This British MGB workshop is a HIDDEN GEM! V8 engine swaps | Kidd in a Sweet Shop | 4K

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Welcome back to Kidd in a Sweet Shop! Today I'm exploring Frontline Cars, a wonderful little workshop where they create the world's best MGBs.
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6 июн 2024

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@mujdawood7892 Месяц назад

Well done Jodie for promoting a British product which is excellent. 🎉

@crgrbrts 21 день назад

I have been a fan of Ms "Petrol Head" Kidd since her subterranean days with Quentin Willson. But, living in the States as I do, I lost track of Jodie's broadcast ventures for some years. So, imagine my delight in just discovering "Kidd in a Sweet Shop". It happened while cruising the net for MGB You Tube videos. (I am the owner/restorer of a 1970 MGB Roadster, y'see). What a terrific presentation this is -- certainly the best about Frontline's beautiful beasts. While a Frontline "B" is unobtainable for this Yank OAP, I can admire them from afar and now, thanks to my luck discovery, continue to admire Ms Kidd. As you say, Jodie, "well done, you!"

@jasonmillington4344 Месяц назад

Great to see craftsmanship restore classic British cars. Back to the good old days of simple sports cars

@RaceJan Месяц назад

Utterly and totally fantastic. Blown away by the V8, a proper work of art. Can't wait to see (and hear...) you driving Abby!

@Bullion-Bikes-n-Babes-Tour 25 дней назад

I'm so glad I found this one. I was born in the UK, and right before we came back my mum bought a left-hand drive MGB to take back to the states. I'll never forget seeing it the first time as my mum drove it down our driveway in Thetford. It was bright red, as if wet. Mind you, this was the '70's, and after we got back to the states my mum used to love to drive me to primary school in Missouri - where BROWN is considered exciting - and along the way I'd be riding in the back seat and she'd intentionally hit the same bump every time, sending us airborne, with me (no seatbelt) screaming weeeee! as my head hit the ceiling. It's amazing any of us Gen X'ers survived. Don't get me started on Evil Kenevil.

@williambarry8015 25 дней назад

You got a cool Mom👍👍

@Bullion-Bikes-n-Babes-Tour 24 дня назад

@@williambarry8015 she’s still alive and still wants an E -Type. I think her proudest moment was when I was in the last audience episode of the grand tour.

@williambarry8015 24 дня назад

@@Bullion-Bikes-n-Babes-Tour im so sorry i used the word "had". I don't know where that came from✌️✌️

@williambarry8015 24 дня назад

@@Bullion-Bikes-n-Babes-Tour i hope she gets her E Type. Love the look of that inline 6 engine.

@Bullion-Bikes-n-Babes-Tour 24 дня назад

@@williambarry8015 no worries mate, we're all here for a bit of fun

@manonabeachjourneys Месяц назад

Great film, really enjoyed your visit. What a celebration of British engineering, glad you showcased it. Cheers.

@LoftechUK Месяц назад

It’s been a nearly a year. Glad you’re back Jodie and great come back with Front Line and thank you to Tim and his firm. What a business and he’s got it bosh on. Well done 👍🏼

@gileswilson1980 Месяц назад

Great Kidd in a Sweet Shop and great see places like this still going long may it continue. 👍

@leolopezvalido1892 Месяц назад

Enlightening, epic and eye opening! Frontline's MG's truly are works of art and, judging by your comment section, still held dear by so many! Thanks again to Tim. And to you Jodie for another unique video.

@MatthewPoxon Месяц назад

Fantastic episode, great to see behind the scenes of Front Line. Would love to hear more about the Rover V8 one, hopefully in the next one 👍

@bm7760 25 дней назад

Taken me two days to realise but I feel sure that was yourself in a rather nice Lamborghini heading into Laxey on Saturday. It was nice of you to stop in response to my thumbs-up. If indeed it was you, hope you had a great visit. The beardy chap in the XKR.

@user-rf6lu1xl1r 15 дней назад

Stunning cars. Congratulations to everyone 👏🏻👏🏻

@DHUNTI15 Месяц назад

Good on you all the team at frontline the craftsmanship is outstanding 🏆👌✌

@StarHorseLover2012 29 дней назад

Thank you for sharing ! A great video, and some very special cars. Looking forward to seeing how Abby drives (and sounds)!

@kibeard2109 Месяц назад

As ever a 1st class production, what a fabulous place taking a Great British Cars to new levels. Very much looking forward to the next instalment🙂 thanks .

@dirkroed 29 дней назад

That's brilliant... I really love it!

@gunnerfan1968 Месяц назад

Hi Jodie, what an amazing place. Personally I'd love the MGA with that V8. Looking forward to seeing you drive the MGB

@OZ1HGH Месяц назад

Just love the MGB´s....had a white MGB GT 1967 some years ago - Thanks for another good episode

@mariussolomon5398 Месяц назад

Excellent work I love it. 👌

@malcolmclenton1663 Месяц назад

Saved the best till last. Can't wait for the next installment !

@gary5481 Месяц назад

Welcome back. More classics! Looking forward to it.

@Boyzee355 Месяц назад

Fantastic work. I hope to see you at the revival this year

@chloxfam9248 Месяц назад

Superb video!...🤩🤩🤩

@alanwayte432 25 дней назад

I have visited and test driven two Frontline cars, think Porsche and Singer Restomod, the LE50 and Abingdon edition, the Abingdon was as quick as my 991.1 GTS and the interior was sensational, it had a Mazda engine that was incredibly smooth and sounded fantastic, the price is representative of the work, and I was about to buy a LE50 for £85k but it sold before I could push the button, Ed who dealt with me was incredibly professional, anyone who is tempted should definitely test drive these astonishing cars..

@martiniv8924 Месяц назад

The ‘C’ struck a chord with me, I built a 220bhp 5 speed with Ridgard seats and everything in between , a humble giant killer 👌🏻😎

@kevmagill5163 17 дней назад

My first car was a 65 MGB, so I have a soft spot in my heart for the style and romance of Morris Garages little sports cars. But these are so sexy and real dream cars. Well done, Thanks so much Jodie, and Tim!

@edwinthompson159 Месяц назад

Well, that was fun, an unusual and specialized workshop - I always loved my MG Midget's -- didn't trust them to go 100 miles before something electrical stopped the fun - and they were all restored... but these are gorgeous MGB's, and what a thrill to have a bespoke, powerful, and well handling MG -- I assume we are going for a ride in the next video? And on a final note, I must say that you look gorgeous! Your outfit complimented you from head to toe.

@AA-nt5qw Месяц назад

Awesome British engineering heaven🎉

@simonmenzies3142 17 дней назад

I like that someone has modernised that v8 with better heads. Wondered for a long time why no one has done that. So obvious that there is a big big market and demand for it.

@Carrera-gp9od Месяц назад

I absolutely love these Frontline MGBS . They look superb and sound great too . The only problem I have now is do I buy the v8 or the electric ? Well to Give you a clue , the only bit of the video I skipped was when you were looking at the electric version 😂😂😂

@jasonwright9555 Месяц назад

I was lucky enough to drive an early LE50 Demo car back in about 2012/13. My own B GT was with them for a lot of upgrades. The LE50 was just fantastic, still felt like an MG but better in every single aspect! Great company doing brilliant work.

@kenmason9354 Месяц назад

Very cool😎👍

@kings3803 Месяц назад

I am redoing a classic mini at the moment and after that a mgb is the next one as its always been the dream. Love them and these guys are killing it.

@mgbrv8 Месяц назад

5:47he looks up and thinks “oh god I hope that’s not in the shot”

@richardcarter1000 26 дней назад

Wonderful

@grahamphillips3099 Месяц назад

what a treat 👍

@patrickclawson9622 Месяц назад

If I was building my dream car, Frontline would get tired of taking my calls. They'd likely appreciate the money I'd be dumping on them, though. 😀 This was wonderful to watch.

@pauled111 Месяц назад

Wonderful to see classic MGBs rejuvenated Jodie ❤

@bernehalligan 27 дней назад

nice to see mg kept alive....

@elroyfudbucker6806 13 дней назад

In 1970, British engine tuner Ken Costello brought out the first Rover V8-powered MGB GT. In 1974, BLMC released their version of the V8 MGB GT.

@aeneasfaventedeo1107 11 дней назад

BL tried to kill the Costello V8 once they realised what a great car it was and the potential it had. They refused to sell him any further Rover V8 engines, but ever the innovator, he bought Buicks I believe. He used to produce them about half a mile from where I lived at the time. I had just bought a brand new B Roadster by the time I became aware of Ken's. What a difference a few months might have made.

@b3564 Месяц назад

The day's cars were designed for the eye!

@paulbriant4693 Месяц назад

Used their parts on my mg, brilliant stuff

@davidm793 Месяц назад

A great company to deal with. I didn’t buy a car, but a set of their wheels for a TR3a. Small purchase but they were so helpful.

@mikematthews2k181 Месяц назад

Wow another amazing video Jodie 👏 I'm an old ex MG Rover mechanic so it's fantastic someone is keeping the classic MG Brand alive !!!! . Ps your looking amazing 😍 have you lost weight 😉

@AdamJonesPhoto Месяц назад

How rude.

@windronner1 18 дней назад

Jodie you have such a welcoming presence with everyone you build content. So thanks for asking about the manual transmission in EV’. Would love hearing more. And why not using any aluminum Japanese engines?

@gordonwallin2368 Месяц назад

Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada.

@peterwhite7252 25 дней назад

Future is exciting, Depends on long term destany , may God bless you.

@thomasstalder6708 Месяц назад

This Abbey version is really tempting.

@paulboyle6857 25 дней назад

I had a Janspeed modified BGT in the '70,s & it went quite well & could hold it,s own with Dolomite Sprints etc.The "B" is a versatile car that can be daily driven,raced & rallied without spending a fortune.

@MasterChief37 Месяц назад

Jodie in the trim room reminds me of Gandalf when he introduces Bilbo to the dwarfs.

@twcmaker Месяц назад

Old school way of modifying. Love it. Real, as it happens thought process. I think it's time to start fitting the body to the Porsche. Maybe when the shell is welded on and no more movement in it, that's the time to cut out the pillars to fit the roll cage.

@nigelwest3430 25 дней назад

Do you think his jeans always look like that or is he just REALLY pleased to see Jodie ? 🤣

@alanwayte432 25 дней назад

It say a great deal about you, that your fascinated about his crotch rather than the car, weird

@Davyfb75 14 дней назад

He need to diet and a shot of Bromide.as well by the look of it.

@lawrencesargant1669 21 день назад

Class act well done 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧♥️👍

@AliasHSW Месяц назад

Just started on the video and can’t wait to go through it. Hope it will feature a GT model.

@whoisjohngalt-hg5us Месяц назад

Magnificent!! True craftsmen with an awesome vision. The V8 is a work of art....puts the old 1275cc Midget of my youth to shame😊

@QuantumBlu9x 19 дней назад

More classic 🎉❤

@markjosephbudgieridgard 20 дней назад

WOW WOW WOW insane prices absoulutely eye watering …. The poor man’s Aston Martin has become an MGB for fatcats 🙀🙀🙀🙀

@TairnKA 21 день назад

Oh, I do miss my 72 MGB. ;-)

@littlejohnny47 22 дня назад

What you can do with an MG-B with unlimited funds! Restomod my butt! When enhanced to this level you really didn’t want an MG-B in the first place!

@stephenashby9858 Месяц назад

I love it, can I please order one…? My goodness; and all British too…

@chrislee2221 20 дней назад

Always had a soft spot for the MGB GT especially when they are warmed up, breathed on or highly tuned, been to classic / vintage racing weekend at Angloeme a very tight challenging circuit really tests the driver.

@WTU208 23 дня назад

Abbey needs a corvette engine with those red rocker covers IMHO.

@grrfy 27 дней назад

One of these with an Alfa Romeo Busso ,would be my perfection .

@williambarry8015 25 дней назад

I'm in the US. I WAS at a car auction once and they had a MG Midget. I wasn't interested in bidding on it but i decided to sit in it. I couldn't believe how perfectly that micro car fit my frame. It fit me like a glove.

@mattmorris2867 22 дня назад

No one asked.

@williambarry8015 22 дня назад

@@mattmorris2867 one in every crowd.

@robertayers320 Месяц назад

In the response research is in the factor response.😮

@robertayers320 Месяц назад

CERTIFICATE GEM 💎 IN ROYALTY AS ASSOCIATE IN ASSOCIATION 😮😮😮

@jcc3494 28 дней назад

I wonder if they leave the body twisted off to the side like they all were from factory

@mgbchuck6527 25 дней назад

Love me some modified MGBs! (my avatar is my custom chassis/suspension, SBC-400hp+ '64 MGB). Mine will never be as nice as the Frontline stuff, it makes me grin like a little kid, can't put a price on that

@garethpowell2671 Месяц назад

What can you say 2 super models in 1 video 😜

@sv3839 Месяц назад

Fantastic video and an amazing company 🎉

@johncraddock3018 20 дней назад

I remember Sir Michael Edwardes, the boss of British Leyland at the time, announcing the closure of the Abingdon MG factory, and remarking that there is 'no longer a market for 2 seater sports cars'. Yeah..... tell that to Mazda and Porsche......It was a criminal act.

@iainmcglynn833 Месяц назад

My first car was an Austin Healey Sprite mk 4 Then two MG midgets Fond memories Doesn’t compare to Jodie looking as beautiful as I’ve ever seen her and that’s saying something #jeansheaven Great video 😎👌

@bt1804 22 дня назад

Hi Jodie, consider contacting Eric Clapton for a meet as he has a fine selection of classic cars including several Ferrari's.

@mattmorris2867 22 дня назад

Like she won’t already know that.

@rover100bunson 13 дней назад

At 6 foot 2 jodie must be cramped in a bgt

@stevepearce1913 Месяц назад

I don't think the great Cecil Kimber would be very happy at an MG being turned into a mobile fire bomb!

@derekantill3721 Месяц назад

Good to see the excellent restoration work. Powered by V8 engines or batteries must surely upset the original handling.

@4Kandlez Месяц назад

I was worried Jodie was going to bump her head on one of the rafter ties

@lib556 28 дней назад

Come on lottery!

@SuperWayneyb Месяц назад

🤘😎🤘🇬🇧

@davidcooks5265 Месяц назад

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@mangleman9112 Месяц назад

Don't they make flea spray for dogs and cats also?

@kennethbowry1521 26 дней назад

Hi Ya Jodie , I was thinking about you just the other Day, Glad you are still with us, never liked MGBs or Cs but Love that Baby.

@osmanmohamed8321 27 дней назад

17:41

@user-bs7rb4mi8o 24 дня назад

Привет, ты похожа на супер-модель

@dallas6847 Месяц назад

😎😎😎😎👍👍👍👍

@adamgibbs505 29 дней назад

With cars like the MG it’s not trying to break the sound barrier just going down your favourite B road at 40 ish is just a fun as 3 figure speeds that hyper cars do in 6 seconds the car you just drive for the hell of it not around Knightsbridge’s at 20 mph

@alfiesmith4115 27 дней назад

Redbull f1 cars please at hanger 7 and mk7

@chriscox5087 Месяц назад

Hang on, electric withmanual gear box! Ned to know more

@TC-qd1zw 24 дня назад

Remember do not your on electric, not guaranteed to find a charger

@lt.columbo5919 25 дней назад

Interesting video...completely disagree with the builder who removed the signal lights...so many customizers think they know more than the original designers...BUT THEY DON'T. Also...the car looks idiotic without bumpers.

@richardautenzio8117 16 дней назад

I totally agree Columbo. When it comes to changing things from the original design and or leaving parts off, it then becomes a custom job not a restoration. I see these kind of abortions every day. I'm a Jag man and when Jaguar went from the XJ6 series 1 and 2 to the series 3, they went too far. They gave the job of changing the original design to Pininferrina. And the results were very popular with Jaguar selling a lot of cars. But it turned me totally off Jaguar, because the original design had been changed artistically for the worst. Good design has to have balance, harmony and order. They got that back when Geoff Lawson brought back the original shapes and curves on the X300 model, by simply removing all the changes that Pininferrina had made.

@lt.columbo5919 16 дней назад

@@richardautenzio8117 Some good points you make...I had a Jag XKE 2+2...Sold it...just could not love the "2+2"...Also had an MGB GT decades ago when I was 17...I considered it a "Baby Jag".

@emilycroot6306 Месяц назад

hhhhhm nice motor x much better .

@barrygorst3613 25 дней назад

Jody She loves everything SHES so false my friend has wide body with 450BHP. With 5 speed box up graded brembo discs etc. What's the point for adding just 45mm to each side a joke go with a wide body far better stance and looking Fantastic engineering is a credit to you all.

@rocklover7437 Месяц назад

Worked on these cars when i served my apprenticeship .They was a absolute bag of crap from the factory.

@stevedriver1476 4 дня назад

Jags V8,s, Range Rover V8S, etc etc,,the 3.5 rovers and variants are junk an alloy LS chev is cheaper to build, cheaper to run and a garden variety alloy engine and gearbox is $2500 and 400hp of no repairs and oil leaks and 6.0 and 6.2 litre and torque to get the job done,, AND THEY FIT IN MX5 mazdas no problemo.

@craigyirush3492 Месяц назад

Wonderful episode! But I’d rather have a tuned B series like the Works cars than a restomod. And the EVs are an abomination. Assume they weigh a lot, and charging in 40 minutes is not fast. Imagine trying to go on a rally or long tour in one.

@markjosephbudgieridgard Месяц назад

Mmmm probably too embarrassed to tell us the average price of these Bs..... 😂

@bonvoyage5377 22 дня назад

MGBs were/are a complete load of crap, mate had a 1.8, got passed by a morris marina ffs

@gdfggggg 13 дней назад

They weren’t great. My dad said they were crap. Bet these new ones are in a different league.

@robinwalton-gm5ms 22 дня назад

Sacrilege that the MG marque was sold to the Chinese. Look at the trashy cars they make with an MG badge stuck on. Might as well sell the Crown Jewels next. RIP the UK.

@richardpaxman8519 21 день назад

Great cars, irritating woman!

@calanmacleod3948 Месяц назад

How to spend a fortune on a car that is mediocre at the best.

@nemesisprotocol8720 Месяц назад

Quite a shame using existing cars, should simply make new from scratch .

@cliveyboyb5770 28 дней назад

Too many regulations and restrictions if the car is classified as brand new . You could not use the majority of classic car parts as most parts on a classic would fail new car regulations. Even simple things such as if you look at a new car interior you will not find anything resembling a 90 degree edge. Everything has large rounded corners to protect the occupants in an accident.