Ok, here's my opinion wanted or not
unless you plan on attending and entering one of the very few concours judged shows in the US, almost all British car shows in the US are popular votes from the show entrants of all the classes. In last big MG show I went there were 450 MGs there, and only about 6-8 cars in the concours judged class. When we featured Austin Healey at Euro Auto Festival a few years back we had a really good Bugeye field, about 20+ Bugeyes and the overall winner was a Bugeye with a 1275, twin HS2 carbs, ribcage gearbox and front disc brakes, so unless you going for the very few concours judge shows in the country, build it how you want it, not like a MGB or TR6 owner will judge you harsly for something un-orignal, most vote for the car they like the best, they are not experts on your car or it's originality. In short build them to enjoy, you'll be happier in the end. If sale value is your concern for origanality, consider his, I just had a buddy sell a really correct orignal 948 bugeye and another buddy buy a tricked out 1380, rib cage, aftemarket wheels and tons of other trick period performcne add-ons, guess which car brought more money, it wasn't the orgianal car. Bottom line, most people like improvements over original.