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Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: April 06, 2012 03:23PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

How many of you remember this car?

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Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: April 06, 2012 05:02PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,899

Sure. He was originally going to build it for the GRM $2000 challenge but I think he abandoned that idea. I believe it had a GM V6. Who has it now?

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #3
Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: April 06, 2012 05:04PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

In reply to # 2033202 by Jack Long Sure. He was originally going to build it for the GRM $2000 challenge but I think he abandoned that idea. I believe it had a GM V6. Who has it now?

Jack, hit the link, I posted in the first post in the thread, I have the car now and am selling it, it listed in the buy, sell, trade section.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #4
ClayJ Clay Johnston Mt. Olive, MS, USA 1972 MG MGB	Posted: April 06, 2012 09:17PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 7,351

Hap, might consider submitting to bringatrailer.com. BAT does lots of old race cars.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #5
mgjoc Dennis Rainey Albertville, AL, USA 1955 MG TF 1500 "Harriet" 1959 MG MGA 1500 "Wylie" 1965 MG MGB "Roscoe" 1970 MG MGB "Benny" 1970 MG MGB GT "Clarence"	Posted: April 06, 2012 09:31PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 1,184

I remember that car well. I've seen it a number of times in Tony's shop. Sure do miss that guy and think of him often.

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Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: April 07, 2012 05:41AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

Got a couple people thinking hard about it already, it's neat car/project, and it's cheap, the magic ingredients to get people interested smiling smiley

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #7
NOHOME Peter Plouf London, Canada 1961 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Lil" 1967 MG MGB GT "Maggie (GT From Hell)"	Posted: April 07, 2012 05:50AM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 11,870

I think Jack was wondering who had the V6 drivetrain.

As soon as I saw it, I thought GRM challenge. Then my memory kicked in and seemed to recall that was the purpose of this car in the first place.

Who built the cage?

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #8
Jim K James A. Krasnansky Liberty, KY, USA 1970 MG MGB GT "Chloe" 1971 MG MGB GT "Roscoe" 1972 MG MGB "Camilla"	Posted: April 07, 2012 06:47AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 7,907

This was in 2004 when Tony & Jerri came to Seward. His car is the reddish orange, mine is the purple. He stopped by the house to look at my '69 C project. He was a fast friend, gone too soon.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #9
Jack Long Forest Hill, Maryland, USA 1974 MG MGB "Lucy"	Posted: April 07, 2012 06:55AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 3,899

In reply to # 2033575 by NOHOME I think Jack was wondering who had the V6 drivetrain.

As soon as I saw it, I thought GRM challenge. Then my memory kicked in and seemed to recall that was the purpose of this car in the first place.

Who built the cage?

Yes, I was wondering where the V6 and 5 speed ended up.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #10
grmtim Tim Suddard USA	Posted: April 07, 2012 07:47AM Registered: 9 years ago Posts: 134

Hap. I'll take it. Was starting to collect MGB bits for a vintage race car project with my son anyway. Call me at (386) 299-4279

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #11
B-racer Jeff Schlemmer Minnesota, USA 1958 MG magnette 1971 MG MGB "POS" 1973 MG Midget MkII 2006 Dodge Charger "Daytona" 2008 Ford Super Duty	Posted: April 07, 2012 01:30PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 12,506

Another good project for the pages of Classic Motorsports...

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #12
Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: April 07, 2012 02:25PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

In reply to # 2033827 by B-racer Another good project for the pages of Classic Motorsports...

Yep, just got off the phone with Tim, it's done deal, sold.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #13
mowog1 Rick Ingram Saint Joseph, Illinois, USA	Posted: April 07, 2012 06:16PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 20,382

In reply to # 2033868 by Speedracer

In reply to # 2033827 by B-racer Another good project for the pages of Classic Motorsports...

Yep, just got off the phone with Tim, it's done deal, sold.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #14
Bill Wheeler West Point, MS, USA	Posted: May 27, 2012 08:12AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 34

The plan was to do the GRM challenge then set up for vintage racing. After missing the GRM challenge a couple of times he decided to focus his attention on vintage racing and pulled the v6 Chevy. I'm not sure where it ended up. I don't remember seeing it at the auction.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #15
Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: May 27, 2012 04:15PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

In reply to # 2078739 by Bill Wheeler The plan was to do the GRM challenge then set up for vintage racing. After missing the GRM challenge a couple of times he decided to focus his attention on vintage racing and pulled the v6 Chevy. I'm not sure where it ended up. I don't remember seeing it at the auction.

Bill it intially ended up with me, it was sold to me by the family before the auction happen, then after having it for a couple of years and then ending up with a completed MGB vintage roadster race car, I ended selling it to Tim Suddard, who posted above, and he will completing as vintage race car with his son, or so the story goes.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #16
Bill Wheeler West Point, MS, USA	Posted: May 28, 2012 07:32AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 34

Hap, I knew what happened to car. My comments were meant as a reply to Jack Long's comment "Yes, I was wondering where the V6 and 5 speed ended up."

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #17
Speedracer Hap Waldrop Greenville, SC, USA 1967 MG MGB "The Biscuit"	Posted: May 28, 2012 10:03AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 20,301

Now that I don't know, we pretty much just got the rolling car, and one core engine and 4 syncro tranny. I found the 4cyl engine mount bracket he had cust off the car a dn they were laid in the seat of the car.

There were a few weird things about the car, the roll cage for example, I wondered if Tony had bought a kit, or someone made it from scratch for him, the two front down tube didn't follow the a pillar as most tin top roll cages do, while not the preferred way to do it, but it was a deal you could live with, the floorboards were replaced, but pop riveted in with 1/8 aluminum rivets, I suggest Tim do some seam welding here to be sure. This is good start to someone building a budget MGB GT vintage race car, and thats pretty much what Tim thought they would do with the car, he even mentioned not painting the car, which would be cool, as it would still have Tony's orginal paint scheme. If anyone can get this car on the track, it will be Tim, I was thrilled to see he was the one that ended up with it.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #18
Bill Wheeler West Point, MS, USA	Posted: May 28, 2012 12:02PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 34

I wasn't involved in the floor pan replacement. As I remember they were pretty rusty, we were trying to compete in 2005 GRM challenge so replacement wasn't an option. I did fabricate some steel panels to cover the foot wells. I can't remember where the cage came from but I remember Tony telling about it. He had such a passion about his cars you couldn't help but get excited with him. I 'm glad Tim got it too. And hope to see it race someday.

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Re: Tony Barnhill's MGB GT race car #19
saysprite Darryl Saylor TN, USA 1953 Austin-Healey 100 "Ole Blue" 1960 Austin-Healey Sprite Bugeye "Smokey" 1965 Austin-Healey Sprite "Porky" 1965 Austin-Healey Sprite "Speedracer" 1970 MG Midget "Jack" → more	Posted: May 28, 2012 01:50PM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 1,477

http://www.mgexperience.net/phorum/read.php?41,525078,page=1

reading this, it looks like he ordered an Autopower Rollcage kit.

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