Restoring a 63 MGB Roadster Here at Sports Car Craftsmen, we are always searching for the unobtainable: The factory original car, the perfect restoration, a working Lucas electrical system. Around 2000, we stumbled across that unobtainable dream, in the form of a severely bashed up MGB: We know what you’re thinking. It doesn’t look […]
Factory New 1963 MGB Roadster from England to California, USA November 1963 – Our 1963 MGB Roadster came off the factory line at the British Motoring Company in the UK. March 1964 – This beauty arrived brand new on US soil and headed West to meet her new owner in sunny California. Once reaching her […]
Original 1963 MGB Engine is perfect for British country side driving Imagine living in the British country side circa 1963 and having the pleasure of driving the new MGB series around the windy, hilly, countryside roads. This little sports car would no trouble handling the twist and turns with its original 3-bearing 1798 cc B-Series engine, […]
Staying true to the original MGB Roadster design When you start to restore a car, any car it is important to stay true to the original design. We may have improved our engineering and the way we build cars, but that is not important when it comes to the perfect restoration. Take our 1963 MGB […]
Restoring an MGB Roadster to mint condition It’s amazing the attention to detail that goes into restoring a 1963 MGB to its original condition. It requires patience, research, time and money. But it’s worth it. Just check out our fully restored 1963 MGB Roadster. The original grille for the 1963 roadster There have been many […]
The ultimate restoration challenge of a classic MGB Most experts will tell you that a 1963 MGB had been crashed and hidden away for 39 years would be way to costly, time consuming and difficult to restore. But in 2000, the team at Sports Car Craftsmen decided it would be worth it. The goal was […]
Staying authentic to 1963 mechanics When you aim for the perfect restoration of a 1963 MGB Roadster, you want to think like a 1960’s mechanic. Due to a crash in 1964, our MGB was already a good ways to being as original as possible. Now we just had to clean her up and straighten her […]
When we got our 1963 MGB Roadster in 2000, it was a little worse for wear, to say the least. Most would have thought she was beyond repair and could, at best, be sold for parts. But at Sports Car Craftsmen in Arvada, Colorado, all we saw was the opportunity to take on the most […]
When a car has been parked for as long as our 1963 MGB Roadster, there’s bound to be a little rust. In fact, rust is a normal part of a car’s wear and tear, and this beauty was no exception. On the MGB roadster, due to the lack of drainage provided by the factory, this […]
Sport Car Craftsmen can restore any British sports car Restoring your early MGB’s can be tricky, time consuming and expensive. Finding the right parts is hard and if you are a purist, you won’t just settle for any alternative, you want the original and you want the best. At Sports Car Craftsmen we are the […]
