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Re: TF Replica with V-8

To: N <twobees@sprynet.com>
Subject: Re: TF Replica with V-8
From: Bud Krueger <budkrueger@earthlink.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 07:14:15 -0500
Do you mean http://www.ngcars.co.uk/buildyourown/buildyourowntfframe1.html ?

Bud Krueger
52TD

N wrote:

> About a year ago, there were some postings about T-Series MG's with V-8
> power.  At the time, I mentioned having driven one at Lime Rock and had some
> literature on it.  A search at the time revealed nothing among the cases of
> Press Kits, & Press Releases in my collection.  Tonight, in my continuing
> quest to clean up & toss out prior to joining Dave Houser in the migration
> to Florida's Gulf Coast with our MG's, I found it.
>
> If the person who requested detailed info is still on the Digest, please
> contact me off list.  I'll give you more details.
>
> Synopsis:
> The year was 1991.  Ray Noble formed a company in Penn Yan, NY called Noble
> Motor Cars Corp.  They made 2 versions.  One using MGB components, the other
> a 350 Chevy.  By way of comparison, the original TF was quoted as reaching
> 60 mph in 18.9 sec., the NMC TF in 11.9 & the NMC V-8 in 6.0.
>
> Another "oddity" of the NMC cars was the presence of headrests on the seats.
> >From the photo, they look like '68 to '7? seats with the "fat" headrests.
>
> Norm Sippel
> '66 MGB

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