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Dear MISTER Bunker,
Two outta five of my cars have ALL PLASTIC bodies... "frozen snot"..., structurally integral with the 75 pound (!), 18 Ga. mild sheet steel chassis... but they're certainly the fastest/quickest of the herd as well. I'd pit the Elan against nearly ANY other LBC of it's day, and newer. Go figger, huh? And both ~were~ designed/built inna early to mid '60's BTW. I calculate that as more'n a quarter century. I see NO conflict with using aerospace technology to keep an early MGB onna road. AGAIN: This is NOT a "Restoration," rather a rebuild (I know the difference). The car was compromised years before we got it; Gonna make it purty, shiny and straight, then proceed to drive th' wheels offin' it. It sits down inna dirt where it was originally designed to be, has an engine that was actually designed for it (taken to "Special Tuning Manual"-"Stage 5") without being hog-tied by airpumps and low compression... Over all, ~THE~ MGB to own. If it has a bit of bubblegum holdin' it together, I don't mind. They ALL have warts by now, this one fewer than most I've seen. NO "Scotch-Lok's" or crimp connectors in the wiring harness, a factory hard top, "Personal" steering wheel (admittedly from a '68 B-GT promotional package), No poxy (HEAVY) wire wheels, REAL switches inna dash. Steel sleeve inserts in the tranny to support the layshaft... and a few more actual engineering enhancements to make it a highly reliable, easily serviced example. After '68, the power went DOWN, ride height, weight and C.G.went UP, the cars were a gross, grotesque harlequin of the originals. Only thing wrong with it is it's not a '67, but we can live with that.
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There, I feel better now /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
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Dude, perhaps I should have put the IRONY flag up. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/lol.gif