Karl La Follette
Karl La Follette HalfDork
11/29/10 3:20 p.m.

Hey got the call this morning at 9:30 ish to pick up a salvage car . When talking the old guy said Kit car and he was in the Air Force back in the day and he had the car for 20 plus years . Well nephew showed up for work at 10 and me and my buddy Dave went out and picked old red up .

MG TD based with a 4 speed ford pinto engine show 9000 miles on speedo . Runs and drives smooth , wife loves it !

http://s1008.photobucket.com/home/jarrodburrito

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BoxheadTim
BoxheadTim Dork
11/29/10 4:54 p.m.

Cool find, especially at this price!

Luke
Luke SuperDork
11/30/10 12:59 a.m.

Um, wow .

Pretty convincing kit, too!

ddavidv
ddavidv SuperDork
11/30/10 5:21 a.m.

The Pinto version is much closer to what the original was. The VW based ones leave me cold.

spitfirebill
spitfirebill Dork
11/30/10 9:23 a.m.

I could definitely live with a Pinto powered one.

rl48mini
rl48mini New Reader
11/30/10 9:40 a.m.

This probably ought to be posted over on the GRM forum, but think of the small block Ford potential!

Vince
Vince New Reader
11/30/10 8:17 p.m.

Wow, that is sweet......

914Driver
914Driver SuperDork
12/3/10 10:19 a.m.

Salvage? Why not sell it or swap it? Oy.

Nice find!

Dan

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