In a message dated 5/18/98 11:20:17 AM PST, bruset@home.com writes:
<< You may argue then that the B was a Magnette in the shape of a modified A.
Woah
- weird! =)
>>
Other than the driveline, the Maggot shared little with the sports cars. It
had it's own suspension, (the only postwar MG with tube shocks all around -
and no, I don't consider the current use of the name on a Japanese inspired
econobox constitutes a real MG. MG died in 1980, or arguably earlier), and
chassis, as well as odd but interesting variations like the Manumatic.
A Maggot with disc brakes and an MGB engine is a very pleasant car. I refer to
the real Maggot, by the way, not the later badge engineered Cambridge variant.
Too bad I threw an RHD ZB away for terminal rust before I realized that they
use the same steering rack as my 65 Jensen CV8!
Bill
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