MG Sports Cars

engine swaps and other performance upgrades, plus "factory" and Costello V8s

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Curtis Jacobson
Portland Oregon
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10/12/2007 02:16AM

Main British Car:
71 MGBGT, Buick 215

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This MGB V8 conversion was completed in 1966!
Posted by: Moderator
Date: December 14, 2007 04:56AM

Check it out! [www.britishv8.org]
(13 photos, and more coming soon! This car currently belongs to Hayes Harris, and it's for sale at www.wirewheel.com. More info on the car and the sale will be included in the next newsletter issue.)

As we've discussed before, MG V8 conversions go way, way back... certainly to the early fifties anyway. Also, at least one Buick 215 had been installed in an MG as early as 1962. Still, photos and documentation of the early engine swaps can be hard to come by. This new addition to our photo gallery is the earliest MGB V8 we've found photos and documentation for.

If you guys have something earlier, please send it in! (However, please keep in mind that we can't publish copyrighted images without proper permission.)

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Kris Palmer
Mpls MN
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Registered:
10/23/2007 03:13PM

Main British Car:
1972 Triumph TR6, Olds F85 V8, TR8 5-speed 'box Olds 215 V8

Re: This MGB V8 conversion was completed in 1966!
Posted by: motormouth
Date: December 20, 2007 07:29AM

Awesome car!! Great find, Curtis. Holman & Moody motor, looks like a Hurst shifter, the old cowled headlights.... A beaut.
Kris


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