V6 Midget

[WillCarter]

I've been slagging off MG's so I thought i'd go and find one i liked an here it is: www.mgcars.org.uk/v8_conversions/midget/files/billyoung.html

[Nathan]

I have been in that car when i went to the states for a MG Group Visit. Very Very Fast indeed


















P.S. Nothing wrong with MG's (not and arguementative post just a personnel view)

[BenzBoy]

I think the problem is with the old buffers who resist change and don't like mods - they're bad for the MG's image. I think there's scope to do a lot with an MG that hasn't been done before (like you're doing Midget7476) - it's just that you see a lot of textbook K-Series transplants and the like which can get a bit boring IMHO.
Never seen a turbo'd MG however - that will be cool! ;D

[Revolution 9]

Now I didn't say that I don't like MGs, what I said was that I don't like snobby elitist owners who look down on others, it just happens that some cars (traditional British saloons and sports cars especially) attract snobs, while cars modern BMWs attract erratic psychos who cut people up, and Volvo estates attract the old men who can't drive that give Volvo 1/2/7/9 series a bad name. It's just a shame that these owners bring the reputation of everyone else down with them, I didn't ever say that all MG owners are anything, or all Wolseley owners are everything.

[Nathan]

True Guys, i own 2 of em and i even get it from MG owners Espically Roadster Owners. the way i see it and i have owned MG's for many yeras is that i own the car so i will use it as it was intended as the saying goes your car is an extension of yourself

[Ratdat]

I used to get asked why I modified my 510 when it was a nice low mileage example when I got it. The answer is because it's mine, it's for me and I can do what ever I want with it! If I was to keep it original, I'd be doing it for others, not for me, which seems a bit daft when it's my car! When it was stock all I could do was polish it and park it up at a show for others to gawp at. Now I can have lots of fun with it on the track.

The car is mine and always will be. It's not for sale! I say, if you want to see a nice original 510..go buy your own! lol!

I really cannot understand that classic MG mentality. MG's are not exactly uncommon. Any long journey I go on, I'll see maybe two or three MGB's on the road, sometimes more. What on earth would be the point in them all being original??..once you've seen one, you've seen them all kind of thing. Now a turbo one, a rotary one or one with a modern high tech 16V VVT motor in it...that would be worth checking out!! I think it adds interest to that model, it doent detract from it. Yeah, I'd like to see a mint oribinal one, but just one would do nicely..not hundreds, all the same!

[HoTWire]

I know you guys aren't all VW people, so you probably have no idea how much this custom Hebmuller has upset some people :



Here is the Heb story :
w1.316.telia.com/~u31614134/English/hebstory.htm

Here is the lengths people will go to restore one,..
www.classicvws.com/heb.htm

[Nathan]

you have a point RADRAT, all of them are the same i take mine to the reginal shows and park it next to a standard one and get this more poeple come to look at my modded on than the standard.



Like you Said ITS MINE AND I WILL DO WHAT I WANT TO IT AND ITS GOOD TO BE INDIVIDUAL ---- Rock on anyone who says Modd an MG

[BenzBoy]

I get the same curse word from "armchair enthusiasts". They say "Why have you changed it?" "It isn't really a Mercedes any more is it?" (This was after fitting leather Toyota Supra front seats )...and other such curse word.
If I wanted to be restricted in what I do with my car I'd buy a new one - put the wrong brand of polish on one and you've invalidated your warranty!

As has already been said: If ya don't like it, buy yer f**kin own and do what you want with it!

[BenzBoy]

Oh, and that Hebmuller is tasty! I didn't know much about them til I read the links.
Can't see why people get so hot under the collar - if he'd banget raced it, fair enough, linch the curse word. But he's built a really nice, individual car that will be around for years and years instead of sitting in dry-storage in some bunker.

[Nathan]

tell you what if any ant-modd your car fans are reading this i am going to admit to somwthing which ok are not everyones cup of tea but they look sh*t hot on mine and that in Under body lighting or NEONS LOL

[Revolution 9]

If any non-modifying fans are reading this they're on the wrong website! ;D

Another thing I love to remind purists of is that sometimes the factory modified it's cars. I spoke to a guy the other day who had been a mechanic at Rootes Linwood, where my Imps, and 440, 011 other Imps, where built, and he says that on occasion they would fit non standard, and even non Rootes group parts to Imps because they were lying around, or were easier to get a hold of out of a local garage than ordering from Rootes HQ in Coventry. And the works Imps were fitted with Vauxhall brake discs from the factory, but if I were to do that to a non works Imp the purists would crucify me! ;D

[HoTWire]

Lancia Stratos = Parts Bin Special ,.. as were many other cars,.. Modifiying is inherent in most car manufactuers,..

[Revolution 9]

And Ferrari started out sticking fancy alloy bodies on straightforward basic Alfa Romeo ladder chassis and taking them racing. Not really much handbuilt exclusive pedigree in that is there?