Not sure whether modified cars are intended to be posted here, but some might be interested in this one.
It is a 1956 MGA that received a Fiberfab Jamaican body in the 1960s. The driveline was stock and the conversion was pretty amateurish with things like trailer lights used.
I basically retained the frame, body and rear end and replaced everything else. It got MGB disc brakes at the front, and I fitted a modified 200 bhp GM 3.4 V6 out of a Camaro/Firebird from the mid 90s along with the T5 trans from that model. Everything else was redone or replaced, and the result was a very low (44" compared to a Z4 at 6" taller), very usable sports car that weighs just over 2000 lbs and retains the inherent good handling of that period of MG plus a few mods (I raced an MGA for several decades).
I'll go out on a limb and say that I hate kit cars in general, and that this one is the only one I have seen that doesn't have some pretty awkward body features. Windshield is C2 Corvette, side windows from Karmann Ghia and the rear window is from a first gen Porsche 911. Performance is similar to a 3.0 Z4, although I have never had the balls to test out the high speed aerodynamics of the car. It looks very good, but one might only get to be wrong once!
PS - I looked at every red I could find for a year or so and settled on....BMW Imola Red!
It is a 1956 MGA that received a Fiberfab Jamaican body in the 1960s. The driveline was stock and the conversion was pretty amateurish with things like trailer lights used.
I basically retained the frame, body and rear end and replaced everything else. It got MGB disc brakes at the front, and I fitted a modified 200 bhp GM 3.4 V6 out of a Camaro/Firebird from the mid 90s along with the T5 trans from that model. Everything else was redone or replaced, and the result was a very low (44" compared to a Z4 at 6" taller), very usable sports car that weighs just over 2000 lbs and retains the inherent good handling of that period of MG plus a few mods (I raced an MGA for several decades).
I'll go out on a limb and say that I hate kit cars in general, and that this one is the only one I have seen that doesn't have some pretty awkward body features. Windshield is C2 Corvette, side windows from Karmann Ghia and the rear window is from a first gen Porsche 911. Performance is similar to a 3.0 Z4, although I have never had the balls to test out the high speed aerodynamics of the car. It looks very good, but one might only get to be wrong once!
PS - I looked at every red I could find for a year or so and settled on....BMW Imola Red!
North West Surrey