How to upset the neighbours!

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Hi All,

This caused a bit of a stir when it arrived on our drive at the weekend!

An old pal from NZ keeps it over here to use when he is in the UK.

Seriously loud, my pal and his wife wear noise cancelling headphones with intercom when using it!

Can anyone guess exactly what it is?

Cheers, Martin

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

[Anonymous]

Errr, it's a car.

With what looks like a straight six engine and nitrous oxide injection?

Andrew

[Brian GParticipant @briang]

The file names of the photos are a bit of a giveaway…

Brian

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

badge on teh back gives it away as an MGC GT so 3lts straight six. Looks like Airoquip fuel line rather than nitrous hoses to me.

[Andy CarruthersParticipant @andycarruthers33275]

'Tis a thing of beauty!

[David Davies 8Participant @daviddavies8]

I'm green with envy! I ran an MGC GT from '82 to '86 but it wasn't quite like that one. Mine had a pair of 1.3/4 SU's not triple Weber DCOEs. Standard power was 145 BHP but I imagine this one produces a lot more.

MG made approximately 9000 of them between '67 and '69, I believe that half went to the USA. It was an attempt to follow the discontinued Austin-Healey 3000 but didn't quite manage to do so. One complaint was that the car was very front heavy.

Cheers

Dave

[Gray62Participant @gray62]

Replica of a Sebring race car. Looks like the present owner has changed a few bits, can't see the roll cage or bucket seats (that's if it is the same car as I'm remembering from some while back)

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

They did a 2.6 litre 6-cylinder Marina in Australia … that must have been a terrifying thing to drive, although it had uprated running gear. Apparently first gear was blanked off because the engine has so much torque…

Posted by Gray on 09/09/2019 09:45:38:

Replica of a Sebring race car. Looks like the present owner has changed a few bits, can't see the roll cage or bucket seats (that's if it is the same car as I'm remembering from some while back)

Looks like roll bars adjacent to the A and B pillars?

Neil

[Anonymous]

Posted by JasonB on 09/09/2019 09:25:35:

Looks like Airoquip fuel line rather than nitrous hoses to me.

That's disappointingly normal.

Andrew

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Gray,

You are spot on, its one of two built by LOLA as Sebring homage cars, was going to be 6 but the other 4 never happened. Roll cage and bucket seats are there. Engine is 255bhp, all body parts except the tub are either glass or alloy, only the windshield is glass, all other is perspex. The exhaust sysyem is a $4000 work of art! Has overdrive also.

The owner is about to order an MGBGT from Frontline MG, worth checking that out! 2 year wait though.

The very distinctive straight 6 sound has to be heard to be believed!

Cheers, Martin

[not done it yetParticipant @notdoneityet]

Well done Brian G. No need to guess, when simply looking at his album pics rather gives it away. Just a little research required.

[Nick WheelerParticipant @nickwheeler]

Posted by Andrew Johnston on 09/09/2019 10:52:37:

Posted by JasonB on 09/09/2019 09:25:35:

Looks like Airoquip fuel line rather than nitrous hoses to me.

That's disappointingly normal.

Andrew

Perhaps you would prefer this:

3.0l V6 and manual gearbox from a Vauxhall Omega.

[Anonymous]

Lola, now there's a name from the past. Just up the road from Pi Research, although we didn't have a lot to do with them. A lot of the Indy car work we did was with Penske, who were unusual in designing and building their own chassis.

Andrew

[Martin King 2Participant @martinking2]

Andrew,

Many years ago I had a long drive of a LOLA T70 MkIIIB, lots of fun, doubt that I could even get in it today!

Martin

[Russell EberhardtParticipant @russelleberhardt48058]

Now this was seriously noisy:

1934 Fraser Nash fitted with a tuned 1937 BMW straight six engine. The slight bulge that can be seen in the exhaust pipe is a token silencer – no baffles!

Russell

[old martParticipant @oldmart]

My next door neighbour has a Harley Davidson with a standard factory exhaust that wakes up the street when he starts it. They must be special, every other manufacturer has to fit silencers to their bikes.

[duncan webster 1Participant @duncanwebster1]

Ex colleague of mine was a Harley nut, he had 'MOT exhausts' which only saw the light of day once a year.

[Harry WilkesParticipant @harrywilkes58467]

Nice like them all !

H

[vintage engineerParticipant @vintageengineer]

Could have a 4 litre engine!

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

No one would follow my Trident with its Norman Hyde 3-1 exhaust, strobing the Boyer ignition at 5000rpm when it was fully advanced tended to annoy some neighbours and bring a cherry glow to the exhaust header pipes. An hours riding like a hooligan made your ears ring. Also being a Motörhead and Ted Nugent fan I am amazed I can still hear at all.

Mike

[John MCParticipant @johnmc39344]

Can't say these truck engined B's do much for me, far to heavy up front! The V8 was a much better balanced car that should have been developed much further.

I've always admired the RV8 version of the B, the guys who developed it on a very small budget as much as the car itself. It seemed to me that the money ran out just before they got to the rear suspension, that really lets the car down. After the work they did with the front end its a great shame the rear end didn't benefit the same way.

John

[Michael GilliganParticipant @michaelgilligan61133]

Posted by John MC on 11/09/2019 08:01:34:

[ … ] It seemed to me that the money ran out just before they got to the rear suspension, that really lets the car down. After the work they did with the front end its a great shame the rear end didn't benefit the same way.

John

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… Something like the Reliant Scimitar's [parallelogram trailing arms, and a Watt's Linkage] would probably have done nicely.

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/09/2019 08:26:10

[thaiguzziParticipant @thaiguzzi]

Posted by Mike Poole on 10/09/2019 21:28:27:

No one would follow my Trident with its Norman Hyde 3-1 exhaust, strobing the Boyer ignition at 5000rpm when it was fully advanced tended to annoy some neighbours and bring a cherry glow to the exhaust header pipes. An hours riding like a hooligan made your ears ring. Also being a Motörhead and Ted Nugent fan I am amazed I can still hear at all.

Mike

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[John MCParticipant @johnmc39344]

Posted by Michael Gilligan on 11/09/2019 08:25:34:

Posted by John MC on 11/09/2019 08:01:34:

[ … ] It seemed to me that the money ran out just before they got to the rear suspension, that really lets the car down. After the work they did with the front end its a great shame the rear end didn't benefit the same way.

John

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… Something like the Reliant Scimitar's [parallelogram trailing arms, and a Watt's Linkage] would probably have done nicely.

I was thinking of independent suspension, various aftermarket arrangements were (are?) available. I think those suffered from compromises on installation, the back end needed a complete redesign to be able accommodate that type of suspension.

I think the Scimitar is a much under rated "classic", buy one now before people realise how good they are! The suspension, independent front (Triumph based) and a beam rear axle works very well when set up properly.

John

MichaelG.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 11/09/2019 08:26:10

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