MG MGB GT V8 - grille badge
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MG RV8 - grille badge
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MG MGB GT V8 - grille
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MG MGB GT V8. Only the V8 badge on the grille gives a clue to the 3528cc Rover V8 engine fitted behind
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MG RV8. Underneath the Porsche 99 lights, and the 'soft' front lies a remanufactured MG MGB shell dating back to 1962.
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MG MGB GT V8. Launched in 1973, unfortunately just as the fuel crisis began, the V8 raided the Rover parts bin for its 3528cc V8 engine.
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MG MGB GT V8. Produced from 1973 to 1976, the MG MGB V8 sold 2591, sales were hampered by the 1973 fuel crisis and high purchase price.
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MG MGB GT V8. The MG MGB GT V8 was launched in 1973 with the traditional grille, but when it was withdrawn in 1976 all MGs were 'rubber bumper' versions
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MG MGB GT V8.
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MG RV8. Based on a remanufactured MGB shell, the RV8 was given a 3947cc V8 rover engine, but much of the engineering was still MGB and out of date at the 1992 launch.
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MG RV8. In production from 1992 to 1993, the RV8 sold 1982 copies of which 1500 went to Japan.
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MG RV8 - lights. The headlamps are supposed the same as a Porsche 911.
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MG MGB GT V8. The Dunlop alloy wheels are the only really conspicuous distinction between standard MGB GT and V8
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MG RV8. In 1988 British Motor Heritage started remanufacturing MGB bodyshells, and it was this product that was adapted to become the RV8 with some re-styling and a new power unit.
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MG MGB GT V8. It looks just like an MG! One of the criticisms made of the MGV8, owners paid a premium for the 8 cylinders, but had little to show for this in their car.
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MG MGB and MGB GT
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