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From: 9234dwz@houxf.UUCP (T.SIEFRING)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: EVEN More on the Rover (nee Buick) 3500 V8
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Date: Wed, 22-May-85 15:28:20 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 22 15:28:20 1985
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-->                 The engine is also a favourite for small
-->manufacturers to use, being the powerplant in the MG
-->Costello V8, the MG V8, the TR8 (the factory rally TR8 and I
                ^^^^^^^^^
-->had a 'moment' once, but that's another story) and, of
-->course, the Morgan Plus 8.
-->-- 
-->Jonathan Clark
-->[NAC]!mtung!jhc
-->

    The MG V8 was the MGB V8 , and why oh why was this not the car
that should have saved MG from going under. I know it was taking forever
for the TR8 to get certified by EPA & other federal agencies for 
importation into the US, but why BL didn't push harder and faster for
certification of the TR8 AND the MGB V8 I'll never know.


BTW - My vote for the best application of the 215 ci V8 was the GKN
Lotus Europa(although the Morgan runs a close second).



    Dave Peak
    @  !hotel!dxp

"I am the God of Hellfire, and I bring you fire" - CWoA Brown