Maybe the SCCA has the right idea. If I remember right the classes are
something similar to stock, street prepared, street modified (all of
which are still an MGB) or Fully Modified, which is a single class
regardless of the frame, body, or engine, including homebuilt no name
cars (had a guy who made his own car with Hi-Po ford and as ugly as it
was it really handled well). which would no longer be an MGB., according
to the SCCA.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: JedPiper [SMTP:JedPiper@earthlink.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 1997 12:34 PM
> To: MG List
> Subject: The quiddity of the MGB
>
> Hi gang -
>
> The recent postings regarding the
> 4WD/AWD/Turbo-Supercharged/Rocket-Boosted/MGB amphicars and
> half-tracks,
> etc.; brings to mind a question: At what point is a MGB no longer a
> MGB?
> At what point does the toyota-turbo powered "B" with a caravan
> transmission
> and fiberglass fender flares stop being a "B" and become something
> other
> than a MGB?
>
> Don't get me wrong, I'm not a purist, don't even really know what that
> is.
> But, if I remove the MG badges from my B and slap them on either end
> of my
> windstar does it suddenly become a highly modified MGB? I think not.
>
>
> When I purchased my 76' I bought a quirky, somewhat underpowered,
> british
> automobile. That's what I wanted, that's what I've got. I guess I
> just
> don't see the point in all the modifications proposed. Possibly one
> person's coolness is another's abomination....just thinking (yikes).
>
> Jed
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