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My experience with an MGB:

took me about a year and I doubt I'd do it again.
It was fun to drive around when it wasn't raining and the fans worked and I had the carbs synched.
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Ombligo wrote:
It's parked next to his other "collectible" that he thinks is much more valuable -- an '85 Camaro with cross-fire fuel injection :confused:
Wow... one of the few V8 Camaros that even die-hard Camaro fans sneer at. I suppose it might generate some collector interest as an example of quite possibly the least desirable V8 Camaro ever built.
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Put a Chevy motor and tranny in it and you'll be happy.
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Z, that is one beautiful resto! GORGEOUS!
An acquaintance did a Spitfire, but widened the wheel wells and used wider tires. And I think he lowered it a touch. He painted it a robin's egg blue or a shade lighter. That may have been a factory color. It was very, very well done. But somehow it lack syngerny. Maybe it was the color. His car, in real life doesn't come even close to yours in a pic,
A few years back, there was a local guy who shoe-horned a small block Mouse Motor (302, if I recall) into a 'Healey Sprite. Resto-ed the body and paint to the factory beige or whatever that was.
He never did hard launches, but did a lot of roll-on throttle stuff, and always stunned the "competition".
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davester wrote:
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My experience with an MGB:
It was fun to drive around when it wasn't raining and the fans worked and I had the carbs synched.
That one probably wasn't worth doing. It's a late, heavily smoggified model with raised ride height = lousy handling, and a significantly detuned gutless engine. Also, that model didn't have dual carburettors so there was nothing to sync unless somebody had done some substantial modifications. A TR6 would be a vastly better car.
Thanks for the compliment, davester. The engine was from a 74 with dual carbs and while, with a re-bushed suspension and a few handling goodies, it wasn't much of a match for a Corvette - it was fun to drive.
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Sorry olnacl. I wasn't intending to slight you. It seemed that you were slighting the car so I was explaining perhaps why you weren't enthusiastic about the car.
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Thanks for the compliment, davester.
That was an amazingly civil response.
I thought he was being a huge dick head.