Pat,
You unfortunately discounted your Fairlady as not being sufficiently
british. The engine was a 1500 cc MGA in 1965 with the exception of metric
threads. The suspension was a more modern design ('50's) and was a very
capable sportscar. If you had waited until 1967, you could have had the
2000, a SOHC four version of the later 240Z engine It was a british
sportscar with an attitude, but still partly an MG.
Ron
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>Date: Mon, 10 Mar 1997 21:20:16 -0800
>From: pbailey <pbailey@qnet.com>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net
>Subject: Re: WHY BRITISH???
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>I was born in England and came over to the US when I was 6 months old My
>mom was a war bride So I guess it was lurking in my blood all along but
>I really didn't pay much attention to LBCs until I was 13 or 14 and
>built the Austin 3000 kit by revell which they have just brought back
>out BTW I have a nice BRG one on my mantle I just made,building that kit
>opened up a whole new world to me I had been building 40 fords and hot
>rod kits but the little healey kit just hit some inner thing.fast foward
>8 years and I went to a MG dealer and looked and sat in a new 68 GT but
>the cost was $4000 which might as well been $1000,000 at the time but I
>did get a 65 fairlady the next year but it wasn't british and it was a
>poor replica IMHO...then marraige,job,kids etc and finally realizing if
>I don't buy one soon I probably never sooo 2 1/2 years ago I bought my B
>and have loved it ever since!! My wife and I just got back from a nice
>drive down to Valencia WITH the top off thru the canyon roads it was 95
>in LA today!! Now she wants something "sporty" but it needs to have a
>back seat so no LBC for her oh well I guess we won't have a stable of
>them but I can keep hoping! Pat
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