Sometimes a restoration becomes a detective’s quest, something worthy of Sherlock Holmes, Jessica Fletcher or even Lieutenant Columbo. Emery DeWitt recently encountered such a mystery.
“About a month ago, I bought a stalled project,” he wrote us, referring to this MG TD fitted with a Volvo engine. The MG sported Beck’s Brewery livery and some racing equipment. He wondered, was …
Why not? Marcos used them, (the car not the dictator..though he may have too). Great durable motors with great bottom ends.
I looked at a barn find MGTD a few years ago that had the same swap done many, many years ago.
In reply to Woody:
There have been a lot of different engines stuffed into T Series MGs over the years. This one would be one of the easier ones.
In reply to Tim Suddard :
The Volvo engine seems like a pretty smart choice for the time too.
In reply to The Staff of Motorsport Marketing : yes there are plenty of engines that will fit in a MGTD
including an MG
i got my first MGTD in 1962 the one I have now I got in 1968 estimated miles based on owner written data is near 300,000 miles since then I've put another 50,000 including about 50 vintage races. Yes it's been rebuilt I d guess three times in fact. I did it once and it could use another.
They are worth more with an original engine. Or if power is your thing a MGB engine will produce about what the Volvo does
In reply to frenchyd:
A friend of mine did this years ago. IIRC, the carbs and exhaust are on the opporsite sides of the XPAG engine. I'm not an MG guru.
In reply to spitfirebill : that's not hard to deal with. Look at a Jaguar XKE for your solution to throttle linkage A couple of bell cranks and Bobs your uncle
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