Owner: Richard Carr
City: Louisa Virginia
Car Model: 1980 MGB convertible
Engine: 1963 Buick 215 V8
Engine: This is Chris Powell's old engine. He rebuilt it with Crower cam, springs, bored over 30, I have added a vintage Carter 390 carb, cold air induction with K & N filter
Cooling: 1965 Mustang radiator
Exhaust: D & D block hugger headers into 2 1/4" X pipes to 28"x3" chambered exhaust at rear. Heat shields for starter and gas tank. Exhausts exit through rear valance.
Transmission: 1992 Pontaic Firebird 700 R4 with Lokar shifter and D&D trans mount.
Rear Axle: Stock MGB
Front Susp.: Stock MGB with Moss lowering springs and caster shims, prothane bushings, Ron Hopkinson front sway bar
Rear Susp.: Off-set Watts link attached to body, Bill Guzman style anti tramp springs, tube shocks, Moss reverse eye springs, prothane bushings
Brakes:
(master) Stock MGB
(front) Moss drilled rotors, stainless hoses
(rear) Scarebird disc set up with Toyota GTS calipers, Hyundai rotors
Wheels/Tires: 15 X 6 Panasports
Body Mods: This gets really over done. Front to back: Shaved, painted early bumpers, urethane front valance, frenched in turn signals ( MGA 1600), custom Bertone style grill with integrated fog and driving lights, smoothed aluminum hood, twin forced air heat removal ducts exiting in each front fender through integrated Firebird vents, polished windshield frame, lighted painted side mirrors, radiused wheel wells with Trim Guard molding, hinged, removable metal tonneau behind seats with head pods, shaved body chrome, integrated into bumper class 2 trailer hitch with 2 position license plate mount, centered gas tank with left side filler in Hagan flush filler door, metal rear valance with integrated back up lights and trailer connections, 2 tops--early take off in stayfast canvas and chopped sectioned fiberglass top covered in canvass, shaved trunk latched with remote opener, painted 69 split bumpers mounted in tight like front, color: MGB midnight blue with Camaro style double stripe in pewter, Lizard skin ceramic interior coating
Interior: Dyed stock console and dash with birds eye maple 1/8" inlay and on door arm rests, heated seats,extra seat belt mounts for my boxer Bucaroo behind the seats, umbrella holders in door jams ala Rolls Royce, removed trunk bulkhead for extra luggage room
Electrical: Advance Autowire kit mounted on a swing down panel in passenger foot-well. AudioVox cruise, LED dash monitoring lights, heated seats, HD radio, Driving and fog lights, phone, GPS, XM radio mounts in glove box, harness rerouted inside car
Front end mock up
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Watts link and cross bar
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Tonneau skeleton and shell
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Trailer hitch and license mount
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Cold Air induction carb connection
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Hot air vents
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Dash wiring
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Body Prep in progress
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Dash and console wood
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Paint on the bottom
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Back up light configuration
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Rear bulkhead removed and reinforced
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Rear bodywork finished
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Rear scarebird brakes and relocated brake lines
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Relocated fuel line
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Smoothed aluminum hood
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Rebuilt front suspension with relocated brake lines
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No interference hood prop
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Welding the head pods on the tonneau
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Fitting and bodywork on the tonneau
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Tonneau with hinges
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Air Horn in They are LOUD
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Trunk floor ala GT
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