Summary

Powered by a first-generation 5.0-liter Coyote engine paired to an MT82 6-speed manual transmission. Equipped with Borla 8-stack, Barton short-throw shifter, Fast Cars Inc front end tubular suspension, Wilwood brakes and adjustable 4-link rear suspension.

Details

This custom 1974 MG MGB GT is powered by a first-generation 5.0-liter Coyote engine paired with an MT-82 6-speed manual transmission with a dual-friction McLeod clutch and a custom Barton short-throw adjustable shifter. It is equipped with a 9-quart baffled and trap-doored oil pan, remote oil filter topped with Borla 8-stack, custom-built headers and side pipes by Motofab with AEM electronics handling the engine management - all fed by a Rick's Tanks stainless-steel fuel tank equipped with an Aeromotive in-tank fuel pump and cooled by DeWitts radiator. It has a Ford 8.8 rear end with 4.30 gears and a Whiteline rear differential cover with carrier bearing supports. The chassis is a unibody design with front factory frame members, added doublers at stress points and factory-looking extensions running all the way back to the rear suspension pickup points. The engine is used as a stressed member, picking up the front suspension points and using the firewall as a mid-motor plate connecting to a heavy wall trans tunnel running from the mid-motor plate to the rear suspension points. The car's weight is 2,347 pounds full of all fluids and close to a 50/50 weight distribution. The front suspension is a Fast Cars Inc. tubular front crossmember and arms with Delrin bushings, QA1 coilovers, 27mm anti-sway bar and Stiletto 20:1 aluminum steering rack. The adjustable 4-link rear suspension has a Whiteline rear differential cover with integrated watts link and custom-built cantilever pushrod-style suspension with double adjustable QA1 coilovers. There are Wilwood brakes are on all four corners, including parking brakes (cables not hooked up) controlled with a full Wilwood pedal assembly. The body was widened 6 inches with a Preform Resources body kit and the front and rear bumpers were widened to match the body. It features a frenched-in euro plate, shaved emblems and reverse lights, vortex generator inlaid into the top of the shaved hatch, drip rails cut and narrowed, custom-built functional roof scoop that feeds helmet coolers, custom-built rear diffuser and flush-mounted glass. This car is finished in a 2001 BMW M3 Phoenix Gold with trim done in black chrome. It has all LED lighting with KC headlights and driving lights, as well as Jong Bloed lightweight racing wheels wrapped with Nitto NT05 tires. The interior has a riveted aluminum floor and tunnel, gated switches, Kirkey adjustable seats that are narrowed and wrapped and feature a diamond-pleat design with yellow stitching, Schroth four-point seat belts, leather-wrapped roll bar with yellow stitching, wrinkle-finished dash, LED lit Classic Instruments custom gauges, Ididit Prolite steering column with removable wheel, suede headliner and door panels, Alpine stereo with front 6-inch components and powered 8-inch sub in the rear, and dual batteries. It also has a Ron Francis builder kit with push-button start. This car was featured at the 2018 SEMA Show and voted among the Top 10 cars at SEMA by Gas Monkey Garage. It was also featured on the 'My Classic Car' TV show, episode 'One Bad B' in 2020. Awards include Best Engineered at St. Ignace, MI, in 2020 and Mayor's Choice at Royal Oak, MI, in 2023 (home of the Woodward Dream Cruise). The car was also the subject of an interview by Tim Bearden at Hot Rod Madness during the 2018 HRPT and was a special invite to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia for the first-ever Specialist Car Show in 2019.