1979 MG B Roadster 'Limited Edition' [ADO76]

1979 MG B [ADO76] in The A-Team, TV Series, 1983-1987 Ep. 1.07

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: — Made for: USA

00:31:56 Background vehicle

Author	Message
J-2 ◊ 2006-04-02 18:05	Triumph
Hecubus ◊ 2006-04-02 18:15	The car beside the A-Team van? It's a '75-'80 MGB (I think the black bumpers came around for '75). Also, it's a convertible, not a coupe.
rjluna2 ◊ 2021-12-30 21:35	This scene repeats from "A Nice Place to Visit" (#1.14) at 02:54 -
night cub ◊ 2023-05-14 04:26	I think this one is a 1980 Special Edition? I don't think the regular B's of this generation had that front spoiler. Paging dsl!
dsl ◊ 2023-05-14 04:45	Yes - the spoiler came at the end of B production in 79-80, but not exclusive to the run-out editions in US or UK. But this black livery with silver side tapes and starfish alloys was the US “Limited Edition” with about 6,682 made (so Limited is bit of an exaggeration) from mid-79 into 80, all roadsters as they'd stopped US GTs in early 76. UK got the LE with 420 roadsters in Bronze Metallic with gold side stripes and 580 GTs in Pewter metallic with grey stripes. This batch was completed in October 1980 but held back until January 1981; BL retained the last of each as notionally the final Bs ever made and they are now part of the Gaydon collection. However the absolutely final factory-made B was an unpublicised white US-spec roadster bound for Japan.
night cub ◊ 2023-05-14 04:58	Rjluna just added another one in his latest batch, from a junkyard, if you want to take a look
dsl ◊ 2023-05-14 13:52	^ Thanks - comment added.