Well "used up" maybe, but it was also expected that engines would be rebuilt
or have what nowadays is considered major surgery at regular intervals of
time. Most engines would be de-cked at 30,000 miles and haver new valves,
pistons and bearings at around 50,000.
But they were also increadibly tollerant of wear and would continue running
for well over 100,000 miles if you didn't mind being followed by clouds of
smoke. And I always felt that engines revved most freely and ran at their
best in the couple of thousand miles just before the engine blew up!
Of course in the UK at least many cars in the '60s were also rusting away
after 6 or 7 years so the engines could very well outlast the bodywork
anyway.
Guy
-----Original Message-----
From KrkLH at cs.com <KrkLH@cs.com>
To: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
Date: 02 December 2004 20:12
Subject: Original Intended Life Span of a Type A
>Motor. I have heard different things about the intended life spans of the
>948 and 1275 engines. Were they originally designed to be pretty much used
up
>by the time they hit 50k miles?
>
>I have a 948 with an original 64k miles on it and a rebuilt 1275 in my
>Bugeye. The 1275 only has about 100 miles on it.
>
>Thanks - Kirk
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