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12 May 2012, 07:32 (Ref:3072926) | #1 | ||
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MGB 3330PE
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Looking for the history if any of 3330PE a 63 MGB, the wings are Fibre glass with Etype mk 1 inserts and are made like that not adapted from older wings. The only other car I know of is the Ray Dilly car which has Mk2 inserts. 3330 has been modified engine wise in the 70"s and I did find a thruxton race paddack pass in the car. She has not been on the road since 1982. The wings were originally a mid to light blue so suggests they came off another car. The photo showing the MGB works car has a dark MGB with the same wings. Anybody any info on either car. |
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12 May 2012, 09:20 (Ref:3072949) | #2 | ||
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by 'inserts' do you mean the clear plastic headlamp covers?
these are quite common but the pics are not close or clear enough to see if they are special in some way. |
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12 May 2012, 10:45 (Ref:3072978) | #3 | |
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Looking at the pic of the white car Chormy posted, the headlamp covers definitely aren't the perspex covers frequently seen on works and other race Bs- as he suggests, they look more like they came from a Series 1 Jag E-Type, and the actual lights seem to be set further back in the wings than standard- Look at the bigger gap from headlamp to indicator, compared with the car in the second pic.
Those fibreglass wings clearly aren't a straight copy of the standard steel panel, but is it a conversion that was commercially-available in the 60's/70's, or is it something a former owner who knew his way around fibreglass moulding cooked up in his shed? |
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The wings are not from a grp mould as used today. |
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13 May 2012, 08:33 (Ref:3073495) | #5 | ||
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I think this might get a wider audience out in the main forum where I'm moving it to.
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15 May 2012, 06:29 (Ref:3074666) | #6 | ||
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I think you'll find the wings to be a copy of the Jaques Counes cars.
The headlights where actually set back a couple of inches into the wing. |
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