door handles, a 5-bearing engine, but with a 3-syncro gearbox. All original.

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