MGC GT Competition Model

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MGC GT COMPETITION MODEL page last updated: 20 October 2008

MGC GT

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You've got to feel a bit sorry for the Corgi range planners. They had a lovely model on the books of an MGB. then in 1969 MG came out with their latest offering - the MGC - so all the boys in Swansea had to do was to change the decal and add a power bulge and they had their own fab new supercar. Who remembers the MGC now? It was an MGB with the engine from the Austin Healy 3000 shoehorned in when what the MGB was crying out for was the Buick V8 from the big Rover P5. This of course became the MGBV8 and the MGC disappeared without trace.

This model and my red MGBGT have the same problem - the suspension instead of using steel wires uses the plastic moulding for the bumpers & grille - after 30 years or so it has sagged very badly leaving no articulation there at all. Still - a nice model. Check the MGB page for a suspension fix.

DIE-CAST MODEL WITH OPENING DOORS AND TAILGATE TIP UP SEATS PLATED FITTINGS SPOKED WHEELS OPENING SUITCASE JEWELLED HEADLIGHTS SPRING SUSPENSION Made in Great Britain . Playcraft Toys Ltd. London