Keith, you are giving me chills stop it. I was born in '79 and have yet
to ever see a new MG, nor have I ever seen one in anything but vintage
racing.
BTW guys, some day no matter how hard we try the old MGs will dissapear
from the streets, they will just get too old and there will be too few
left. I for one would like to see something else rolling around with an
MG badge on it when that happens. And here in the states too.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'63 Buick 215
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Keith Wheeler wrote:
> I didn't really want to include this in my Sebring post, even
> though it is very related.
>
> This is the story of a pipe dream, an automotive what if.
>
> Just think about it...
>
>
> In a brilliant marketing move, Rover Cars N. America releases
> the MGF in its most promising market yet. Pitted against Miatas,
> MR-2 Spyders, Z3s and numerous other convertibles, the "sports car
> America loved first" has returned to her shores.
>
> The marketing campaign includes the sexy and the nostalgic, reminding
> us that you *can* do it in an MG, and reflecting on the sports car
> marque that was winning races when Herr Porsche was still a Hitler
> youth.
>
> As before the cars are bought by folks with a love a life (and things
> a little different). And, as before, the new MGs show up at club
> races and autocrosses, proving once again the best sports car is one
> that, well, is sported.
>
> Instead of being remembered as unreliable, silly old cars, the MG T types
> As, Bs, Cs, and Midgets, in light of the 'F's considerable success, are
> now remembered as romantic joys from a simpler time, not only be the
> folks that always loved them, but by the public at large.
>
> Modified MGFs make their way into many racing series, including the
> production based GT classes of the American Le Mans series. Daytona,
> Sebring, Laguna Seca, and many other grand old tracks welcome the
> Octagon back to the realm of international sports car racing.
>
> As happened before, some cars are modified. Eventually, on a rainy
> evening early in the year, from a barn somewhere in the mid-west, a
> Team unveils the new GT Prototype MG racer. Typcial of modern GT
> cars, the machine is constructed of advanced composites, with a computer
> controlled fuel injected alloy V-8 mounted midships.
>
> The lines of the car are enhanced by computer aided design. At the
> speeds a modern GT racer reaches, careful consideration of aerodynamics
> is critical. But, in those calculated shapes, once can see a little
> bit of MGA here, some MGB there. Yes, the car is indeed an MG, not
> only because of the British Racing Green paint and octagonal badging.
>
> The Team and its cars go on to compete at the highest levels of sports
> car racing. Entries are even fielded at Le Mans. The successes finally
> bring the marque to the point that it should have been many years ago,
> before idiotic safety and emissions legislation and blundering bottom
> line suits choked the life from the old brick factory in Abingdon....
>
>
>
> ...just an idea.
>
> -Keith Wheeler
> Team Sanctuary http://www.TeamSanctuary.com/
>
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