- But whether it's a
160 in there I don't know
but it feels like a 160.”
This is also the first car that
would have been fitted with the cast
iron AP 4-pot Trophy brake calipers,
in their distinctive red. David has now
fitted grooved and vented 304mm
discs, instead of just the ventilated
type. “I’ve got better brakes on that
than I have on my LE racing car.”
New too, with the advent of the
Trophy, was the uprated Hydragas
displacers. “It’s got
extra fluid in them so
they are harder. It’s
also got a different
gas and the valves are
different. Problem is you
can’t get them, even 10
years ago. The only way is to
refurbish them. The ride was made
much harder, and it sat much lower.
Some people pump them up a bit
higher, to try and make them softer.
In fact this one is probably sitting too
high. You notice the difference. It’s
definitely a teeth-rattler once set up.”
It took David about 10 months
to sort the car out so that he washappy with it and it was displayed
on the TF Register stand at
Stoneleigh, at the MG & Triumph
Spares Day, in February this year.
There is little information on this
car’s background between launch and
rescue from a scrap auction, partly
because of current data protection
legislation. David has tried. “Through
the register we confirmed that it went
through the engine department, as
MG gave what details they had to the
Register," and it’s something they
are hoping to expand on, owners
permitting. So if you know more,
please get in touch and we’ll pass
any information on to David.2000 MGF Trophy
54 MGEAUGUST 2019 http://www.mgenthusiast.comABOVE: This Trophy was
missing its original alloy
wheels, which David was
then able to replace.
160 in there I don't know
This is also the first car thatalso got a different
gas and the valves are
different. Problem is you
can’t get them, even 10
years ago. The only way is toLEFT: Chrome mesh grilles for both front and side vents were part
of the Trophy spec. David smiles like the cat that got the custard!