The PR5 is not the same as the RV8, and it is a GREAT looking car. I
may be blaspheming here, but I saw an RV8 at Gaydon this summer, and it
looked like what might have resulted if an American Kustom car guy got
hold of an MGB. Much more muscular looking, with a frou-frou leather
and walnut interior.
The PR5 was much sleeker, and looked more like a individual car rather
than an evolved MGB. I'll bet they could have sold like hotcakes in the
US.
Just got hold of David Knowles' new book "MG - The Untold Story". I
would have called it "MG - The More Detailed Story". David has
succeeded in re-telling all the MG lore that has been touched upon in
previous books (like those from Harvey, McComb, and Robson), but in much
more detail, and with a goldmine of photos of weird prototypes and
one-offs. The PR5 design effort is well documented in the book. I had
to cringe at all the planned iterations of the "BL Corporate Sports
Car", the car that became the TR7. What a horribly misguided effort!
Thanks, David, for a great book. I don't think I will need to buy
another tome on MG, after this one (I have your "V-8 - 20 years on" book
also).
Cheers, Paul Kile
1962 MGA 1600 MkII Roadster (The Hangar Queen)
1974 Factory MGB-GT V-8 (The Rustbucket)
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