MGBGTV8
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Would be interesting to see any difference between TDi and V8i! I am a fan of V8i hence have 2. Also like the 1 ton long wheel base Mk1 and 11, was offered one with an ambulance body - wish I had taken it! Looked after Landrovers in the 1960 - must have been one of the first gels, except for Land Army girls perhaps! Also, had champs and a couple of Jeeps plus a half trac. Problem, need an orange box to stand on when working under the bonnet!
If you're not too far from the land that time forgot, sorry, Derbyshire, you'd be quite welcome to prod around my pair.
They are both black automatics in ES trim so there's not much to choose between them. That said, the V8 is a pre-production 300 series so there are sort of bits of everything on it and the Diesel is full fat 300 spec.
The V8 feels a lot more urgent away from the line and walks all over the diesel in terms of performance. I can see why people buy diesels, though. 500+ miles between fill ups is nice.
I didn't plan to buy a diesel - it just came up locally with 70k on the clock so couldn't say no. It seems to have turned into a restoration project, though, given that it's currently being stripped for a respray... oops!
