1972 MGB GT

I came across this car recently in Hyde just around the corner from where I live when I was on the way to buy my morning paper.

It's a 1972 MGB GT and has a 4-cylinder inline 1,798cc BMC B-Series engine.

The MGB GT was introduced in 1965, two years after the Roadster and it was produced from 1965 to 1980.

Hyde Classic Car Show

Here's a few photographs taken at a Classic Car Show held a couple of weeks ago on the Market Square at Hyde, Cheshire.

1956 Daimler Conquest Century with 2,433cc straight-6 engine, produced by Daimler from 1953 to 1958

The Toyota Sera was built solely for the Japanese market, from 1990 to 1995, and this example was imported into the UK in 2000. It has a 1,496cc fuel-injection transverse straight-4 engine driving the front wheels.

Built by the Standard Motor Company, this is a 1953 Triumph Mayflower, produced from 1949 to 1953. Nicknamed the 'Razor Edge' like its big brother the Trumph Renown, it had a straight-4 side-valve 1,247cc engine, and as well as Coventry it was also assembled in Port Melbourne, Australia and Nyköping, Sweden.

Produced from 1965 to 1980, this is a 1974 MGB GT, with a 1,798cc straight-4 engine.

This is a 1961 Austin A40 Farina Mk I, the body designed by the Italian coachbuilder Pininfarina. It used the straight-4 948cc Austin A-series engine and was produced from 1958 to 1961.

This is a 1,993cc 4-cylinder in-line 1975 Ford Escort RS200 Mk1, produced from 1973 till 1975.