Axis of Evil
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I once sold an MGBGT using the heading," Car for someone lacking the taste or money for something better." This one fits that bill.
In a sad time in my life (English car disease) I owned two TR8's. One a7 I converted using a 7 Coupe, the other an 8 ragtop from the States that I converted to RHD and put a worked 4.6 Rover engine into. Chassis made of bubblegum . when the engine was revved I could watch the gap between the drivers door and rear guard open and close.
After Zuffen went public with his Suzuki " Mightyboy" swap ,I decided that this could be an appropriate time to take my own simplemindedness public
This car somehow appeared on an unrelated search I had in on Gumtree, don't know how, or why.
My first thought was " who in their right mind would want to get involved with on of those ugly primitive disasters?" straight body with a Dead Dolomite sprint engine,-I did notice it was one of the few that did not have a hole in the roof for a sun/rain roof (Webasto, a Latvian word that means leaky) also rust free.. Hmmmmm?
It was still listed when I looked again a day later, $1,000. Checked it out.
It had been in a shed for 11 years, but It had had fans in that time, the rats had loved the interior.
so I bought it. What could go wrong?
Plan, 3UZ, (1UZ had been done before, so no problems with fit)
Positives: Small, light, rear wheel drive, and a good rally car in their day.
they were factory fitted with a 3.5 Rover V8, so makes it a bit easier to road register.
This one has a roof, so body not as bendy as a convertible.
Those three points just about gets me past the fact that it is a butt ugly design, (the car that sent the Triumph car company to oblivion)
Point 4, It is not a "Mightyboy"
The fact that it is probably a ridiculous waste of time space, effort and money by putting a quality
engine in a reborn rats nest somehow got past me at the time.
First steps in the plan;
Repaint, get rid of the13 inch wheelbarrow wheels, new seats, update brakes, suspension, de-badge it (get rid of the funeral wreath on the front for starters)
20 years ago, my thoughts were I never wanted another one of these primitive cake boxes, in this lifetime or the next!
Old age and early onset dementia made me forget.
First step. get rid of that horrible 70's bumblebee colour scheme.
In a sad time in my life (English car disease) I owned two TR8's. One a7 I converted using a 7 Coupe, the other an 8 ragtop from the States that I converted to RHD and put a worked 4.6 Rover engine into. Chassis made of bubblegum . when the engine was revved I could watch the gap between the drivers door and rear guard open and close.
After Zuffen went public with his Suzuki " Mightyboy" swap ,I decided that this could be an appropriate time to take my own simplemindedness public
This car somehow appeared on an unrelated search I had in on Gumtree, don't know how, or why.
My first thought was " who in their right mind would want to get involved with on of those ugly primitive disasters?" straight body with a Dead Dolomite sprint engine,-I did notice it was one of the few that did not have a hole in the roof for a sun/rain roof (Webasto, a Latvian word that means leaky) also rust free.. Hmmmmm?
It was still listed when I looked again a day later, $1,000. Checked it out.
It had been in a shed for 11 years, but It had had fans in that time, the rats had loved the interior.
so I bought it. What could go wrong?
Plan, 3UZ, (1UZ had been done before, so no problems with fit)
Positives: Small, light, rear wheel drive, and a good rally car in their day.
they were factory fitted with a 3.5 Rover V8, so makes it a bit easier to road register.
This one has a roof, so body not as bendy as a convertible.
Those three points just about gets me past the fact that it is a butt ugly design, (the car that sent the Triumph car company to oblivion)
Point 4, It is not a "Mightyboy"
The fact that it is probably a ridiculous waste of time space, effort and money by putting a quality
engine in a reborn rats nest somehow got past me at the time.
First steps in the plan;
Repaint, get rid of the13 inch wheelbarrow wheels, new seats, update brakes, suspension, de-badge it (get rid of the funeral wreath on the front for starters)
20 years ago, my thoughts were I never wanted another one of these primitive cake boxes, in this lifetime or the next!
Old age and early onset dementia made me forget.
First step. get rid of that horrible 70's bumblebee colour scheme.
, I'd like to do a 2JZ Vvti TT conversion.
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