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AF#002 : SOLVED -- 1979 MGB Aston Martin prototype
« on: March 14, 2014, 06:18:23 AM »
Please tell me what it is and when it was built, all this for 1 point.  :)

Much probably a very easy Rookie point!
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2014, 11:57:34 AM »
MG RV8 from 1993
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2014, 08:16:39 PM »
Quote from: BERTRAND on March 14, 2014, 11:57:34 AM
MG RV8 from 1993

Nope! That would be too easy...  ;)
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2014, 07:01:29 AM »
Anyone? I will move it up a level soon!
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #4 on: March 20, 2014, 03:30:37 PM »
British?
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #5 on: March 20, 2014, 05:20:12 PM »
Yes!
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #6 on: March 20, 2014, 05:22:57 PM »
Quote from: AlexFrance on March 14, 2014, 08:16:39 PM
Quote from: BERTRAND on March 14, 2014, 11:57:34 AM
MG RV8 from 1993

Nope! That would be too easy...  ;)

I just realized my answer above might be a bit misleading since one of the elements you mentioned was correct (yet incomplete).
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #7 on: March 24, 2014, 03:03:39 PM »
Time for the Experts to solve this puzzle!
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #8 on: March 24, 2014, 04:12:26 PM »
Aston Martin updated prototype version of the MGB. Designed,I believe, by William Towns.
Aston Martin were part of a consortium attempting to buy MG from British Leyland.
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #9 on: March 24, 2014, 04:58:12 PM »
MGB V8 conversion by Ken Costello ?
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Re: AF#002
« Reply #10 on: March 24, 2014, 08:18:29 PM »
Quote from: wingroad on March 24, 2014, 04:12:26 PM
Aston Martin updated prototype version of the MGB. Designed,I believe, by William Towns.
Aston Martin were part of a consortium attempting to buy MG from British Leyland.

Absolutely correct! One point for you!
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Re: AF#002 : SOLVED -- 1979 MGB Aston Martin prototype
« Reply #11 on: March 25, 2014, 05:07:07 AM »
You'd need a degree in dead horse-flogging to have made that one work...
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Re: AF#002 : SOLVED -- 1979 MGB Aston Martin prototype
« Reply #12 on: April 15, 2014, 11:44:48 PM »
And the front quarter view:
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Re: AF#002 : SOLVED -- 1979 MGB Aston Martin prototype
« Reply #13 on: March 21, 2021, 12:47:31 PM »
Seen today in Hamburg:
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