Rocky, the streamliners (both EX 135 and EX181) were alloy bodied and used
many non-MG parts.
EX181 for instance (the MGA one), used a Riley gearbox, a diff out of
something else, and various other bits strictly out of the parts bin.
I'm not saying someone somewhere didn't use those cars to rationalize
calling a special something else, just that the rationalization wasn't a very
good one. No way is the Victor an MG, although it could certainly be called
a replica MG.
The replica Cobra guys will argue all day long about whether the parts
content warrants calling their cars replicas.
They sure aren't real Cobras any more than a Victor is a real MG. If it
didn't come out of the MG factory it isn't an MG, QED. I'm sure that doesn't
make it any less fun.
Bill
In a message dated 2/10/2011 2:51:47 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
rocknatural@gmail.com writes:
I was told that the decision to recognize it as an MG was based on the
fact that it has no parts from other cars at all. No Ford, No VW stuff at all.
It has a fiberglass TF body and a steel frame, to fit the body and MG
components. I was told that the door was propped open for this by the
recognition of the Bonneville fiberglass MGA that was built for speed runs in
the
50's.
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