At 9:29 PM -0500 3/23/00, Kai M. Radicke wrote:
>As I sat watching Speedvision's vintage film replay of the 1955 RAC Tourist
>Trophy I noticed something very odd when the MGAs made their pit stops. One
>of the MGAs had a twin cam motor in it. Now this is 1955! The other MGA
>had the usual OHV motor. How can this be? And it was most definitely a
>twin cam motor, just like the ones in the production cars... and yes I know
>I saw a twin cam MG motor because I could make out the octagon on the front
>of one of the valve covers, along with the rounded bonnet.
>
>Yes, I'm very sure it was indeed 1955. There were TR2s competing, and also
>the Austin Healey 100S (built in 1954). Not that I don't trust
>Speedvision's facts or anything.
>
>Speedvision is replaying this episode of Legends of Motorsport, at 1AM EST
>tonight.
>
>BTW, both MGAs crashed out when it began to rain... as did the TR2 (which
>had quite a bit of braking trouble earlier on).
>
>Cheers,
>
>--
>Kai M. Radicke -- kmr@pil.net
>1966 MGB -- 1974 Triumph TR-6
>http://www.pil.net/~felix (pix soon)
According to F Wilson McComb's MG, almost all of the '55 on
race/rally cars were Twin Cams. In 1955. But it wasn't offered to the
public until 1958.
--
Bob Shaw
Check out Shaw's Garage at http://www.mlcltd.com/shawsgarage/
My British Car is NOT leaky - it's merely marking its territory.
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