plugugly, I have been very lucky with my 1977 MGB. All the gauges work except for the trip odometer. The car will hit 70,000 miles sometime this month. It doesn't burn or leak oil, which is a major miracle given what my '67 used to burn through. I have the car maintained by British car specialists in town. They are not cheap but they are very good. The car only goes out on sunny days and is garaged kept. I'd love to have a TR-6 but, as you may know, the prices are getting quite high and forget about Austin-Healy 3000's which can approach over $60,000 these days.
The car is fun and that's all I'm looking from it.