V8BB
responses
Graeme Don: I've read about this before, mine didn't
have one when I bought it and as you say fitting one would put
a tight bend in the cable. The things I've read say it wasn't
fitted and a few pics I've seen of engines seem to be the same,
but owners may have added them thinking it was missing - was
the pedal box clip maybe fitted for the 1800 engine throttle
cable?
Dave Wellings: The answer is 'no clip'. The bracket on
the pedal box was a hangover from the 1800 as Graeme has already
posted. They were sometimes shown on the publicity photos, and
it's certainly possible that some early V8s had them, although
the cable doesn't sit right when located by that clip.
Victor Smith: It's a pity we cannot check with the late
Geoff Allen as I am sure he would agree with Graeme and Dave.
I cannot think the car would have been prepared in Rectifications
Department for the photographic session for the publicity brochure.
It is interesting how often you see in photographs of V8 engine
bays that the throttle cable passing under the offside aircleaner
rather than passing over the top.
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Graham
Cornford: Back in the early 90s after my car had been restored,
I met Geoff Allen at an MGCC week end lunch venue, The Shoulder
of Mutton, I think it was near Abingdon on Thames. He, in what
I believe was his usual style, enthused about the car but did
ask me if I minded any criticism about it. He pointed out where
my restorer had attached the throttle cable to a clip on top
of the pedal box. This he said, was wrong, and the cable should
be detached from its fixing and just rest on top of the air
filter. In fact with my consent, he rectified my car that afternoon
and just for good measure, guided me round the Factory test
route, to see if the car was OK, before inviting me back to
his home where Jean had prepared a tea for many of the lunch
crowd. This doesn't really help, other than to confirm from
the greatest MG guru that I had the pleasure of meeting, that
the throttle cable should not be attached to the pedal box.
Had I known some eighteen years later that this question would
come up, I would have gone on to ask him as he was such an interesting,
and knowledgeable man to talk with. |
