Yeah, I forgot about the skeleton until you mentioned it. He had lots of cool artifacts and sculptures as I recall. I was trying to recall the custom Merc. he had in there, but couldn't. I know I posted on that before, but couldn't remember who built it. Maybe Valley Custom? Silver with a flathead and maybe Eddie Meyer intake? Not sure, but it was a really nice car. I wonder if you saw that one too?
Great post. I had heard about the MG several times but just rumors. Nice to see it and get the facts.
Yeah, that car wasn't in the collection when I was there originally. Tony was telling me about it the other day, but since it wasn't in the current collection I kind of spaced on it. He said something about removeable roof panels. He mentioned the shop, don't think it was Valley, but CRS has gotten the better of me. I'll give him a call and see if I can get more detail about the where-abouts.
sodbuster....what's up dude...ain't seen your name pop up for a while, but i'm not around much- how goes it? HIJACKED THREAD sorry....
Took these shots at Brizio's the day they all left to the Deuce run in Canada. I believe this is the Mumford V860 Ardun you are talking about
Yep those are the set of Ardun V-8 60 heads I was talking about, but I was told by another H.A.M.B.er that they came from another collection, and they are not the same set of Ardun V-8 60 heads in the box that the former owner of the MG had. Thanks for sharing the photos.
Wow! Fantastic stuff! I remember seeing a pair at the Pomona Swap meet years ago, pretty pricey then, I can't imagine their value now. I guess cool factor x 10 = $$$$
While Zora may have had a role in the development of those engines while at GM, they aren't ARDUNs. Still cool engines, though.
Anyone notice this car is a left hand drive? My recollection is that all MG-TC models were originally right hand drive. Not a problem, just an observation
Growing up -- We will put the time about 1970 -- a close friend and his dad were into MG's -- and they would pick up any and all MG's in the San Bernardino/ Riverside area that they found -- at one time they had 2-3 TC's, 10+ TD's and a couple of TF's -- But one day I was with them when they picked up a TD with a flathead installed in it (they got it for $50) -- It was nicely done but they couldn't understand why someone would go to all the trouble of installing a flat head rated at 60 HP from a stock MG engine rated at 56 HP. Now 40 years later had we only known LOL. Unfortunately, both the Dad and all the MG's are gone.
I was wondering where they ended up. They didn't come out of a collection, they came out of a rather messy closet They belonged to a good friend of my father.
There was a set of those ARDUN 60HP heads mounted on an engine hanging on a KRW engine stand in the showroom of Specialized Auto Parts in Houston TX for many years during the 70s-80s, also a pallet with 2 ARDUN converted engines and a set or two of loose heads and parts. AND the Moller-Adams OHV flathead engine, and all the casting patterns and machining jigs for the heads, from the City of Burbank Bonneville car. All scattered across the country for many years now, of course.
Love the history of all this. Great thread. The cars are incredible. I had a small block Chev in a 1960 Austin Healey 3000 and it was a thrill to drive but no where near built to the professionalism of this group of racers. I wonder if Shelby had anything to do with the AC originally. Thanks for sharing.
I worked with a MG restoration shop in San Jose in the early 80's that stored and worked on one of Pat's other cars. The TC was quite a hit at the Monterey Historic Races but took a lot of flack from the purists because it had race history as a stock TC with a flathead V8 60 and was pretty much turned into a street rod (four bar/Ford front end, Ford trans,etc). They had trans trouble all race weekend, but when it was running it was the wildest thing on the track. A very cool car.
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