MGB GT V8 build. **SOLD**

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TerryG
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#131 Post by TerryG » Wed Mar 16, 2016 9:51 am

You're going to need a classic car transporter to take your collection to shows!
I think you should restore the singer next. I have a soft spot for them as my dad had one until I was 5/6.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#132 Post by 3xpendable » Wed Mar 16, 2016 10:40 am

Haha, no we are scaling down now (!).

The Singer is sadly beyond saving, the floor and chassis is rotted out, along with the fact the roof has been bent when it;s been lifted with chains. My brother has talked about reshelling it, but realistically he has more projects than he has time and money for so he's talking about breaking it.
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1964 Ford Anglia 105e Saloon

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#133 Post by JPB » Wed Mar 16, 2016 12:30 pm

Hey, 3xpendable, good to see you posting again, you've been missed around here. :thumbs:
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#134 Post by 3xpendable » Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:22 pm

Thanks JPB, life has gotten in the way along with work firewalls not liking the new site, but that seems to be fixed now.

Do I ready right you have a Toyota now?
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#135 Post by TerryG » Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:07 pm

Welcome to the new-new site.
Hopefully no more daft firewall issues :)
It is good to have you back.
Understeer: when you hit the wall with the front of the car.
Oversteer: when you hit the wall with the back of the car.
Horsepower: how fast you hit the wall.
Torque: how far you take the wall with you.

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#136 Post by rich. » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:35 pm

welcome back ;)

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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#137 Post by JPB » Wed Mar 16, 2016 7:41 pm

3xpendable wrote:...Do I read right you have a Toyota now?
:oops: I do, but in my defence it is approaching 26 years of age and doesn't have any of these newfangled toys such as fuel injection, engine management or brakes that apply themselves, so it's as easy to live with as a classic car, but with the performance of a newer one of equivalent size. It also has the comfiest seats I've found in anything since I ran the Farina-styled Morris Oxford and Austin A60 as daily cars.
Pictures are here and it looks the same now as it did then, in spite of having served me through the winter and covering more than 10,000 miles since June, without the slightest hint of misbehaviour.
When I bought that, I was looking at it as a modern enough older car that I found acceptable, but I've actually grown rather fond of its civilised nature, its grunt and its handling which - on good modern tyres - is extremely entertaining. :D
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#138 Post by 3xpendable » Fri Mar 18, 2016 8:26 am

Lovely Job, very Victor Meldrew ;)
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#139 Post by JPB » Fri Mar 18, 2016 9:16 am

3xpendable wrote:..very Victor Meldrew ;)
:lol:
That was exactly the image I was going for! :oops: That, or a slightly more daring version of Hyacinth Bucket's other half, who probably would have bought an openly Japanese car, but may have been nobbled with chloroform by his scary wife and bundled to the Rover dealership in the boot of Onslow's Cortina, before being forced to sign the cheque and buy something "British".
:mrgreen:
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Re: MGB GT V8 build..

#140 Post by 3xpendable » Fri Mar 18, 2016 12:28 pm

Remember the episode they took the Rolls Royce on a test drive?

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