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I agree with you as well Steve.
 
Steve_S said:
It's the age-old argument of what the "real MGs were. The only REAL cutoff point in my view was when M.G. shut their doors, filed bankruptcy and stopped making cars. Until that point, the company had been producing cars without interruption or major changes (ignoring WWII of course). After 1980, The M.G. Car Company ceased to exist, and M.G. became a name for rent.
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I guess I'd have to agree with that. Emotionally, I have a problem with including the late MGBs, after they were gutted in spirit and performance by federal safety standards. That was a sea-change such as had never been experienced by MG in the past. But that really isn't a rationale for saying they weren't 'real' MGs, albeit handicapped members of the family, so I'd agree that when the company died that was the end.

I've been through this argument before with Jensens which closed the doors in the 1980s and the name came back a couple of times. Half the fans of the old Jensens jumped on the bandwagon and haled the new cars (which shared about zip with the old ones, other than the name) as the Real Deal, which of course they were not.

Other examples are the modern Bugatti, or for that matter, I suppose one could argue that German Minis aren't 'real' although the connectiuon is more direct there.
 
ronzi said:
On the off=chance that I might find something useful, I Googled "MG Ford V8-60" and actually found quite a few references. Apparently that was a not-unheard-of engine swap back in the day.
Here's one of them:
https://www.martineinnmotorsports.com/1952_MG_TD.html

I suppose it is possible there was some enterprising bloke in England that made conversions and shipped them to the U.S., but it doesn't appear to have had any factory involvement.
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One thing interesting about the article and photo is, Ford did not make those wheels in 1937! He's right when saying their 16 inch. They were only on the 1935 models, that's why their so rare. The 1936, 37 and 38 models had a large hub bolt pattern. Some of you slightly older fellows will remember those and the fact that a lot of the 35 wheels were saved from the crusher because they would fit the model "A" Fords. The newer 16 inch tire was easier to buy. With this in mind, how many other mistakes were made in evaluating this car? One wonders hmm?
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