> Why stop with the Datsun steering box? If safety is your ultimate goal,
> I can think of lots of changes you could make! How about anti-lock
> brakes, airbags, collapsible steering column, disc brakes with power
> assist, lo-pro radial tires, but if you go that far, you might as well
> just bolt on a Camaro front sub frame, a chrome Jag IRS unit and drop in
> a small block! Hey, what the hell, you could still call it an MG if you
> want to, I don't care.
> Happy motoring! Derek
>
> >
>
> Skip Kelsey wrote:
> >
> > Derek:
> >
> > You certainly have a right to your opinion, and can do or not do anything
> > that you want to your car. But to flatly state that if I improve the
> > steering, by installing a Datsun steering box in a TC, then it is no longer
> > an MG is laughable. I agree that major engine swaps and the like are not
> > the way to go, but to make the car safer to drive is acceptable. I do not
> > feel that this will turn it into a "hot rod".
> >
> > Cheers;
> >
> > Skip.....................
> >
> > At 04:05 PM 3/4/00 -0500, mrbadger wrote:
> > >Greetings Skip.
> > >Let me clarify by saying that, certainly, you or anyone else has every
> > >right to modify his or her own car in any way that he or she sees fit
> > >but please, lets understand that, once modified, it will no longer be an
> > >MG. Now I'm not talking about precisely the exact right original color
> > >or precisely the exact original size of the rear window, (although these
> > >things are also important), I'm talking about the kind of radical
> > >alterations that I have seen recently discussed such as a radical change
> > >in the material of which the engine block is made or installation of a
> > >Nissan steering box, or a re-engineering of a portion of the suspension
> > >system. I have a great appreciation for a really good hot rod, in many
> > >ways it is more difficult to come up with a truly successful hot rod
> > >than it is to do a proper restoration. (I've done both), but let's
> > >understand the difference. Once the original, factory, mechanical
> > >design integrity of the car has been breached, it may be a wonderful and
> > >a very fine car indeed, and it may or may not still look like and MG,
> > >but it is NOT an MG.
> > >Derek Durst
> > >
> > >Skip Kelsey wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Derek:
> > >>
> > >> I think that we went thru this thread with a gentleman from Cape Town. I
> > >> dont think anyone has the right to be critical of someone elses way of
> > >> thinking about their car, and its mods. I like the saying "Safety Fast",
> > >> which was coined by MG in the early days. Those were the folks that were
> > >> always striving for improvements to their cars. I have owned my "T" MG
> > >> since 1960. I have made several mods to it, so that its reliabilty will be
> > >> enhanced. I have put 128,000 miles on it, and itrs a long way from the
> > >> "junkyard". This thing about being custodians, is in my opinion, a lot of
> > >> horse dung. It is my car, and by god I will drive it and maintain to my
> > likes.
> > >> Lets have more positive input please!!!
> > >>
> > >> Cheers:
> > >>
> > >> Skip Kelsey.....................
> > >>
> > >> At 02:18 PM 3/4/00 -0500, mrbadger wrote:
> > >> >It is certainly not my intent to attack TATerry or anyone else
> > >> >personally and I will be very pleased to make some positive comments
> > >> >based on my 40 years experience driving a TC. Back around the time that
> > >> >I bought my TC which was the spring of 1960, it was not at all uncommon
> > >> >to see TCs, TDs, even pre-war cars in daily everyday use or parked on
> > >> >the street much as you might see an MGB in use today, I did a little
> > >> >racing and I used to hang out at the old Thompson race track in the N.E.
> > >> >corner of Connecticut and others, I remember there were a couple of guys
> > >> >who had put Ford V-8 60s into their TCs, other popular conversions were
> > >> >Triumph and Volvo engines. While these cars mostly went faster than the
> > >> >stock ones, I noticed that these well intentioned attempts at
> > >> >"improvement" ultimately hastened these "better" cars arrival at the
> > >> >local scrap yard, I well remember the rows of butchered TCs and TDs at
> > >> >Stuckey's junkyard in Staten Island, NY during the mid 1960s, of course,
> > >> >some of them were eventually restored back to their original
> > >> >configuration also. The point that I am trying to make here is that by
> > >> >re-designing/re-engineering/updating/modernizing/ a major component of
> > >> >one's MG, while I'm sure one's intentions are honorable, just as were
> > >> >the intentions of those guys "updating" and "improving" their cars with
> > >> >V8-60s and while the car may seem to be better off for a while, in the
> > >> >end, you will have something that is certainly no longer an MG and
> > >> >probably less than an MG. I would like to make it clear at this point
> > >> >that I am not just addressing the issue of aluminum blocks but also to
> > >> >all the other mods I have been reading about such as mods to wheel
> > >> >bearings, spindles, steering, lighting, electrical, timber framing, and
> > >> >others.
> > >> >I don't believe that we actually own our old cars, I believe that we are
> > >> >really acting as temporary custodians to a little piece of history and
> > >> >as such, it behooves us to maintain the original design integrity and
> > >> >not to alter it on personal whim or to satisfy an ego. I believe we owe
> > >> >that to history and to the future "owners" of our cars.
> > >> >Derek Durst
> > >> >
> > >> >
TATERRY@aol.com wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> >> Derek, you know we've done business on Ebay....and recently...however if
> > >> you
> > >> >> are not interested in a alloy block, why not just continue to lurk on
> > the
> > >> >> list...why do you have to attack me? You have never surfaced before on
> > >> this
> > >> >> list...why now?
> > >> >> Instead, why don't you say some positive things MG wise so that we all
> > >> might
> > >> >> learn from your 40 years of TC driving? I bought my first MG in 1957,
> > >> TC in
> > >> >> 1962...I know whats out there...and FYI, I've had a LOT of interest
> > in the
> > >> >> possibility of a new bare block...so just back off.
> > >> >> Terry
> > >> >
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