MG T-Bar Quiz

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67773
Very close, but it wasn't 1951.

Also my memory seems to recall it wasn't a rebore as such, but that's what the internet does say (and as said, Maintaining the Breed is a long way away at the moment).

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67775
1951 was a successful year. He was a master at modding engines for different cc classes: eg modding a 1 litre 4 cyl engine to a 500 cc twin.
My research flags up 2 possible answers: Jabekke in 1951 or
Bonneville in 1952 with a Wolsely engine + a TD engine in the same car.

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67776
Yeah Goldie Gardner certainly liked to take as many records in one go as he could...

The car I'm referring to ran pre WWII (just) and ran with the same engine each time...

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67778
Goldie Gardner
750 to 1100cc class
2km, 5km and 1 mile records
May 31 1939
Dessau, Germany

Final answer!

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67782
That's the one! I am pretty sure it was EX135, it had so many configurations over the years, but can't confirm without me book.

From what I recall, the car ran in three different classes by blanking off cylinders and running in 2, 4 and 6 cylinders modes, rather than reboring, but of course I could be remembering wrong. Certainly set records in 750-1100 and 1101-1500 classes in 1939.

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67784
Got there in the end!
Will now have to think of a question: the downside of victory!

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67785

John and Sue wrote: Got there in the end!
Will now have to think of a question: the downside of victory!


I hear that!

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67789






What is the MG connection?

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67813
Is it... Peter Stevens designed the McLaren F1, which was the world's fastest production car, also designed the MG ZT, and an MG ZT-T 260 with circa 750 hp set the record for the world's fastest estate car at Bonneville (225mph)?

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67826

MG mad wrote: Is it... Peter Stevens designed the McLaren F1, which was the world's fastest production car, also designed the MG ZT, and an MG ZT-T 260 with circa 750 hp set the record for the world's fastest estate car at Bonneville (225mph)?


For completeness: the So Cal connection?

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67831

John and Sue wrote: For completeness: the So Cal connection?


"in 2002, MG Rover approached the legendary, California-based, So-Cal Speed Shop to build and run the car. Custom car specialists So-Cal are professional land speed racers, well known for their Bonneville achievements in the late-forties and early-fifties. "

Does this mean I have to do another question now?

96 MGF 1.8i: Project Rally Car
98 MGF Abingdon" 285H cams, modded head etc
87 MG Metro: 1440cc fast road car
88 MG Metro Turbo
70 MG Midget: 1.9L VVC + supercharger + RWD = YEEHAA!
72 MGBGT: Project Speed 6 MGB
05 MG ZT-T 260: wife's sensible car
01 MG ZS 180: LHD, for driving around Germany in

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Posted 12 years 2 months ago #67833
Well done! :beer: All correct.
My first go at a picture connection question!

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