PROP PROBLEMS Many owners of MGB roadsters from 1971 on have trunk lids that are bent or creased. This is caused by the telescopic trunk lid prop fitted to these cars which replace the ‘rod type’ props fitted to earlier models. The trunk lids on these cars are very heavy and require more support than the original BL design allows….

It was 1960 and I was 18. She was about 12 years older than I, but that didn’t bother me, if anything, it made her all the more appealing. You wouldn’t describe her as elegant–cute would be more like it. And although she wasn’t all that sexy, she sure looked like a lot of fun….