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This 1971 MGB is for sale<\/del> in Stockton, California with an asking price of $17,750. The little roadster is powered by a Ford 5.0 L V8 from a 1992 Mustang. The engine might only produce 225 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque but it’s plenty for a 1,900 lb car. The drivetrain consists of a T5 five-speed manual transmission and an 8-inch rear axle with a 3.25 gears. <\/p>\n

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Source: Craigslist (click here<\/a> if ad disappears) via ESD fan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This 1971 MGB is for sale in Stockton, California with an asking price of $17,750. The little roadster is powered by a Ford 5.0 L V8 from a 1992 Mustang. The engine might only produce 225 horsepower and 300 lb-ft of torque but it’s plenty for a 1,900 lb car. The drivetrain consists of a… Read More »MGB with a Ford 5.0 L V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":12190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[421],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mgb"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/1971-MGB-with-a-Ford-5.0-L-V8-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":18641,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=18641","url_meta":{"origin":12189,"position":0},"title":"Hot Rod Garage Swaps a Ford V8 into a MGB","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Tony and Lucky from Hot Rod Garage decide to swap some American torque into a light British chassis. 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