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British cars with American engines! Scrap or Store
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Rare Car Market
October 23, 2023
Hello hello 👋
Leaping straight into action!
Last week’s recap, here’s the choice you had:
And the results are 🥁 🥁 🥁
The Chevy gets scrapped 🗑️ And we keep the Ford!
Alright, done with the recap.
Onto today’s battle.
Scrap or Store
the Engine-Swap faceoff
We have 2 British cars
1969 MG MGC GT
vs
1960s Jaguar E-Type
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the MGC
The original engine was a 2.9 L inline-six and three-speed automatic transmission.
That was swapped those for a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and T56 six-speed manual transmission
Fun fact: prior to the engine swap the car was sold to the wrestler John Cena for $66 000 on bring a trailer here
And here’s a glorious video of how it drives
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the E-Type
This Jag was built by a US company and can be bought for only $300 000 😄
What I really like about this build is the brakes. Check it out:
“High Performance 6 Piston Front / 4 Piston Rear. Cross-drilled, fitted with modern compound brake pads.”
The full details of the build can be found below
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Let’s see what you’re sending to the scrapyard 💀
The specs:
You’ll see the results next Monday!
3. Most clicked links
from Friday’s rundown
The ultimate Chevy Camaro - The Exorcist! (video)
The Exorcist, article by Hennessey Performance
Having to pay $21 000 to fix a battery issue on a Tesla
And if you want to read rundown of last week, I’ve attached it below 👇️
4. Memes
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