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Well you have a 75 and a 25. It could be a 45, but I don’t think so.
Have you gone older? No.
100. Nah.
I think an MG F or TF as it will give you something different for your fleet. Two seater, soft top, RWD etc.
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Very interesting thoughts @
gnu.
But let's recap all those assertions of yours.
1. 75 & 25, but not a 45? Good bet! You're right. It will not be a 45.
2. Not older? Why not?
3. 100? Nice but a bit on the small-ish side, isn't it?
4. MG F or TF? Not so bad but - there is a big but - you should dig large in your kitty to find one LHD in rather decent order.
I give you a good hint: I'm to pay 2,500€ or around £2,200. Don't compare with UK prices: it's pretty higher here on the continent, France, Belgium, Netherlands or Germany prices are rather close to one another.
An MG F/TF: you're right, I was tempted...
A decent RHD MG F is around 3,500€, a decent RHD MG TF is around one grand more.
If you fancy a LHD one, add another grand to F or TF in either case, i.e loosely speaking 4,500€ for a F, 5,500€ for a TF. That's an average. You may be lucky to find some cheaper, but that may hide some dark hole in the engine, suspension, hood or body.
And you told it: two seater. Nice but I should have bought one... 40 years ago! A roadster is a dream but at 66 it's a bit late, mainly when your wife is ever endlessly demanding to add this or that in the boot.
What could I put in an MG boot? My electric shaver and a pair of toothbrushes!
Regarding a RHD car, I could do with the wheel but the gear lever! Every time I drove a car in the UK it was a RHD indeed and obviously on the right side of the road. No problem but using my left hand to change gears! Awful, because I've got two right hands! Even after 1k miles in Scotland, I wasn't used to the gear lever.
Hence no RHD car and no MG.
A Rover I told you!
Nonetheless your final sentence contains a big part of the solution.
I've got a saloon, a hatchback thus what could be missing then?
I'd one with the same British engine but with a difference easy to notice from the outside...
Have another go...