British Car Magazine is going to do an MGB/Roadster comparison article. They need a nice stock 1600 in or near Florida. I figure send them the nicest one we can. The guy seems really interested in do
BTW, how about a 2L? The MG has 1800 ccs. Are they afraid? Any of you guys have a stroker in FL? I belong to an MG club and know that I can blow all of them out with my stroker . . . I beat them goin
When and where? I'll bring my 2000 so they can see how unfair that would be to the MG Brian '69 2000 Tampa, FL http://web.tampabay.rr.com/oilleak/ British Car Magazine is going to do an MGB/Roadster
Anyone got a 1600 grill and emblems? Just do a fast swap and let them think that you have a 1600... heheh! Eric WyCROC be /// /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list ///
1800 ccs. 94 HP - closer to a 1600 than a 2000 Mark Baltimore Maryland 1964 1500 1968 1600 http://www.datsunroadsters.com http://www.roadster.org /// /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list
I say go for it, but don't be surprised if the article has a pro-British slant and a number of howlers (i.e. the Datsun is homely, copied the MG, has tailights from a Buick (no really, I read that in
I'm not in FL, but I'm not ashamed of my old 1600. Even with 108k miles and never rebuilt, I'd go up against a stock MGB. My car is not a show car by any means, but it looks pretty good. I know there
It's not just about "going up against", though, is it? Straight line performance between a stock 1600 and a stock MGB should be so close as to be hard to differentiate from the driver's seat. I recko
A friend in the MG club owns a 72 B and it handles very good. I was surprised by how well his car handled as I followed him in my Miata through some twisty roads coming back from Lime Rock. He has bi
Author: Gary McCormick <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 10:58:27 -0700
Anyone have any production figures for MG-Bs to compare to Roadster prod'n? That might tell the tale as to why there is greater availability of performance parts for the Bs. There is an outfit in the
Ya got that right. Cross flow heads and all other sorts of goodies that are cheap compared to Roadster parts. Mike -- Original Message -- From: SLBESQ@aol.com To: datsunmike@nyc.rr.com ; sgam@hotmai
The outfit is the Rover group which is now owned by BMW. The bodies have been around since 90 or so. Mike -- Original Message -- From: "Gary McCormick" <svgkm@halley.ca.essd.northgrum.com> To: <SLBES
I remember seeing the news article in the car magazines when the 1,000,000th MGB rolled off the assembly line. That was very near the end of its production life. Gordon Glasgow Renton, WA /// /// dat
BMW split the Rover group and sold MG and Rover to some English business group, Land Rover to Ford and kept Mini for themselves. The Mini Cooper S is one hot small car with Supercharged 165 hp. Thoma
I'm pretty sure that I read that BMW kept the "heritage" division of Rover which is the part of Rover that made the MGB shells as well as TR6 shells. There's money to be made in selling parts for Bs
I think you're thinking of Minis. There were only about 500,000 Bs made. Although in production a long time they had lots of competition back then and the later cars didn't sell well. I remember rea
Back when I had an MG and Lots of friends that had MGAs, I got info that Moss Motors had bought the rights and molds to manufacture and sell the "B" body shell. they were advertising it in their cata
Looks more like the Moss X-files to me. Maybe they were buying the parts from England under some kind of distribution deal. Thomas /// /// datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net mailing list ///