Some additional info:
The MGB GT SE was the brian-child of one of the importer's (BL at the time?)
marketing guys who is now a principle of a major NYC ad agency. The GT's
just weren't selling. So, what to do? Put a package together that they
could either install in Port Newark, or have the dealer install. A little
bit of scrounging around the globe & bingo! - a Special car. Viola! A
marketable & salable car.
If my memory serves me right, the wood wheel & shift knob were from
Australia, the mirror from the UK, and the badges from Jersey City (or
somehere west).
Before I bought my '80 B in 1993, I looked at one. Low miles, black, chrome
around the gauges that looked like new, and no metal below the door sills.
That's when I did some research & spoke to the "creator."
Somewhere I even have a copy of Road & Track with an ad for the SE.
One of John Twist's guys, Gregg Purvis, was the "Registrar" of the MGB GT SE
group back then. You may want to track him down or whoever is now Registrar
of that group among NAMGBR's.
Norm Sippel
'66 MGB
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