Define successfully. Bill Beardsley races an Austin America in GT5 in
the SCCA in the San Francisco region. He usually finishes
races. Considering that they have the same limitations and no
advantages over a GT5 mini, I don't see much reason to spend the money
racing an AA.
lrc
On Mon, Feb 19, 2001 at 03:10:57PM -0800, Eric Wilson wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: TR7 -- Why are LBC carbs so complicated?
> Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 09:03:34 -0800
> From: Eric Wilson <weej@ridgenet.net>
> To: "John T. Blair" <jblair@exis.net>
> References: <3.0.1.32.20010218185153.006ffc40@mailhub.exis.net>
>
> Greetings all:
>
> I'm brand new to the list. I have a quick question regarding the Austin
> America
> / MG 1300. Were these cars, in any of their re-badged forms, ever raced
> successfully? I've looked around the web for history on these cars and
> can't
> find anything helpful.
>
> I've found two reasonably good condition cars, one an MG and one an
> Austin, in a
> local junkyard. They're good looking little cars and immediatly
> appealed to my
> small car aesthetic (I'm also a Datsun 510 owner). Before I buy them, I
> wonder
> if they can be turned into little hot-rods the way the Mini-Cooper was
> so well.
> Also, even 510 parts are getting hard to come by - I expect that the
> lesser-known (in rural America, anyway) British marques might be nearly
> impossible to find good parts for. Is this true?
>
> Can anyone point me to a definitive website that covers these intriguing
> little
> cars?
>
> Thanks
>
> wej
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