Hi guys,
My dad owned and raced an MG TD in So Cal when it was new. He was a rocket scientist and loved engineering. After the engine blew, he put in a 1941 Studebaker straight 6 and 3 speed OD transmission (it might have been a Ford tranny). He later sold it and got a Jaguar XK120, which he also raced.
I've been trying to find the car. I've found a couple TDs with Studebaker engines that seem to be owned in the Studebaker community. So I'm hoping this post might help track it down.
If anyone has any leads, I'd be most appreciative!!!
An interesting tid bit about the car, when my dad did this, Ken Miles was a young mechanic at a local shop. He did some wrenching with my dad on the car. Miles later went on to build the first Sunbeam Tiger at Carroll Shelby's (Shelby was hired by Sunbeam to help develop it). And decades later, my dad went on to buy a Tiger after he retired. This MG/Studebaker could have influenced both those results!
Here is a picture of it with it's unique louvers, radiator and paint color scheme.
My dad owned and raced an MG TD in So Cal when it was new. He was a rocket scientist and loved engineering. After the engine blew, he put in a 1941 Studebaker straight 6 and 3 speed OD transmission (it might have been a Ford tranny). He later sold it and got a Jaguar XK120, which he also raced.
I've been trying to find the car. I've found a couple TDs with Studebaker engines that seem to be owned in the Studebaker community. So I'm hoping this post might help track it down.
If anyone has any leads, I'd be most appreciative!!!
An interesting tid bit about the car, when my dad did this, Ken Miles was a young mechanic at a local shop. He did some wrenching with my dad on the car. Miles later went on to build the first Sunbeam Tiger at Carroll Shelby's (Shelby was hired by Sunbeam to help develop it). And decades later, my dad went on to buy a Tiger after he retired. This MG/Studebaker could have influenced both those results!
Here is a picture of it with it's unique louvers, radiator and paint color scheme.
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