John Hill MGB Centre built one using Range Rover V8 mechanics in the
early 1990s. Daft or wot? It had oversized wheels and sat about 3 feet
off the ground. And people say the MGF is too high! There's a picture of
it in David Knowles' MGB V8 book.
>Has anyone on the list ever thought about building a 4 wheel drive (4WD) MGB?
>
>Could you just rob an old Rover of its drive train and the modify the MGB
>body shell to accommodate the transfer case, etc.?
>
>I don't see any problems with this, they can put Rover V8s and trannies
>into MGBs why not make a full Rover MGB 4WD?
>
>Or it may even be easy to take the drive train of a junked AMC Eagle...and
>pop it into an MGB. Or even an old Jeep Wrangler?
Philip Raby
Editor, MG World
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