Start looking at old MG cars and Harley Davidsons, she'll soon come round to the idea that a bit of cycle touring is harmless.
I've done the MGB restoration. Nightmare! Total nightmare. They're horrible pieces of old s**t that should be scrapped at the earliest opportunity!
they were not making them in the early 60s when the MGB was launched. I think the lump came from the Morris Oxford/Austin Cambridge the 'Farina' bodyshell as it was known (my Uncle sold Dad a similar car, the Vandem Plas Princess but that had a 4 litre Rolls Royce engine, 15MPG on a run, about 6 round villages/town 
)Actually the lump is earlier than the Marina
Marina TC was quicker than an MG
It was a very powerful car for the time, Dad only drove it slowly but when my Uncle Jack had it the thing flew, more than a match for any Jag of the era although it did wallow a bit. The downside was it used vast quantities of petrol (5 Star) and a wry comment of the time was "its not got a carburetter , its got its own personal Arab with a big bucket chucking it in" but this was pre 73.
Rover P5B Coupe. You know you want to.
P4 for me I think. Auto only would rule out the P5B
Mine was a 73 rubber bumber jobbie, it was also the GT hardtop. Horrible.Actually the lump is earlier than the Marina
The one they'd lifted up so the lights were legal (in the states?) past its 'sell by' date by then although if you lowered them back down they didn't look too bad but the hardtop.
