I've always felt that the problem in this country is that there seems to be a preoocupation with 'originality', whatever that means. In the home counties, there is less of a 'holy grail' attitude. We see lots of street rods and pumped-up muscle cars here, don't we? Did you see the article in Practical classics about modded Spits? I daresay most of the Spit owners here would never think of doing these things to their cars. I though the wheel adapters were a great idea, and he'll sell you a set for half of PRI's price. There are any number of suppliers/shops there that do the same kind of work to Triumphs, MGs, Big Healys even. I am most definitely interested in bringing the performance standard into modern times (including replacing powertrain components with ones that won't break when pushed), and feel the disappointment of high prices keenly as well. I still feel the implementation of a nationwide rolling exemption from emission testing, a la California, is the only way the 'later' classics (Spits/TR6s/MGBs) are going to stay on the road, and perhaps ring up a few more sales for some of the currently non-legal goodies (OR tests in two areas. I'm not in one)
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