Mr T. As far as I understand it, the roadster shares the same monocoque floorpan as the MGBGT with no extra strengthening.
I renvovated a MGBGT once, and swore to never do it again!
With a Triumph, what you see is what you get, the MGB is different, the sill construction is extremely strong, due to a third strengthening rail which is called the " castle rail". It runs the length of the sill inside between the outer and inner sill.
It often will rust away badly, weakening the structure, but goes un-noticed.
The only way to check and repair, is to remove the outer sill.
It is very time consuming, messy and awkward to do.
Also, I found all the other welding which is required on a rusty B to be much harder to do than a Triumph.
You have been warned!
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