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Interestingly the view of some at the factory is that Aero S1's will become the Moss Box +8 of the Aero family.... I can imagine prices will and have already risen over the past few years.

Would you care to elucidate what



means to those less familiar with the +8

Some who know better will expand further but basically the Moss box +8 is the most desirable and sought after +8 as I understand.

From 1968 (start of production) till 1972 a four speed Moss gearbox was used. A familiar gearbox in the Jaguar MK 11 and early E-types. It only had synchromesh on the top three gears. It was not bolted to the engine itself but effectively mid mounted. It left more leg room than the later Rover four speed and by report the Moss box was tough and precise but needed a refined hand to get the most from it. Later cars became faster, wider and heavier. Some say the Moss box +8 is the purest incarnation. It certainly seems to fetch the most in sale's.

Most sought after and desirable it most certainly is. But call me a heathen - a four speed box with no synchro on first (also used in some XK Jags and early E Types).......... no thanks. I'd rather have a modern five speeder.
The Moss box was an intersting installation though, with the bellhousing & clutch conventionally placed, but then a torque tube with the gearbox mounted directly under the stick - almost between the seats. This layout was common prewar and the flat rads also have this layout (no doubt some vary).

There's a general trend for the first of the line to become most sought after - partly due to survival rates and supply & demand. The MGB suffers from this, despite later cars being much improved, as does the Alfa Spyder (although in this case the first series is probably the best looking). So it's not unreasonable to expect the Aero Series 1 to follow the trend, and who knows - maybe the Roadster Series 1. Fingers crossed.

I'd rather have as late an MGB as possible (so long as I can cover those ghastly deck chair seat covers ), but with the suspension brought back to original ride height... Nice litle switch for the overdrive in the gear knob, just like my Spitfire (can I mention that in the same sentence) and another thing to go awry!

Cheers,

I beg to differ ..I had a 1962 MGB in light blue which was a much more raw uncultivated sports car in keeping with the British tradition.My brother some years later had a GT with rubber bumpers which was so clumsy and wallowy as be a parody of the earlier cars.

We've all got out favourite 'years' for the B but one thing I know a lot of owners were very glad about was the switch over to a 5-bearing crank
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Hence my comment about returning the suspension to that of the chrome bumper models. My 'K' plate WFK788K (sad isn't it? ) had the 5 bearing crank and overdrive.

On that note, I think we've taken Paolo's post rather OT...

Cheers,

My mum had to sell her MGB GT when she was pregnant with me - I still don't think she has forgiven me!

There's a 35th Anniversary +8 on Pistonheads at the moment. Probably the top end of the market but it's beautiful. When my girlfriend graduated at Oxford there was a bloke with a +8 outside and I had the briefest of chats before getting warned off! Lovely, lovely cars and I can only see the good examples appreciating.

What is it about V8s that makes them so desirable, I wonder?