G'day
It's from the days of badge engineering. BMC built one car and depending on
what badge or grille it could have been a Morris Elite, Wolseley 1500, Austin
Lancer or Riley 1500. All had differing levels of trim, but same mechanicals.
My memory tells me they had the same floor pan as the Morris Minor and
therefore the same rear end.
Hoo Roo
Patrick Quinn
Somewhere in Australia
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Sent: Thursday, 5 November 2009 5:51 AM
To: jodyfkerr@gmail.com; coudesluijs@chello.nl
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] [Fwd: Re: Help Needed]
The rear axle housing on my Elva Courier is described as a "Riley" rear
axle. It has the same dimensions as that of a Morris Minor, is about 3-4
inches narrower than that of a Spridget and of course the third member is
that
out of a Sprite/Metro, Austin A 35, etc. etc.
I think the English auto industry invented the acronym.
Best--Michael Oritt
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In a message dated 11/4/2009 1:37:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
jodyfkerr@gmail.com writes:
That's the part that really strikes me as odd about
the whole thing. I'd start looking at the more offbeat cars like
Riley's or Metropolitans.
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