After the first drive, the MG went back into the cave for some intensive fine-tuning. A new radiator (a smaller, more efficient design out of the FM science lab), fans, interior sound deadening, various lighting fixes, exhaust tips, etc. It emerged this weekend, registered and with a complete interior. Well, mostly complete. So I've been driving it, including a drive to work this morning.
The body isn't done yet although I did assemble the front end so it doesn't look quite so odd as before. So no comments on the lack of flares covering those wheels 
What's it like to drive? It has nearly 400 hp and weighs around 2200 lbs, what do you think it's like? 
This is a quick, quick little car. It still needs an alignment (tomorrow morning) so I haven't pushed it in the corners much yet. But open the taps and the car just plain gets down to business. It seems to have inherited this behavior from the Camaro donor quite happily.
It's a small little car, very compact. The shift action is very tight, and the controls seem to be well matched in weighting. The steering doesn't have any self-centering at the moment, but we'll see what the alignment rack has to say about that. Feels like a lack of caster to me.
It's amazing how quickly it made the leap from a garage ornament to a driving car. It's not done - far from it - but you don't need as much imagination to see the potential anymore. I'm having a lot of fun doing small, non-essential things like swapping out mirrors. And lighting the rear tires on fire.
