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MG MG Y Type - YB Radiator Grill on Ebay

If anybody is desperate for a replacement grill, see this one on ebay. Also interesting to note his evaluation of the rarity based on surviving YBs!!!!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=121318981607&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:GB:1123#ht_98wt_1190

I have no personal or financial interest in this item.
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Keith D Herkes

Hi Keith,

Dont think that its a YA or YB grille...see the cut out areas of the lower sides...?

Rob
Rob King

Rob
To be quite honest I had not spotted the cut-away sections at the base of the side panels. Does this make it specific for another MG model or has it been adapted for another use. I see that the vendor has now added "Not sure what MG its for please check".

Keith
Keith D Herkes

It's not Y-type because off the cut outs and the flatness of the grille.

Because of the chrome slats and the position of the starter handle hole, my guess would be MG VA, but that doesn.t have the lampbar holes....
Willem van der Veer

Please don't mail the seller that it is not a Y grille.... This was his reaction on my message:

HI thank you for your advise you are the 28 th person to tell me whats it is not i am still waiting for some one to tell me what it is and then i will give him it for free i am fed up with both of them

I've now identified it as an MG SA grille, so I'm curious if he will give it to me?
Willem van der Veer

Hi Willem....

I had decided that it was an SA grille as it is the only other MG that I am aware of that has the tubular headlamp bar.

I did email the seller shortly after it was listed but got quite a rude response so I didnt bother telling him what it was....although he was grateful for the photo I sent him of a Y grille..

Good luck with the free grille...!

Rob
Rob King

Go for it Willem - take him at his word. If he emailed you back through the eBay system and then goes back on his word, file a complaint against him on eBay. SA's are way more rarer than YBs.

We have 133 YBs on the Parade and I am aware of a few more that we dont have yet so the 130 is off too :(.

Let us know how you get on :)

Paul
Paul Barrow

I also e mailed this guy saying it wasnt a Y grille etc ...and got actual threats from him! (and very crude comments about someone else who had contacted him)... I have reported this...he is not a pleasant person to say the least and in my opinion is potentially violent so bear this in mind and keep a record of his ebay name and have nothing to do with him. It might be best if people dont attach their e mail to messages in case you get abuse if he comes looking at this site.
D MULLEN

You cant fix STUPID Dave :)

If enough people who have had a bad response from him complain to Fleabay, they ought to take it seriously.

Paul
Paul Barrow

Well, I didn't expect this when I spotted that grill. I also received a rather curt reply to my message to him.You would think that he would be grateful for people trying to help him correctly ID it so he stands a better chance of selling it. "nowt so queer as folk"!!
Keith
Keith D Herkes

It must now be "ultra rare" as the price has gone up from £450 to £650!!!!!
Keep smiling.
Keith
Keith D Herkes

Has he correctly described it though given all the help he has had from the excellently helpful MG Y community though Keith?

:)
Paul Barrow

The man is a joke.

The last description is: "MG YB GRILLE ? may be pre war or post war or SV? or mg metro?"

I guess the mg metro bit was to provoke even more anorak mails from me, but alas the listing has ended.

It's a bit of a shame that a rare SA grille is in the hands of such a rude man.
Willem van der Veer

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