Didn't ask him about any cars for sale. He had a couple T-series and a B
roadster in the shop - all in the state of rebuilding. (The TF looked real
nice.) I was tempted to ask him about the GT V8 possibly being for sale,
but figured it would be outrageously priced. The owner is no fool. He has
a one-of-a-kind and knows it. I'm not enough of a collector to pay what
that thing could bring on the open market. Plus, I have a 79 Roadster and 2
V8s and 2 Rover 5 speeds. I can put one of them together and get my thrills
w/o paying top dollar for a car you would want to keep under wraps because
of it's rarity. Just not my style.
You can call John at 616-682-0800 and ask.
Larry
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From: "don" <don@napanet.net>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 5:03 PM
To: "Larry Daniels" <ladaniels@sbcglobal.net>; "MG List"
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: U.S. Spec MGB GT V8
> Hi Larry,
> A B GT V8 would be my dream car- especially if it's all factory correct.
> I
> saw one at the Bromley Pageant of Motoring in the UK several years ago and
> have seen them in books and magazines. Also, there was a guy in these
> parts (Sacramento I think) who has a condition 1 restored factory B GT V8
> at the Dixon British car show, but he didin't convert it to LHD, which I
> think was not wise if he has any plans to drive it here in the US (unless
> he is a postal deliveryman).
> I had a TR8, and now that I don't, I realize I should have kept it as the
> aluminum 215 makes a small car into a rocket. TR8s are quite pleasant to
> drive, even though the styling is a bit strange.
> Are there any cars for sale at John's shop? I would like to find a nice
> old steel dash MGB roadster.
> Don Scott
> 2001 Miata SE BRG (thinks it's an MG)
> 1973 MGB GT (for sale)
> 1962 MGA
>
>
> At 08:16 AM 08/14/2009, Larry Daniels wrote:
>>Yesterday I had the opportunity to stop at University Motors. As John
>>Twist
>>was showing me around, he pointed out a U.S. spec MGB GT V8. Honest! A
>>1973
>>model with LHD, etc.
>>
>>He related that BL sent 8 of them over to the U.S. distributor to see if
>>they
>>wanted to sell them. The distributor was also handling Jags and TRs -
>>both
>>considered to be upmarket from MG - and thought the MGB V8 would upset the
>>pecking order and hurt Jag sales. They declined and sent 7 of the 8 back
>>to
>>Jolly Old. This one remained here. It is owned by a guy in Ohio.
>>
>>By the way, John has lots and lots of used parts he needs to clear out, if
>>you
>>need anything. Mostly MGB and Spridget stuff.
>>
>>Larry
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