![]() ![]() This has been of great benefit to the MGB over the decades: it was built to last, it was built to be owner repairable, and it was built to be a fun car. The MGB was a product of that scenario: made using conventional, existing, proven parts. It’s important to remember that these were austerity years in Britain and so car makers were not in a position to invest large sums of money into new technology, they needed to use tried and proven existing designs and technology to create marketable new products. Britain needed her car industry to export or perish and the best market for her to aim at was the United States, which had not been ravaged by the war, and where there was a significant population of people with enough income to support a motor car: something that was not true of the British home market. The MGB was first conceived back in 1956, in those post World War II days when the British car industry was trying both to recover from the rigors of the war years and to re-define itself for the “modern” era. In looking at an MGB V8 we need first to look at the history of the original MGB and how it got a V8 shoehorned into it in the first place, so we have an understanding of what to look for. What the MGB offered, and still offers today, is a pure driving experience, in a car that the owner can pull apart, fix, modify, and generally tinker with to his/her heart’s content. Mgb laycock overdrive transmission install#In the decades that have passed since enthusiasts have learned that it’s not particularly difficult to install a Rover V8 into an MGB Roadster, and there are now countless thousands of them in the USA, Europe, and further afield in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. Of course, the MGB V8 wasn’t developed by Carroll Shelby but by British engineer Ken Costello, and the production versions of the MGB with the V8 upfront were only offered as tin top coupes – the MGB GT V8. The MGB V8 has earned a reputation for being almost a blue-collar version of the Shelby Cobra, both cars share features including a stylish British body, an American-derived V8 engine mounted up front, rear wheel drive, and a power-to-weight ratio that was world-beating by 1960s standards. ![]()
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