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MGB milestone
27 May 1971
The 250,000th MGB is produced at Abingdon in the prescence of Austin Morris boss the George Turnbull. The car, a blaze left hand drive MGB GT is given away in a sweepstake in the USA in September 1971.
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Sat, 15 May 1971
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Mon, 17 May 1971
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Tue, 18 May 1971
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Thu, 20 May 1971
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Fri, 21 May 1971
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Sat, 05 Jun 1971
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Wed, 09 Jun 1971
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Thu, 10 Jun 1971
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Thu, 17 Jun 1971
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Sat, 19 Jun 1971
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