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MG MGB GT V8 Factory Originals Technical - British American Deviant Automotive Sportscar Soci

We need your help!

Cash donations to the British American Deviant Automotive Sportscar Society can now be made via PayPal to:

mowog1@aol.com

Please indicate "BADASS Donation" in the subject line of your correspondence.

All proceeds go to the building and maintenance of this big-block Buick powered MGB/GT. Have you got $10, $20, $50, $100 to spare to help get this project on the road? Your donation ***could*** also be tax deductable.

This low-budget, group effort of British-American engineering of a high performance sportscar by professional and amatuer mechanics could use a financial shot in the arm...and YOU can help!

If you are not familiar with this project, you can follow its process here:

http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?2,166,page=1

Thanks in advance for your assistance....

rick ingram
Chairman - Ways and Means
Rick Ingram

Is their motto:

BADASS...we're behind you all the way !

Sorry , couldn't resist.

Pete.
Peter Thomas

"This is a legitimate project being conducted for the public benefit by a legitimate Charity, licensed as a Non-Profit organization under the laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky. As such, the car, the organization, and all of its assets belong to the public. We, the members and officers of the organization can control the manner in which that benefit is bestowed to the public, but we have no control over the actual ownership of it. So were we to "raffle it off" as you mentioned, it would have to be done in such a way as to satisfy our fiduciary duties to the public and to the organization itself.

Now before your eyes glaze over from the borderline legalspeak let me just say that our primary and stated goal is to "Educate the public regarding the synergies between American and British technologies, and in particular regarding large American engines and small British cars." To achieve that goal, yes we are a bunch of guys who just want to build a car, but much more than that. Not just any car, but the ultimate contemporary expression of Buick power with the MGB body shell. Why Buick? Because a Buick engine (the 215) was the first V8 used in production with the MGB. Why an MGB? Simply because those of us that started the project own and drive V8 or V6 converted MGB's and can't imagine a more suitable car.

But it's much more as I said. Building the car is only the start because once it is finished it goes on Tour and will appear at a multitude of venues all across the country, including local shows, races, displays at schools and as many other special occasions as our members can dream up.

This car is a very unique vehicle, and not just because of the size of the engine. To our knowledge it is the very first time that a car has been built in this manner. So not only does it mark a milestone as the very first Big Block Buick powered MGB, it marks another for the way in which it was constructed and yet another for the organization that was built around the project.

It will travel from the custody of one member to the next, remaining in any given area long enough to satisfy local curiosity before moving on and will very likely stay on tour for a number of years before we determine that the time has come for it to retire. By then we will have decided how that will be done, whether donated to a museum, raffled as you suggested, or sold at auction as another member suggested, and we will also decide at that time the best way to benefit the public with any proceeds of that disposal.

I hope this satisfies you that, should you contribute you are not just financing Joe Blow's build-a-junker. Everything, especially including the organization has been done to professional standards by people who know what they are doing. Your contribution makes you a member of the organization. Being a member satisfies the entry requirement to being eligible to participate in the tour schedule. In fact, every contributor is eligible to take custody of the car at some point, to drive it, show it off, and generally play with it and have a good time, provided certain requirements are met, primarily dealing with preservation of the car. So you send in your contribution and you're on the list. Where on the list? That's up to you, but you're on there. Then you have a say with everyone else how the project is run and if you don't like something about it you can lobby to change it. You become a part of it all.

That's our trading stock, and we think it's worth a lot more than what it costs. In case you were wondering, we are now very close to having a fully functional car assembled and expect to do so by the meet in June where our members will have their first chance to drive the car. Whether we will extend that opportunity to interested onlookers is a matter yet to be determined but is a definite possibility, in keeping with our stated goals. However, even though you may be coming late to the party, we welcome you. There is more to be done in the coming year, including paint and interior before the tour schedule is set. Rick will keep track of the contributors, as will Steve our Treasurer, Graham our Secretary, and myself, and we will very much look forward to meeting you at the first opportunity.

And just another postscript, everything and I do mean EVERYTHING, be it construction, paperwork, or whatever has been done on the basis of DONATED labor, funds, parts or whatever was needed. Every penny donated has gone to construction of the car, filing fees for the organization, title transfer fees and such and no member has received monetary compensation for work of any sort. We expect to have costs for insurance and tags of course." - Jim Blackwood, President
Rick Ingram

New pictures of this project have been posted on:

http://www.britishv8.org

Go to the MG Forum...it's a sticky on the top of this page.

Newest pictures currectly reside on pages 34-35 of this topic.

This is going to be one awesome MGB/GT!
Rick Ingram

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