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Old Apr 16, 2023 | 08:30 PM
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I just had to share this.
This guy added about 10 inches of width to a MGB and shoved Corvette parts into it!!
The amount of creativity this guy showed is incredible. Like 2 master cylinders and 2 power brake boosters.

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Old Apr 16, 2023 | 10:32 PM
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Geeez…..I guess it is a fun experiment but Clearly not worth the Labor/Cost
investment IMHO.
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I give credit to him, that's what he wanted, looks and drives nice, i see no problems with it.
People do lots of strange things, some for no reason at all, just because that's what they wanted.
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Old Apr 16, 2023 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by leigh1322
I just had to share this.
This guy added about 10 inches of width to a MGB and shoved Corvette parts into it!!
The amount of creativity this guy showed is incredible. Like 2 master cylinders and 2 power brake boosters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RMv8SzcHO4
back in the day many a mg TC OR TD HAD A 327 or 215 Buick stuffed into it. Same for bug eyed sprite or Austen Healy. Heck I stuffed a big block into a box nova!
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Old Apr 17, 2023 | 06:28 AM
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Definitely not a build like a lot of cars on TV- where they just bolt on a bunch of new aftermarket parts.
A lot of nice work-creativity. Like how he used an older BMW front hood hinge system design and took it to the next level!!!.
Even made tools to make parts he needed- HATS OFF TO HIM!!!

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Old Apr 17, 2023 | 08:11 AM
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How can anyone find fault with that, just an amazing build....The ultimate MacGyver-Car Guy .....

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Originally Posted by Alwyn678
Geeez…..I guess it is a fun experiment but Clearly not worth the Labor/Cost
investment IMHO.
I guess nobody is allowed to have fun anymore unless they're factoring in labor and cost, huh?

It's a badass build, with a ton of attention to detail.
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Old Apr 17, 2023 | 05:16 PM
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He's on one of my metal shipping forums....my vette

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Originally Posted by Tranz Zam
I guess nobody is allowed to have fun anymore unless they're factoring in labor and cost, huh?

It's a badass build, with a ton of attention to detail.
trouble is most of the guys out there today call themselves “enthusiast “ only do bolt on nods. TGEY never built a chassis or flailed a set of metal wheels or built a 55 Chevy. They open a magizine and but China made crapctoboutvon their excessively loud car so everyone looks at them to fill in their em ego. POSERS! Rare you see a millennial with true skill. I’m 66 and built and modified every street and race car I ever owned , most from scratch. Kids today buy mods or pay someone to work on ther tots for them. And drive only a few miles in it on eve a nice day so they can brag to their other prima donna buddies how lfew miles they have on their store bought toys. POSERS LOL! To those that condem what this guy did to this mg which I view as a work of art, GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY BEFORE YOU THROW STONES AT THIS MANS WORK OF ART!
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Old Apr 17, 2023 | 06:44 PM
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I brewed all my own beer in my bathtub instead of those posers out there that call themselves craft beer enthusiasts..
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saw that interview some time ago.
nice skills.
if I had them I would not have done it.


and the girl rubs me for some reason.
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MAD skills Yes!
I suspect the guy is a retired machinist, with too much time on his hands.
Even machined his own dash ***** & gearshift **** LOL!
He created at least 50-60% of that car from scratch.
I love the "MacGyver" comment...
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Beautiful work Ray!!!! Do you post up your work anywhere?


Originally Posted by 74contraption
He's on one of my metal shipping forums....my vette

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Old Apr 17, 2023 | 11:14 PM
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I can appreciate the effort and result. Nice enough car. Great work. Just don't want it. Good for him.
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That thing's outrageous,no way around.
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