re: MGB - the greatest sportscar of all time?

["Tony Sims" <simstony@domain.elided>]

Greg wrote:

>My local newspaper is running an article next Friday in their "Wheels"
>section titled "MGB - The Greatest Sportscar of All Time".  I've already
>started composing a letter to the editor to rebut this absurd claim, but
>would appreciate any additional ammunition my fellow digesters might be able
>to provide.

Greatest?  Maybe.  Best?  No way.  MG has a wonderful history, and deserves to
be heralded for the part they played in making sports cars popular.  They also
have some significant racing success to crow about.  But with all respect to
the many MG fans out there, the MGB didn't do much to progress the state of
the art.  Rear drum brakes, lever shocks, pushrod OHV engine, cast iron block
and head, a whopping 94 BHP out of 1789 cc's in stock form...

Tony
Portland, OR (where the All-British Field Meet is great fun)
74 GTV 2000
70 2800CS
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