Hi David - thanx for your help. You don't mention body color
or interior color. All of the Canadian ones I have seen have
the black exterior with tan interior - is that the case on
all the US ones?
Cheers,
Len Drake
>Hello Len,
>There were better than 6,500 MGB LEs made from March of 1979 to
>December of 1979 (the model year starts sept of prior year).
>Distinguishing figures: LE steering wheel, "Mag" wheels, Limited
>Edition glovebox badge, body decal and front spoiler. Overdrive was not
>in all LE cars. There were something like 1,000 Limited Edition UK
>models completed from august to oct of 80 (release Jan. 81) with the
>last MGBs and MGB GTs rolling out of factory Oct 22, 1980.
>Safety fast, David Deutsch
>
>You wrote:
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>>Hi - I recently purchased a 1979 MGB LE #GHN5UL492209G from
>>the original owner. The car was originally sold in Canada
>>although it spent almost all of its life in southern Calif.
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>>My question is this - all of the LE's sold in Canada had the
>>usual LE Badge on the glovebox door and in the bottom right
>>hand corner of the badge is engraved the number of the run
>>of 250 cars - i.e. my car has #51 of 250 engraved on the
>>badge. All of the US LE's I have seen have the same badge,
>>but without the #'s. What is the situation in other countries?
>>Did the Australians get LE's too, and did their cars have #'s?
>>Did British Leyland really resort to American style marketing
>>and produce a LIMTITED EDITION that was only limited to the
>>number of cars they could sell? What happened in Europe and
>>other areas where MG's were sold?
>>
>>Also, what differentiated an LE from a regular production MGB?
>>I am aware of the front spoiler, steering wheel, glove box
>>door badge, black paint, silver stripes, mag wheels, tan
>>interior, and overdrive. Am I correct on this, or is there
>>more or less?
>>
>>Also, I thought that all LE's were 1979's - was there really
>>1979 and 1980's?
>>
>>Cheers,
>>
>>Len Drake
>>
>>1952 TD
>>1957 MGA Coupe
>>1960 MGA Roadster
>>1969 MGC GT RHD
>>1979 MGB LE
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