Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Per the October 2012 edition of Classic American magazine via scans on the t2vrestoration.com website:
Summary: In 1966, Keith Sales of SS Motors in Mitcham Surrey England put a 396cid Chevy V8 in a 1963 MGB and began dragracing it at Santa Pod. (Its first known race was August 14, 1966 where it clocked a 14.649s quarter mile. By Easter '67 it had taken more than a second off that. By the end of the '67 season it was down to 12.15s on gasoline.) The car featured a radically styled fiberglass bodywork and a flashy red with gold paint job. As dragracers do, the car was given a bold name: "Megalomania". === === === === |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
save each image individually to your local computer.
then download a decent pic viewer / editer and zoom in and out to your hearts content. i use Irfanview. [www.irfanview.com] |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4514 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
With Firefox, just hold the CTRL key down & use the mouse scroll whee l(or - key & + key) to zoom out or in.
Sure thought that car would run much, much faster than a 14.6. |
Jim Stabe Jim Stabe San Diego, Ca (829 posts) Registered: 02/28/2009 10:01AM Main British Car: 1966 MGB Roadster 350 LT1 Chevy |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
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With Firefox, just hold the CTRL key down & use the mouse scroll whee l(or - key & + key) to zoom out or in. Pretty neat trick, thanks |
MGBV8 Carl Floyd Kingsport, TN (4514 posts) Registered: 10/23/2007 11:32PM Main British Car: 1979 MGB Buick 215 |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Curtis,
I put my 3000lb Camaro (4 speed) well into the 12s @ 112mph with no slicks & no traction off the line. I was thinking that big block MG would be good for 9s or, at least, 10s. |
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Preform Resources Dave Craddock Redford,Michigan (359 posts) Registered: 12/20/2008 05:46PM Main British Car: 72 MGB V6 3.4 |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Interesting shot of him running against an old McClaren can am car !
Dave |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Quote: Yeah, I know. Nothing about its racing history is impressive except when it happened. Starting from August 14, 1966... (!) |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
What a neat post, I just LOVE this sort of thing. Ordered an issue of the magazine a few moments ago just for the article.
I'm new here (although I've been signed up for a time, I haven't been active at all) and not that familiar with the site, is there a section or on-going thread where more of this sort of thing/these sort of cars might be posted? Thanks, T |
Moderator Curtis Jacobson Portland Oregon (4577 posts) Registered: 10/12/2007 02:16AM Main British Car: 71 MGBGT, Buick 215 |
Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Welcome to BritishV8, Thomas. This sort of stuff is sprinkled in throughout, at odd intervals. I guess you'll just have to surf around for it. I can give you one tip. If you liked reading about Megalomania, you're almost sure to like "The Muscle Sprout"
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Re: England's First Funny Car? '63 MGB w/ 396 Chevy circa 1966
Thank you for that link ! !
I really DID enjoy the photos and write-up AND learned some good tech for my own project. I was worried about spring wrap. Having already purchased some "slapper bars" I thought that I might have it solved, but the idea of reinforcing (and possibly extending) the axle pads is going to be perfect. Low tech, easy, and seemingly a proven solution. Been hanging around less than a day; already having a terrific time and learned something that I'll use on my build as well. Terrific ! ! TC |