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Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 11:11 am
I stumbled across this picture of the Costello V8 MG my Dad rebuilt in his retirement. So much power in something so light was a fear to behold!
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tommu wrote:I stumbled across this picture of the Costello V8 MG my Dad rebuilt in his retirement. So much power in something so light was a fear to behold!
The Rover V8 is story all of it's own. It was derived from a Buick Aluminium V8 produced in the 60s. Rover ended up buying the rights to it and using it in various guises up to 2005. Being Aluminium made it perfect for lighter British cars. Growing up in England post 70s fuel crisis it was pretty much the only V8 in production. As Rover sold the engine by itself, it would end up in TVRs, Morgans and of course MGs. All very exciting.phaedrus76 wrote:I'd be interested to learn more about the V8 MG. That's some AC Cobra / Sunbeam Tiger kinda stuff there.
The death of the MGv8 was probably the beginning of the slow death of MG itself.the car's short production run was the result of BL's upper management being run by Triumph men.... What stopped its export from the UK was BL's decision not to create competition for Triumph models, including the TR-7 which was about to be launched! ... Production ceased after only 2591 cars.
My stable is too small. The car I miss most out in California is the Citroen. The weather out here would be prefect for a CX or even a DS.Amskeptic wrote:tommu wrote:I stumbled across this picture of the Costello V8 MG my Dad rebuilt in his retirement. So much power in something so light was a fear to behold!
That would be something. I have a stable of other cars and a history of many other cars. You?
Colin
I wanted a Citroen SM with the Maserati V6. I respected the Peugeot 505 only in brown with white headliner, a thoroughly handsome car that was disarmingly competent in corners even as it leaned precipitously.tommu wrote:the Citroen mechanically misunderstood
My father recounts a tale of 505 misery. He burnt a valve on the way to Dover but drove on via the ferry deep into Normandy. 5 people, 3 boys under 10 years old trapped in a car running on three cylinders and barely able to make 45 mph. I clearly remember being overtaken by a Renault 5 and then simultaneously, that Renault being over taken by something else being driven recklessly. Ours was white with a pale green headline IIRC.Amskeptic wrote:I wanted a Citroen SM with the Maserati V6. I respected the Peugeot 505 only in brown with white headliner, a thoroughly handsome car that was disarmingly competent in corners even as it leaned precipitously.tommu wrote:the Citroen mechanically misunderstood
Colin