Heh heh. The chicken farmer was clever enough to set up his cars for road
racing, as opposed to drag racing. Or, more precisely, bench racing, since
this thing would never be allowed to drag race without a cage, with that
much horsepower potential.
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires
on 5/22/07 10:59 AM, Larry Daniels at ladaniels@sbcglobal.net wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Heim" <max_heim@sbcglobal.net>
> To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
> ===============================
>
> That reminds me of a story I heard of some chicken farmer from Texas that
> stuck a small block Ford V-8 into an AC Ace. Further rumor has it that he
> then put a big block Ford in there. Sheesh.
>
> I thought this was all nonsense until I saw this picture of a small block
> Chevy in an LBC. Maybe those old rumors were true??
>
>
>
> Larry Daniels
>
> 79 MGB LE
> 60 Bugeye
> 67 Austin A60 Pickup (Ute)
>
> "You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it
> doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it
> shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape."
>
> Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 6:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [MGS] MGB? on eBay
>
>
> Oh boy. One of those.
>
> The problem (well, one problem) with this kind of hot rod is its lack of
> general appeal. The instigator is probably the only person who thought it
> was a good idea. No matter how well it is executed (and this one really does
> look remarkably polished), the other hot rod guys are just going to go
> "huh?", and LBC fans aren't going to be too thrilled, either.
>
> Basicallly, if you are thinking of building something like this, you had
> better plan on keeping it long-term, because it is not an easy thing to find
> a buyer for. If this guy wanted to build a hot rod to sell, he should have
> stuck with Fords.
>
> To be fair, it sounds like he picked up somebody's half-baked project and
> finished it. Good luck, I say...
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires
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