Photos
of members' MGBV8s - Factory MGBGTV8s, MGBV8 Conversions and Costello
MGBV8s
Factory MGBGTV8s

Harvest Gold 0097 owned for many years by Brian Field and
campaigned in RAC and historic rallies and hillclimbs. In August
2002, Brian sold the car as he felt that at 86 he was no longer
able to exercise the car in the manner it was used too! The car
was a preproduction car used for the US engine emission tests and
later sold by the Factory to Brian. (Photo: Speedsports Rethuin)
Feature article

Glacier White 0102, one of the early LHD MGBGTV8s which was
the New York Motor Show car. It has been owned by Bas Gerrits in
Holland for many years and was seen recently by Maurits Clement
(Teal Blue 0565) at Octagon Spares in Hillegon, Holland. Their website
is worth a visit at www.octagon-spares.nl
where you can see this V8. (Photo: Coen Kimmels)

Damask 0109 owned by Tom Studer from Switzerland seen here
exercising the car in a spirited fashion. It's one of the few Factory
produced LHD MGBGTV8s. Tom was a founder member of the V8 Register
in 1978. (Photo: Tom Studer)

Limeflower 0118, a press demonstration car, owned by Mike Dunlop.
A rare colour which is often mistaken for Harvest Gold. (Photo: Mike
Dunlop)

Mirage 0158 owned by Franck Morand from France. The car has
been beautifully restored including a professional LHD conversion
and luxurious grey leather seats and trim. The car was originally
Glacier White like the V8 on the far side in this photo at Silverstone
2002. (Photo: Franck Morand)

Glacier White 0224 owned by Murray Baber in New Zealand in
action at Manfield, a circuit located in the lower North Island.
(Photo: Murray Baber)

Damask 0229 owned by John Dutton in Kent. (Photo: John Dutton)

BRG 0252 owned by Peter Stack in Cheshire. (Photo: Peter
Stack)

Midnight Blue 0342 owned by Ulf Lindquist in Sweden. (Photo:
Ulf Lindquist)
Harvest Gold 0425 owned by Brian Reynolds in Norfolk. (Photo:
Brian Reynolds)
Teal Blue 0451 owned by Graham Thomas in London SW. (Photo:
Graham Thomas)

Damask 0459 seen for sale in Tokyo in late October 2003 at
Garage Morris. This car was formerly owned by Mike Bean from new
in the UK. For more details and photos see Damask
0459. (Photo: Gavin Brown)
Glacier White 0552 owned by Jim Lothian in London NW. (Photo:
Jim Lothian)
Damask 0635 owned by Peter Kuruber from Somerset. (Photo:
Peter Kuruber)

Damask 0662 owned by Gary Fraipont from British Columbia
Canada who has had this Factory MGBGTV8 professionally converted
to LHD together with a complete rebuild of the engine, transmission
and suspension. The car was owned by Chris MacFarlane for many years.
(Photo Gary Fraipont)

Teal Blue 0691 owned by Paula Cottle from London NW. (Paula
Cottle)

Glacier White 0703 owned by Arthur Mitchell from Essex. The
car had an autobox when Arthur acquired the car which he changed.
Shortly after the change, his company relocated him to London Docklands
which, as he says, "was odd given I was then commuting in
and out of London every day when an autobox would have made more
sense!". He is now retired so the car no longer does the
daily 120 mile roundtrip! Glacier White has to be one of the most
demanding colours for a V8 in daily use and Arthur's car certainly
looks very tidy but he notes "I suspect that driving the
V8 those long distances every day made sure that the whole car got
warmed up, air blew through most parts so the damp was kept at bay.
I washed it every weekend which meant I could see rust appearing
and any stone chips so the bodywork had regular "servicing"
by a local chap". (Photo: Arthur Mitchell)

Damask 0733 owned by Philip Jones in Dorset. (Photo: Philip
Jones)

Damask 0945, a good looking MGBGTV8 owned by Kai Knickman
in Germany who purchased it from our member Colin Garratt in Cambridgeshire.
(Photo: Kai Knickman)

Black 0974 owned by Dave Wellings who acquired the car in
1986 and carried out a bare sheel refurbishment. Dave has prepared
an interesting article
on the early history of thsi V8. (Photo: Dave Wellings)

Damask 0987 owned by Daniel Heyer in Germany at speed at
the Nuerburgring in 1999 during a Hanseat Driving Course. (Photo:
Daniel Heyer)

Bracken 1012 owned by Bryan Ditchman in Hampshire, the Editor
of the RV8 Workshop Notes series, which is nearing the end of a
12 month restoration. (Photo: Bryan Ditchman)

BRG 1022 owned by John Targett from Sussex and Ohio USA powering
through the first apex on Madgwick at a GRRC Track Day at Goodwood
in June 2002. (Photo: Goodwood Circuit)

Blaze 1059 owned by Bryan Ditchman in Hampshire, the Editor
of the RV8 Workshop Notes series. (Photo: Bryan Ditchman)
Glacier White 1061 owned by Timothy Evans in Yorkshire. (Photo:
Mark Davis)

Harvest Gold 1089, owned by Victor Smith from London SW since
1978 when he formed the V8 Register, seen here at the Hook Norton
brewery in Oxfordshire in July 2002. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Tartan Red 1092 raced by John Wilson in Class D of the BCV8
Championship run by the MG Car Club. (Photo: John Wilson)
Damask 1119 owned by Ted Miller in West Yprkshire. (Photo:
Ted Miller)

Glacier White 1293 owned by Richard Selby in Berkshire. (Photo:
Richard Selby)
Bracken 1473 owned by Richard Smallwood in Leicestershire.
(Photo: Richard Smallwood)

Citron 1493 owned by John Clements in Wiltshire who also
has a good looking Tartan Red MGC Roadster. (Photo: John Clements)

Glacier White 1590 owned by Ian Penrose in Dorset. (Photo:
Ian Penrose)
Bracken 1692 owned by Geoff Dodd in Someset. (Photo: Geoff
Dodd)

Damask 1721 owned by Theo Klick in Germany which had completed
a comprehensive refurbishment in 2003. (Photo: Allan Doyle)

Harvest Gold 1768 owned by Geoff Robe from Hampshire seen
here at the Shoulder of Mutton on Hazeley Heath in August 2002.
(Photo: Victor Smith)

Glacier White 1815 owned by Leni Heier Rydmann from Denmark
seen here at Silverstone in the early 1990s. (Photo: Victor Smith)
Tundra 1816 owned by Ben Knight in Surrey. (Photo: Ben Knight)

Citron 1824 owned by Alistair Cochran from Northamptonshire.
(Photo: Alistair Cochrane)

Teal Blue 2101, the first rubber bumper V8 owned by Geoff
Allen, the V8 Historian and Archivist, seen at Overbury Court for
a phot shoot in 1975. This photo was on the 1976 BL calendar. (Photo:
BL)
Citron 2156 owned by Chris Yates in Buckinghamshire. (Photo:
Chris Yates)

Blaze 2177 formerly owned by David Franklin for many years
and known as the "Shopping Car". In fact it is indecently
quick on the track and up hillclimbs in the experienced hands of
David, a former national hillclimb champion and a regular driver
of Ferraris at historic race meetings. This car has recently been
purchased by Bruce Morgan. (Photo: Debbie Franklin)

Flamenco Red 2303 owned by Murray Arundell at Palm Cove,
just north of Cairns in Australia - "as close to Paradise
as you can get on this planet!". (Photo: Murray Arundell)

Flamenco Red 2350 owned by Trevor Bury in the West Midlands.
(Photo: Trevor Bury)

Tahiti Blue 2383 owned by Keith Rowson in Hertfordshire.
(Photo: Keith Rowson)

Tahiti Blue 2470 owned by John Delafield in Gloucestershire.
(Photo: John Delafield)

Glacier White 2751 owned by David Brown from Berkshire driven
to Silverstone 2002 by Alison Brown. (Photo: Victor Smith)
Sandglow 2868 owned by Philip James from Surrey is a rare
Factory colour. (Photo: Philip James)
Chartreuse2872
owned by Mike Anderson from Kent. (Photo: Mike Anderson)
MGBV8
Conversions

Brooklands Green 3067 an MGBGTV8 conversion owned by Martin
Price from Lincolnshire. (Photo: Martin Price)

Teal Blue 3068, a very good looking MGBGTV8 conversion, owned
by David Duquette in NJ USA. Click for more
details. (Photo: David Duquette)

Black 3119 owned by Ross Dunlop in Glasgow. (Photo: Ross
Dunlop)
Essex Blue 3132 owned by Tony Lansdell from Tasmania. (Photo:
Tony Lansdell)

Vermillion 4002 owned by Howard Gosling from Somerset with
a shot of the engine bay with the recently installed 3.9 litre JE
Developments engine which has a performance which defies the imagination!
The car was originally built by David Franklin at the former Huntsman
Garage near Bristol for Philip Morgan. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Rosso Red 4015 owned by Graham Ellison in Yorkshire. (Photo:
Graham Ellison)
Ermin White 4101 is an immaculate V8 Roadster built by Geoff
Allen using an export roadster shell (ADO23 2174) and the running
gear from a Factory MGBGTV8 (Car No 0254) which was written off.
(Photo: Geoff Allen)

Teal Blue 4180 owned by Brian Marshall from Surrey. Converted
in 1993, this good looking V8 Roadster has leather seats and a neat
windstop to provide good passenger comfort. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Tahiti Blue 4182 owned by Geoff Broad from Hertfordshire
was built by MG Motorsports to a mouthwatering specification - uprated
suspension, a rebuilt 3.9 litre V8 engine with a Holley 390 carburettor,
a Cosworth Borg Warner T5 gearbox, and a Quaife torque sensing differential.
(Photo: Geoff Broad)
For the full specification see Tahiti
Blue 4182.

BRG 4199 owned by Michael Collins in Dorset. This good looking
V8 Roadster was built with a Heritage shell in 1996. (Photo: Michael
Collins)

Red 4205 owned by Larry Beesley from Essex with a very well
prepared V8 Roadster conversion which has a rear disc brake set
up he installed himself. Seen at Silverstone 2000 and 2002. (Photo:
Victor Smith)

Red 4229 owned and developed by Tom Maathuis from Holland,
seen at Silverstone 2002. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Black 4230 owned by David Brown from Berkshire. The car was
built by David Franklin at the former Huntsman Garage at Downend
near Bristol and is a fine example of a V8 Roadster conversion.
(Photo: Victor Smith)

Dragon Green 4235 owned by Mike Barnfather in Lancashire
who completed this excellent V8 Conversion in a Heritage shell in
April 2002. (Photo: Mike Barnfather)

XPower 4241 is an early 1963 shell with a P76 4.4 litre V8
which Murray Arundell has used for racing in Australia for most
of its life. The car has the black and green XPower livery and is
seen here in action at Morgan Park, a club circuit west of Brisbane.
(Photo: Murray Arundell)


Yellow Flame 4248 owned by Barrie Egerton from Sydney in
Australia with an extraordinary car. It has chrome wire wheels with
6" rims, auto transmission and cruise control, an eye level
stop light mounted on the roll bar, a perspex wind deflector, guides
for the inerta seat belts and a dash in walnut veneer. A later model
console has been fitted and flowdraught ventilation has been added.
The differential is Ford 8" 3.08:1 using MGB brake drums. The
brakes are MGBGTV8, the front dampers are Spax and on the back telescopic
Munroes. The carburation is a 465 Holley on an Offy manifold with
"blockhugger" headers. The exhaust is 1.25" dia.
On the road the car looks just like a standard MGB Roadster. The
car has had a ground up restoration - a great deal of new metal
was needed - which took seven years to complete, including Barrie
attending a panel beating course at his loacl technical college.
(Photo: Barrie Egerton)

Indigo Blue 4279 a good looking V8 Roadster. (Photo: Al
Barnett)
Tartan Red 4309, a beautiful, award winning V8 Roadster Conversion
on a Heritage shell built by the owner Geoff King in Kincardineshire.
The car has Hoyle suspension upgrades front and rear, with rear
disc brakes and an LSD. (Photo: Geoff King)
Black 4314 owned by Nick Edwards in Nottinghamshire. (Photo:
Nick Edwards)
Tornado Red 4330 owned by David Waterton in Buckinghamshire.
(Photo: John Farrar)
Damask Red 4401 owned by Jelle van Waegeningh in Holland.
(Photo: Jelle van Waegeningh )
Costello
MGBV8 Conversions
BRG 5018 owned by Paul Denton from Cornwall is a particularly
attractive Costello MGBGTV8. (Photo: Paul Denton)
Flame Red 6011 owned by Harry Irvine is an original 1970 Costello
V8 Roadster. (Photo: Harry Irvine)
More photos
of Abingdon MGBGTV8s, members' MGBV8 conversions and Costello MGBV8s
are very welcome |
Photos
of members' MG RV8s

Development
RV8 known as DEV2 seen on display at Silverstone. This car was
used for engine cooling tests. (Photo:Gavin Bailey)
Development RV8 known as DEV3 is said to have been used for
all the early chassis development throughout 1991. It was the subject
of a "scoop" by CAR magazine in their June 1992 issue.
DEV3 was one of
four "Development Cars" used during the preparation of
the RV8 project.

Woodcote Green 0012, an early pre-production car used for
Factory durability testing and team use. Later it was one of three
RV8s entered by TCMG Rover Cowley and raced in both the BCV8 and
Phoenix Championships run by the MG Car Club. (Photo: Dominic Hollingdale)

Caribbean Blue 0265 owned by Bryan Ditchman from Hampshire,
the Editor of the RV8 Workshop Notes series. (Photo: Bryan Ditchman)

Flame Red 0342 owned by Ian Cranston from Worcestershire
with a windstop he fitted himself. (Photo: Ian Cranston)

BRG 0351 owned by Gordon Lane from London N which was offered
for private sale in late October 2003. (Photo: Gordon Lane)

Woodcote Green 0383 owned by Alain van Langeraert from Belgium
seen here at Silverstone in June 2001. (Photo: Victor Smith)
Woodcote Green 0516 recently registered by Ross McRobie in
New Zealand sports a very appropriate number plate. (Photo: Ross
McRobie)

Woodcote Green 0532, an immaculate, low mileage car offered
for sale by West End Classics in Cambridgeshire in early December
2002. (Photo: Keith Evans)

Woodcote Green 0588, a 1994 RV8 seen at auction in Japan
in November 2002. (Photo: Colin Shea)

Woodcote Green 0619, the Japanese specification reimport
owned by the late Ian Lloyd from Oxfordshire which has recently
been sold by Brown & Gammons. (Photo: Ian Lloyd)

Caribbean Blue 0437 owned by Bill Ratcliffe from Sussex who
regularly attends V8 Register Gatherings with his wife Bambi. (Photo:
Victor Smith)

Woodcote Green 0634 on the dockside in Japan waiting for
shipment to the UK (Photo: HS Imports)

Woodcote Green 0636 owned by John Barnes in Wellington New
Zealand with a distinctive number plate. It's a rare car in NZ since
the authorities there blocked further RV8 imports from Japan several
years ago. (Photo: John Barnes)

Woodcote Green 0644 seen here up for auction in Japan in
late September 2002. The improved R380 gearbox was fitted from VIN
0644 so this RV8 is a significant car! It will be interesting to
see where this RV8 shows up next - probably in Australia! (Photo:
via Gavin Brown)

Woodcote Green 0696 owned by Jim Rudgley from Bedfordshire.
(Photo: Jim Rudgley)

BRG 0718 owned by Peter Wigleven in Holland. (Peter Wigleven)

BRG 0755, owned by Ron Armstrong from Hertfordshire, is the
RV8 featured on the cover of Volume 2 of the RV8 Workshop Notes
series. (Photo: Ron Armstrong)

Woodcote Green 0810 a reimported RV8 owned by Graham Bartholomew
from Berkshire, seen here at the Shoulder of Mutton on Hazeley Heath
in August 2002. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Woodcote Green 0886 owned by Murray Baber from New Zealand
seen here at the MG Car Club meeting in January 2002. (Photo: Murray
Baber)

Woodcote Green 0886 at a street circuit race at Whangarei
in the North Island New Zealand doing a regularity trial. (Photo:
Murray Baber)
Woodcote Green 0909 owned by Philip Taylor. See
more photos of this car. (Photo: Philip Taylor)

BRG 0983 in action on the Prix des Alpes in 2002 in the hands
of Frits Jansen from Holland. (Photo: John Dignan)

Woodcote Green 1021 on the dockside in Japan in early October
2002 awaiting shipment to the UK. (Photo: HS Imports)

Woodcote Green 1032, a Japanese specification reimport, now
owned by Peter Radford from Hampshire. (Photo: Derek Baker)

Woodcote Green 1118 seen at auction in Japan in December
2002. (Photo: Colin Shea)

Woodcote Green 1115 due for auction in Japan on 16.10.02.
Where will it show up next? (Photo: Colin Shea)

Oxford Blue 1133 is owned by a longstanding V8 enthusiast
Tim Hipwell in Devon. The car now has a 4.6 litre engine with an
RPI Optimax chip plus an stainless steel exhaust system made by
Phoenix, a local performance exhaust manufacturer, which includes
cat bypass pipes and a single pipe which dispenses with the middle
box. Tim says "the RV8 now goes and sounds like a V8 should
and a local friend who runs a TVR Griffith no longer has the upper
hand". For further photos, Oxford
Blue 1133. (Photo: Tim Hipwell)

Woodcote Green 1210 owned by Godfrey Dance from Surrey who
obtained his Japanese specification RV8 from Autoroute UK, seen
here at the Shoulder of Mutton on Hazeley Heath in August 2002.
On a hot day, the air-conditioning was very welcome! (Photo: Victor
Smith)

Nightfire Red 1218 on the dockside in Japan awaiting shipment
to the UK for an HS Imports customer. Nightfire Red is always a
sought after colour. (Photo: HS Imports)

Nightfire Red 1224 owned by Gordon Rhodes from Lancashire.
(Photo: Gordon Rhodes)

Nightfire Red 1228, a Japanese specification reimport, owned
by John Bolt from Buckinghamshire who has since removed the air-conditioning
system. (Photo: John Bolt)

Woodcote Green 1238, a Japanese specification import, owned
by Peter Garton in Germany. (Peter Garton)

Woodcote Green 1242 seen at auction in Japan now on its way
to the UK for Geoff Lloyd from Leicestershire. (Photo: Colin Shea)

Woodcote Green 1250 in Japan waiting to be shipped to the
UK. (Photo: HS Imports)

Woodcote Green 1267 reimported by Clive Wheatley in 2003.
(Photo: Clive Wheatley)

Woodcote Green 1311 seen at auction in Japan in early December
2002. (Photo: Colin Shea)
Nightfire Red 1379 owned by C John White from Staffordshire.
(Photo: CJ White)

Nightfire Red 1473 owned by Paul Mascall in NSW Australia
who is very fond of his "incredibly beautiful car". (Photo:
Paul Mascall)

Woodcote
Green 1504 was offered for sale earlier this year by Mike Simmonds
and the neat hardtop was sold separately within hours of it appearing
on the RV8s for Sale webpage. Original RV8 hardtops do not come
up for sale often and this one also had the special stand to store
the hardtop safely when off the car. (Photo: Mike Simmonds)
Woodcote Green 1514 owned by Wendy Lansdell downunder in
Tasmania. (Photo: Tony Lansdell)

Oxford Blue 1592 seen at auction in Japan in mid November
2002. (Colin Shea)

Oxford Blue 1595 owned by Lance Bennett in Tokyo. (Photo:
Lance Bennett)

Woodcote Green 1608 offered for sale in February 2003 by
West End Classics in Cambridgeshire. (Photo: Keith Evans)

Woodcote Green 1631 reimported by Clive Wheatley in 2003.
(Photo: Clive Wheatley)

BRG 1714 owned by Brian Moyse seen here at the V8 Gathering
in May 2002 at the Shoulder of Mutton in Hampshire. (Photo: Victor
Smith)

Oxford Blue 1750 - well now we know where this fine specimen
is bound! It left Japan on 5.11.02 for the UK. Alastair Grieg in
East Lothian registered the car with us whilst it was on the high
seas! (Photo: Gavin Brown)

Oxford Blue 1764 was acquired by Keith Rowson, a longstanding
V8 Register member who is selling his rubber bumpered MGBGTV8 (Tahiti
Blue 2383). Keith reports he is delighted with the RV8 which is
seen here in Japan shortly before shipment to the UK in August 2002.
The car was obtained through the leading RV8 reimporter, HS Imports.
(Photo: HS Imports)

Woodcote Green 1781 owned by John Hornabrook here in a line
up of RV8s at an MG meeting in Australia. (Photo: John Hornabrook)

Woodcote Green 1802 now owned by Ray Lewis from Cambridgeshire
which was offered for sale in September 2002 by West End Classics
in Cambridgeshire. (Photo: Keith Evans)

BRG 1839 owned by Al Barnett in Luxembourg who regularly
enters his car in European classic car rallies seen here at Silverstone
2002. (Photo: Victor Smith)

Woodcote Green 1973 1996 (N) owned by John Allen from London
SW which was reimported from Japan in 1978 through an MG Dealer
with only 1,000 recorded miles. Car has been in professional storage
during the Winter periods, with occasional dry use. Maintained regardless
of cost, new MOT and serviced by LK Engineering. Fitted with an
RPI "Optimax" chip. (Photo: John Allen)

Woodcote Green 2134 seen at auction in Japan in early November
2002. (Photo: Gavin Brown)

Nightfire Red 2177 bought at auction on 3.10.02 in Japan
by Colin Shea of Tokyo Auto Trading in Grade 5 condition, as new
with only 5,000km. Where will this wonderful specimen turn up next?
(Photo: Colin Shea)
More MG RV8 photos are very welcome
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