[Mgs] TF replica FS on ebay

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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 at 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.