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FW: O-series engine was (The MG Story on Speedvision)

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Subject: FW: O-series engine was (The MG Story on Speedvision)
From: "Brinkman, Gerardo V" <GB127167@exchange.DAYTONOH.NCR.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 13:20:36 -0500
> It's been a while so my memory may be a bit foggy.
> 
> The O-series was the new British Leyland corporate engine that
> came out in the mid 70's. It was meant to power  most of the
> cars in the British Leyland range. It was first installed in the Ital
> (which was the redesigned Marina) which was RWD. In '78 (?)
> it was installed in other cars. The engine started out in either
> 1800 or 2200cc had an iron block with an alloy head. It was 
> 4-cyl and had an overhead cam. That's all I recall. BL had such 
> an awful range of cars in those days that I never took an interest
> in anything they had to offer (except for the MG 6R4, which came later)
> 
> gerry

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