[Mgs] 50 MGB GT 'one-offs'

Max Heim max_heim at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jul 22 18:17:23 MDT 2011


Haven't heard about this one.

There's a good reason it wouldn't be done with a Triumph -- that's a
body-on-frame design. With the MGB, if you have all the body stampings, you
have the whole car. With the Triumph, all you have is a pile of panels
sitting on the shop floor.



Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 7/22/11 4:24 PM, Don at don at napanet.net wrote:

> I no longer own a Triumph, but I am still on the list.  Just got
> this.  Anyone MG folks know about it, where it might be discussed on
> the internet?
> 
> 
> 
> I know this ought to appear on the MG list - but it makes one wonder if the
> same might be done for Triumph, subject to BMW giving a green light, which is
> doubtful.
> 
> I see that the latest edition of Practical Classics in the UK has
> announced that British Motor Heritage has joined forces with another
> specialist to build just 50 MGBGT 'one-offs' to mark the thirty years that has
> passed since the last MG left Abingdon. Using the original body jigs, the cars
> will use a Mazda 2.0 litre engine and a six speed manual box. Power output is
> indicated to be in excess of 210burps and with a slight modification to the
> front suspenders. The announcement in the August edition of Practical Classics
> didn't give *all* the info, except for the fact that the price is likely to be
> in excess of GBP50k - approx 80k US.
> 
> It would be nice to see a TR6 getting a
> similar comemmorative treatment but I guess the lederhosen clad mob in Munchen
> would veto it. Perhaps the best that Triumph enthusiasts can hope for is a
> barely rebodied version of that so-called 'mini' with some Triumph Globe
> roundels slapped on the hubcaps?
> 
> Jonmac
> 
> 
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> Don Scott
> Calistoga CA USA
> 1955 MGTF
> 1962 MGA Mk 2
> 1973 MGB GT (selling)
> 1963-7 MGB (seeking)
> Misc. Japanese cars


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