Kelvin,
Thanks for the great write up on the droop snoot 'B. My MG reference
library isn't the greatest, I end up buying books like "How to Tune
the Rover V-8" and so forth.
> Car # BMO541B was built for "Le Mans" "retaining the
>streamlined nose section" (1). "Photographs show it's non-standard
>and singularly ugly droop-snoot bonnet shape."
That's a laugh! I always thought the LM 'B was a rather pretty
car, with major E-type feel.
> It looks like there was only one nose cone which was used only
>on the cars prepared for long distance road events. I have seen a note
>stating that the factory used fiberglass wings on the rally cars to cut
>down on replacement costs. I have seen no other evidence of this
>practice, but it makes sense that an alloy, one off nose would not be
>subjected to rally abuse. There is a picture of Syd Enever hammering
>the grille openning of the 65 Le Mans car. My guess is that by the end
>of the 65 season the nose was in poor condition and was scrapped when
>the car was prepared for rally use. But who knows what might be lying
>around in someones lock up?
I know of an MGB racer in the southern US who claims to have a
fiberglass copy of the droop snoot, however I have not seen the
piece, and I doubt that it's a copy of the original. Pix, prints,
or pieces of the original would be something to have.
> The reason I spent so much time researching this subject?
>I built a replica of 7DBL to vintage race.
Where do you race? I'd love to see the car. Is this replica a
standard nosed version?
Again, thanks for the info!
-Keith Wheeler
Team Sanctuary http://www.teamsanctuary.com/
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