SOLVED: Djetset #624 - MG B R V8 Coupe by Roger Tailor, Phoenix Classics

[Djetset]

Yes yes yes, we all know what the base car is, but look more closely!  What is this, and more importantly who built it to gain a point?

[Djetset]

Experts?

[navara]

It could be this .... ''This RV8GT has been meticulously built by Philip Jones to RV8 Specification.
The transition involved 2 donor cars, an MGBGT and an accident damaged RV8 from which the parts were sourced.
The project took over 12 months and involved may hours of modifying the MGBGT to accept the RV8 parts.

After completing his RV8GT Philip used the remaining bits and pieces to create another original an RV8 Trailer''

[Djetset]

Actually this particular car is not the Philip Jones MG RV8 GT, as it was built by someone else. 

However, as your Philip Jones information is so comprehensive, and it is almost Christmas, I will award you a point anyway, but keep this puzzle open for the name of the builder of this actual car (who made more than one!).

[D-type]

Ken Costello?  Or am I down the wrong chimney?

[Djetset]

Wrong chimney I'm afraid!

[navara]

I read that John Hills made some kits for RV8 conversions to the BGT, and that Maidstone Sports Cars MSC also created a car or two. There a few pictures of these conversions on the net, it suits the BGT very well.

[Djetset]

As you say Navara, John Hills and MSC have also created MG R V8 GTs, but sadly this isn't one of them, so the search continues...

[Djetset]

On the up...

[Wendax]

Are you sure it isn't Philip Jones' RV8 GT? On a V8 Register PDF you can find the pictured car (see license plate) as Peter Kuruber's new car (cf. attached picture) and on a MG RV8 dedicated forum you can find a post by Peter Kuruber:

Name: Peter Kuruber
Website: None
Found: V8 Register website
Location: Minehead, Somerset, UK
Comments:
First time I've seen your interesting site despite owning RV8's for 6 years! You may like to know that I am now the owner of Philip Jones's RV8GT, having bought it last November. It is a superb car and attracts a lot of attention wherever I take it. He fitted a fast road cam and chipped the ecu and I've just had it on a rolling road and it gives 208 bhp against the standard 190. I use it as much as I can and also do 5 track days a year with MGs on Track, which is great fun.

[Djetset]

As the article says, the car was previously owned by Philip Jones, but according to the current owner Peter Kuruber, it was not built by him.  

[Wendax]

Actually this particular car is not the Philip Jones MG RV8 GT, as it was built by someone else. 

[Djetset]

To put it another way, Philip Jones once owned this MG, but he was not the gentleman that built it into an MG R V8 GT.  Clearer?

[Djetset]

The BH beckons.

[Djetset]

There it goes...

[Otto Puzzell]

Did you miss this reply?

I read that John Hills made some kits for RV8 conversions to the BGT, and that Maidstone Sports Cars MSC also created a car or two. There a few pictures of these conversions on the net, it suits the BGT very well.

[Djetset]

No, I replied to that post, and sadly it's not the work of either John Mills nor MSC.

[GrahamClayton]

Sportscar Workshop?

[hermanoto]

Mallalieu Cars

[Djetset]

Sorry, but none of the above.

[sixtee5cuda]

Mr. Jones indicates:

"I did all the work myself except the bodywork which i used a local mg guy to get a more professional finish than i could do!"

[Wendax]

The Berkshire Body Shop did a conversion, but I guess not this one?

[D-type]

  It's been two months!

[Djetset]

Mr Jones was not the owner of the car I met. Thi car was built by a specific MG specialist, which is the name I still seek for a point.

[oko94]

Is this MG specialist still active ?