Awesome!
Great, great rally car.
Probably because of the no-waste styling itself but many British cars look like the designers were off to lunch when it was time to find a way to stick all of that fabric on the top of it.
The contrasting white racing stripes are the cars crowning glory!
OMG, that's my car right there!
I owned an MGB back in the early 1970s. It was in pretty rough condition but lots of fun to drive. I had to give the starter motor a light wack with a steel bar every morning but then it was good for the rest of the day.
Wow!
Since you're so happy I'll waiver my finder's fee.
Yup.....solenoid bump
Exactly, yes. My mistake. The solenoid, not the starter itself. Lucas Electrics in the Datsum, too? I also owned a Triumph Bonneville. Electrical headaches with that too.
Not sure
He-he! I know what you mean.
Yes, and so were the dual Amal carburetters on my Triumph Bonneville. So difficult to keep them synchronized. The points kept shifting about too so I had to keep a feeler gauge in my pocket at all times. And then there were the twin coils. I finally replaced both of them with a single Honda coil that fired on the ignition AND the exhaust strokes, which was a good thing as it burned off excess gasses!
I definitely do not want to be accused of 'derailing a thread' - at least not once again on the same subject - but there's more than one housewife who can run circles around me in the garage.Is that a V12 (a straight six)?
Jay was saying his car has a V12 in it.
Sorry I can't talk turkey with you guys. I'm a housewife not a mechanic.
Car is in both our names so I have as much legal right to drive it as he does.Ronni. Has Ron, handed the keys over to you yet to burn a little rubber after an evening cocktail or a glass or two of wine?
Thankfully I don’t have to remind him of that fact, we take turns. It’s a stick shift and so sometimes who drives is determined solely by whether his knee or my hip is hurting. 
Wasn't there a Sunbeam Alpine "Tiger" produced with a small-block Ford V-8 engine? 260, I think it was. I've only seen one.
Handsome fellow and I'll bet he could pull the birds, I imagine.
I'll bet it did! It was, after all, the same basic format as the small block AC Cobra ... maybe even lighter?
Speaking of V8s
Yup, that's it! Like I said, just gorgeous IRL - I don't normally like grey cars but this was really beautiful.
It must have been top-heavy! In 1968 I put together a '64 Ford Falcon street gasser with a cross-bolt 427. I had a difficult time keeping the front wheels on the ground.
