My wife had her company party at a private car collectors place. He was mostly into road racers, MG, Ferraris, a couple Porsches and oddball stuff like an AC coupe (not Cobra). But he also had a plastic '36 Ford RPU, and a very cool '41 Merc custom with Eddie Meyer heads on the flatty. In addition, he had a few cool motors on stands sitting around like an Ardun head flatty, and another flatty with an Edelbrock block letter heads and another motor (forget, I think an early SBC) with Hilborn injection. But what really caught my eye was this little '48 MG. I didn't think much of it, in fact I almost walked right by it, but the words SoCal Speed shop at the top of the sign caught my eye. Read for yourself. This is a who's who of early rod builders And here is what is really cool. The little V860 is running Ardun heads. Yes, those very rare V860 Ardun heads! He says only 21 were built, I have heard as many as 30, not sure anyone really knows, but I do know that they are rare...very rare!
My late father-in-law raced against Pappy Pedigo and that car. Father-in-law had an MGTD and when the engine let go in went a V8-60. He couldn't afford the Ardun heads though. Cool piece of history.
The Jalopy Journal
