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DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: June 08, 2012 09:36PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,373

For those into XBOX games, finally the creators of Forza4 have released an MGA Twin Cam.
For a long while they have released US muscle car but recently they have released british convertible cars.
To race against the A there is a Healey 3000.

David

1960 MGA 1600 Convertible,
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Re: FORZA4......MGA #2
DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: June 08, 2012 09:40PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,373

another

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #3
DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: June 08, 2012 09:42PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 2,373

Healey 3000

David

1960 MGA 1600 Convertible,
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Re: FORZA4......MGA #4
Fifty Six MGA Geoff Jennings Alhambra, California, USA 1956 MG MGA 1500	Posted: June 09, 2012 02:43AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 241

That makes me want an XBOX

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #5
Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: June 09, 2012 01:24PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,999

Makes ME want a Healey!!!!

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #6
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, BC, Canada 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 1969 Lamborghini Countach → more	Posted: June 11, 2012 11:01AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 9,160

In reply to # 2089330 by Bob Agar Makes ME want a Healey!!!!

Naw - lorry engined lead sled! devil smiley

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
1958 MGA Twincam (race car), 1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe
1969 MGC roadster, 1957 Jamaican MGA
1965 Jensen CV8, 1971 Jensen Interceptor
1969 Lamborghini Islero S, 1988 Fiero GT turbo
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe
West Vancouver BC

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #7
Bob Agar Robert Agar Green Valley, AZ, USA 1953 MG TD "Myrtle Anne" 1957 MG MGA 1500 Coupe "Miss Scarlett" ~ For Sale ! ~ 1974 MG MGB "The Mistress"	Posted: June 11, 2012 12:01PM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,999

Yeah, but an elegant one!

1974.5 MBG Tourer with Weber 32/36 mod and AC.
1957 MGA 1500 Coupe - Stock and original except paint
1953 MG TD - Original car with no mods

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #8
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, BC, Canada 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 1969 Lamborghini Countach → more	Posted: June 11, 2012 12:04PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 9,160

Not sure I'd say 'elegant', but certainly a handsome shape. If it had looked like a Daimler SP250 it would have promptly disappeared into the forgotten hordes of wannabe BMC models.

Anyone remember the Austin A90 Atlantic.....

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
1958 MGA Twincam (race car), 1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe
1969 MGC roadster, 1957 Jamaican MGA
1965 Jensen CV8, 1971 Jensen Interceptor
1969 Lamborghini Islero S, 1988 Fiero GT turbo
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe
West Vancouver BC

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #9
RJBrown Randy Brown Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA 1958 MG MGA 1500 1958 MG MGA 1500 Coupe 1960 MG MGA 1600 "Later" 1962 MG MGA MkII	Posted: June 12, 2012 08:29AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 805

Any self respecting MGA fan should loath anything put out by Donald Healey. Because of him we got the MGA 3 years late and had to put up with the TF. Selfish arrogant SOB that he was. The MGA is such a clean and pretty car while the Healey is just clunky and fat. Kind of like Cinderella and her step sisters.
Here is a picture of the 52 MGA that we never got BECAUSE of Healey and the influence he had on the idiots at the top of BMC.

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #10
Bandersnatch Larry Wheeler Hillsboro, OR, USA 1957 MG MGA "Rosie 2"	Posted: June 12, 2012 11:27AM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,146

Hey Team Evil, check out the hood bump on the '52!

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #11
Taylor Blair Austin, Texas, USA 1958 Vespa GS 150 1960 MG MGA 1600 1973 Norton Commando	Posted: June 12, 2012 04:20PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 186

Don't care much for the hood or the front valance... but is the windscreen tilted more than normal (or is it just the photo angle)?

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #12
bobs77vet bob k arlington, va, USA	Posted: June 13, 2012 07:11AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 648

In reply to # 2091731 by RJBrown Any self respecting MGA fan should loath anything put out by Donald Healey. Because of him we got the MGA 3 years late and had to put up with the TF. Selfish arrogant SOB that he was. The MGA is such a clean and pretty car while the Healey is just clunky and fat. Kind of like Cinderella and her step sisters.
Here is a picture of the 52 MGA that we never got BECAUSE of Healey and the influence he had on the idiots at the top of BMC.

i have had both and i liked both, the "Handsome Brute" is the name of one of the books on Healeys. the real issue with the healey is the weak frame and poor frame design, the poor folding top mechanism on roadsters and the way the galvanic action ate away at the dissimilar metals. its power was fun and the jump seats let me put the young ones in for the ride, and Healey Blue is a magnificent color and i love hood scoops. i would buy another one in a heart beat if i could find an affordable one. i also had a 54 tf and i liked that also that was more of a go kart by todays standards. having said all that i also like MGAs and thats why i am on my second one. my kids like the Healey also just look at thier faces

Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 06/13/2012 07:13AM by bobs77vet.

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #13
wyatt Wyatt W penguin point, drift ice, Antarctica 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1958 Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1960 MG MGA 1966 MG MGB	Posted: June 13, 2012 08:17AM Registered: 7 years ago Posts: 23,301

..Wow RJ....a bit harsh...may I suggest some metamucile just before going to bed.... smoking smiley

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #14
Neil MG Neil McGurk Cumbria, United Kingdom 1956 Morris Minor 1958 MG MGA 1960 MG MGA 1961 MG MGA 1966 Jaguar Mark 2 → more	Posted: June 13, 2012 08:23AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 1,481

Well I have to say I think they look fantastic. A bit more of a handful than an MGA, but a long distance tourer for sure. Almost twice the market value compared to an MGA, definitely not twice the fun! But I suppose that argument is weak or the Midget would be tops!

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #15
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, BC, Canada 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 1969 Lamborghini Countach → more	Posted: June 13, 2012 08:32AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 9,160

The Healeys definitely look great, which is why they sold and continue to hold value.

That aside, the technical spec was wanting in some areas. Designed with a chassis that went under the rear end (except for the very last Mk 3 cars) which limited axle travel and hindered handling, and built with a method of many spot welds attaching inner sheet metal to the frame itself, they are a horror show when they rust and very expensive to restore.

I've owned a couple (prefer the older 4 cylinder version aesthetically) but in the end the looks weren't enough for me to put up with the other quirks and I just prefer the MGA shape and more sensible technical lay out.

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
1958 MGA Twincam (race car), 1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe
1969 MGC roadster, 1957 Jamaican MGA
1965 Jensen CV8, 1971 Jensen Interceptor
1969 Lamborghini Islero S, 1988 Fiero GT turbo
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe
West Vancouver BC

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #16
bobs77vet bob k arlington, va, USA	Posted: June 13, 2012 09:13AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 648

In reply to # 2092604 by bills but in the end the looks weren't enough for me to put up with the other quirks ...

i am shocked ...are you saying the flying open door trick is a quirk? as opposed to an admireable trait,

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #17
RJBrown Randy Brown Highlands Ranch, Colorado, USA 1958 MG MGA 1500 1958 MG MGA 1500 Coupe 1960 MG MGA 1600 "Later" 1962 MG MGA MkII	Posted: June 13, 2012 09:16AM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 805

In reply to # 2092589 by wyatt ..Wow RJ....a bit harsh...may I suggest some metamucile just before going to bed.... smoking smiley

The Healey was a poorly designed car. It was forced through by inter company politics over what proved to be a much better car. Healey was afraid the MG would out sell and over shadow his brute. Even with a 3 year head start and a 5 year longer run his fears proved true. The MGA became the first sports car to sell over 100,000 units. Healeys are more costly today BECAUSE of their meager success in the market place. There are so few that they have become more valuable. There are many reasons that the MGA has become the most collectible and restorable car of all the LBCs.
Petty rivalries, inter office jealousy, and over all poor upper management of BMC is what effectively killed off all the classic marques. Donald Healey is the poster child for everything that was wrong at BMC. No I do not think I was TOO harsh, I think I was being quite restrained in my disdain for everything Healey.
While MG struggled to sell only 9600 MG TFs they were saddled with Healey sold almost 15000 100s. Once BMC pulled their collective heads out MG went on to sell 200,000 As and Bs while Healey could only muster less than 60,000 units.
A lot of people like old cars of any sort and that is great. Some of us are a bit more monogamous in our love of MGAs. Triumph was a worthy and respected competitor, Healey was a nasty step sister, selfish, bitter and whiny, crying to management to the whole companies loss. (very much the bad side of the MGA Cinderella story)

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #18
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, BC, Canada 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 1969 Lamborghini Countach → more	Posted: June 13, 2012 10:29AM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 9,160

Bob - my MGA race car also exhibited the flying open door trick under braking, which quickly resulted in a rubber door strap getting installed before I got black flagged for illegal use of air brakes.

Randy, I don't really see Donald Healey as the antiChrist. He was a reasonably successful businessman that quite understandably had trouble functioning among the unions and politics of BMC and he also quite rightly turned down the wrong headed request to stick an AH badge on the hapless MGC (and I say that as an owner). He went on to an interesting connection with Jensen's Jensen Healey project (which almost bankrupted the company).

The big Healeys and their designer's influences in BMC weren't nearly as disastrous, IMHO, as the merger with Standard Triumph was - resulting in the stagnation of the MGB design and the removal of the MGB GT from the playing field in favour of that rubber lipped door stop abortion they replaced the TR-6 with.

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
1958 MGA Twincam (race car), 1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe
1969 MGC roadster, 1957 Jamaican MGA
1965 Jensen CV8, 1971 Jensen Interceptor
1969 Lamborghini Islero S, 1988 Fiero GT turbo
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe
West Vancouver BC

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #19
bobs77vet bob k arlington, va, USA	Posted: June 13, 2012 12:54PM Registered: 1 year ago Posts: 648

In reply to # 2092653 by RJBrown .... Some of us are a bit more monogamous in our love of MGAs.

well in my younger days I always believed in going ugly early, i just never realized it spilled over into my car selections....

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Re: FORZA4......MGA #20
bills Bill Spohn W. Vancouver, BC, Canada 1956 MG MGA 1958 MG MGA Twin-Cam 1962 MG MGA MkII Coupe 1965 Jensen CV8 1969 Lamborghini Countach → more	Posted: June 13, 2012 01:24PM Registered: 8 years ago Posts: 9,160

In reply to # 2092826 by bobs77vet
well in my younger days I always believed in going ugly early, i just never realized it spilled over into my car selections....

I've never had any problem owning automotive ugliness - or at least cars with unconventional looks!

Bill Spohn www.rhodo.citymax.com/carstuff.html
1958 MGA Twincam (race car), 1962 MGA Deluxe Coupe
1969 MGC roadster, 1957 Jamaican MGA
1965 Jensen CV8, 1971 Jensen Interceptor
1969 Lamborghini Islero S, 1988 Fiero GT turbo
2009 Pontiac Solstice GXP Coupe
West Vancouver BC

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