There's a link, in the page to which the original poster linked,
which goes in to a lot of technical detail about the car.
In short answer to your question, yes -- it has MGB suspension.
Springs from Moss, uprated lever shocks, re-arched rear leaf
springs. It's an MGB suspension.
MGB shell. MGB suspension. MGB-V8 motor. (all of these items have
been modified for racing. If you don't like seeing items modified
for racing in a race car... well, I'm not sure I can help.)
To me, that car doesn't even raise a question of genuine-ness. It's
got bodywork modeled after the factory Sebring race cars, a Rover V8
like the factory installed, upgraded suspension. It is an MGB race
car -- if it's anything else, I can't even imagine what you would
call it.
(and Bill, I love the Jamaican -- not that my vote counts for much.)
Matt
On 1 Sep, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Richard Gosling wrote:
> "It looks like an MGB to me..."
>
> I think that's the root of the issue here. It *looks* like an
> MGB. But it has fibreglass bodywork, no MG interior fittings, and
> an engine that, while a version of a design that was fitted to the
> factory MGBGTV8, is a very substantially different spec. The
> suspension is likely different too (although the article doesn't
> say). So, arguably, if few of the components in that car are
> actually shared with any standard factory MGB, it's more of a
> "silhouette racer". But then it's listed as a '72 - is that just
> fanciful, or did a real '72 car donate enough of itself (i.e. more
> than it's title!) that it's soul lives on in this vehicle?
>
> I'm not saying there's anything wrong with any of that, and I'm
> glad that someone is rich and daft enough to put together such a
> car. It looks like an impressive machine.
>
> I guess the question is, philosophically, how much of a car needs
> to be made of genuine MG parts for it to be an MG? And that's a
> question that could keep us going a long time...
>
> I think few, if any, of the people on this list have any objection
> to MGs being raced on grounds of rarity. Not yet, anyway.
>
> Richard
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