[Mgs] U.S. Spec MGB GT V8

[oliver]

and passing.  and drive thru's


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews at gmail.com>
To: "don" <don at napanet.net>
Cc: "MG List" <mgs at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] U.S. Spec MGB GT V8


> On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 3:03 PM, don<don at napanet.net> wrote:
>> 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).
>
> Having extensively driven a RHD cars on continental europe and a LHD
> car in the UK, I can tell you that havng the steering wheel on the
> correct side is overrated. The only real problem I found was at toll
> booths.
>
> Simon