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The Heritage shells are now made in pre 1966 format. When they started they were wide tunnel only. There's also the issue that having bought your shell you had about 200hrs of fettling to get the panels to fit properly. I believe these problems are now solved.
My road MGB is a wide tunnel but it's registered as a 1965, originally built 17 Dec 1965. Sometime in its life it was crashed and a new wide tunnel shell was used to rebuild it. All acknowledged on the heritage certificate. So, rather than treat it as an original I've modified it in terms of engine, seats etc. Sensitive? Moi. |
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I think the Mini shells started off as Mk3 only, but now Heritage make Mk1 & 2 also? I’ve heard it said before about panel fit, but the panels were being made from original press tools, I think, then ‘hand built’. And as can be seen from a lot of ‘hand built’ cars, robots do a far better job! Who mentioned Morgan...
I remember that purists scorned the later Mini Mk1 or 2 front valance (that has the ends cut away), but in period if you were repairing a Mk1 you could only buy the later version after that model came out! Same with Mk1 E*s**rt (daren’t mention again...) rear bumpers. Later cars had a cut out to allow more light for the number plate illumination, so immediately the early version was discontinued as a spare. Then of course when cars were being restored for concours, having the correct bumper mattered and they became quite valuable! |
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Well here's a point. Which would you prefer in your garage, a 1275GT or a Mini Cooper S?
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Given that I've just seen a posting on Facebook for a 1275S that had a full restoration a few years (but less than 450 miles) ago, which is for sale for around £44K, I think I'd say Cooper S. But in reality a good 998 Imp would be what I'd want to drive (and have well over £30K left to spend on other toys ) |
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In my yoof I rallied a Cooper S engined Clubman that I built up from a repaired shell bought from the local breakers. It had a single 45 on swan neck manifold, which required fabricating a box to go round it so it didn’t poke into the interior. The induction noise was deafening, even then.... |
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Didn't the GT have the later 1.75" big ends? A la Marina engine. Handy if you wanted to build a stroker but perceived wisdom was that it didn't rev so well.
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I think id go for that but recently I've liked the look of the GT much better.
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The Innocenti Minis are quite desirable nowadays as well, but my fav would be a Metro Turbo. I don’t think many gearboxes survived the increase in power and torque.... I think Lotus were involved with the engine development? |
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I raced a Metro. Surprisingly easy to modify and set up.
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Yup they still race. An inexpensive way to get 9n track. The MGCC series was the brainchild of Steve Hall of Hall's Garage in Bourne Lincolnshire. Nice chap too.
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Just had a chat with Colin McKay .What a nice chap to talk to about historic racing and cars.Enjoyed that.👍.I do find talking in a conversation a little hard but that was great.
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I think the MG series also welcomes K Series cars besides the venerable A.
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May be John and E.B already had a look to the 2019 Rétromobile poster. Difficult to find a leading idea and budget on usual but I find this one well inspired. Peut être un peu trop franco-française avec la dentelle et petite culotte de Calais with the reference to Citroën using Eiffel Tower to advertise. Was it said "Advert Hall"?
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