Dang Jack, you didn't get started with driving until later in life I guess, huh?
(I kid because I care!)
My neighbor has a couple of those MGB's, even has rare MGA Coupe ... very slick cars!
Kidding or not, you're right. I didn't buy my first car until I was 21 or 22. The first car I drove (that I can remember) was a two door, stick shift, 6 cylinder 1959 Chevy Biscayne (the cheap model) in the most bilious two-tone combination of what GM laughingly referred to as "Aspen Green" & "Classic Cream." I saw them as "barf green" & "baby-poop yellow." BLECH!
If I remember correctly, the body was yellow, including the hood over the engine, while the roof, trunk lid and top of the fins were green. Nauseating!!!
However, it was a really good, reliable, car.
The MGBs were really a lot of fun. They were a PITA mechanically, always needing something, but they were a ball to drive.
