Hi all:
This brings up something I thought was interesting:
I was talking to an Arnolt Bristol owner about his car at the Coronado
vintage races this weekend. He mentioned (which I'd heard before) that
the Bristol engine was a pre-war BMW design which was, as war
reparations, given to Bristol to manufacture.
What he next said, and which I hadn't heard, was that the
Buick/Olds/Pontiac 215 aluminum V-8 engine was ALSO a pre-war BMW design
that was a reparation that GM was given.
I had always thought the 215 was developed in-house. Anybody out there
heard anything to substantiate if this aluminum V-8 really was a pre-war
BMW/German design?
Regards
David Sosna
65 S4 GT V6 (and wishing Ford had gone in for aluminum 171's back then)
jeyerman@ix.netcom.com wrote:
>
> Won't fit, Carroll Shelby tried it initially for the Cobra and it was too
>wide (it was a Buick engine back then) and it would be too wide for an Alpine.
> The Ford engine is surprisingly narrow for a V-8.
>
> Jan
>
> "BMT (John Goodby)" <jgoodby@tpg.com.au> wrote:
> > Don't forget that the P76 also donated that great 4.4 litre engine to
>gointo Range Rovers and give them some get up and go.
>
> I've always wondered how one would go in an Alpine. They put them in MGB's.
>
> John Goodby
> Perth
> Alpine SV
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Paul Heuer"
> To:
> Sent: Wednesday, 25 October 2000 1:36
> Subject: Leyland P76 (was Aztec, was Paint color)
>
> > Vic Hughes did a good job of describing the why and what, but for me the
> > best memory is the fact that Leyland chose to market car by demonstrating
> > that you could carry a 44 gallon drum in the boot (trunk)!
> >
> > There is one of the seven two-door coupes built at the National Motor
> Museum
> > near Adelaide in South Australia.
> > Cheers,
> > Paul.
> >
> > NO ARCHIVE
> >
> > >Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 06:29:01 -0400
> > >From: "Berghult, Bob" >Subject: RE: aztec
> > >
> > >What is a "Leyland P76" ????? Got any pictures??
> > >
> > >Bob
> > >Series IV
> > >B9405637 LRX
> >
> > _________________________________________________________________________
> >
> >
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