David, you were partially correct in that the aluminum sixes were not
successful. I only saw one of the AMC's. It was bundled up on the shop
floor of the Rambler dealer, awaitng return to the factory. The dealer told
me they all had warped (imagine that!) and the whole scheme to produce
Aluminum engines had been dropped by AMC. This had to have been a major
blow, as that dude was DIE CAST. Can you imagine the tooling cost they ate
on that?
I never heard (or saw) much about the Chrysler six, but imagine it met the
same fate.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-alpines@autox.team.net
[mailto:owner-alpines@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of
sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com
Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2001 3:05 PM
To: Jan Eyerman
Cc: Harvey Cole E; alpines@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rover V-8 and Ford V-8
I hadn't known that there were ANY american built aluminum in-line
sixes. Thanks for expanding my horizons.
Regards
David Sosna
Jan Eyerman wrote:
> There were also a number of aluminum in line sixes- AMC/Rambler had one
of
> about 232 Cubic inches and the Chrysler "slant six" was also available in
225
> cubic inches in aluminum. The Chrysler was available with a four barrel
and
> all sorts of high performance goodies in the Dodge Lancer (what the Dart
was
> initially called) and dominated "compact car" racing in the 1961-62 era.
>
> Jan Eyerman
> 1959 Hillman Minx Series III DeLuxe
> 1973 Hillman Avenger DL
> (ex Board of Directors member of the Society of Automotive Historians)
>
> sosnaenergyconsulting@home.com wrote:
> Hi, Cole:
> Congrats! The rover has that nifty aluminum V-8, doesn't it? I do wish
> there had been some way to shoehorn it into a sunbeam.
> Sorry, I don't know a source for parts, but I just thought I'd offer my
> congratulations anyway.
> Is the Mercedes 2.8 going into a Mercedes, or something else?
>
> Regards
>
> David Sosna
>
> Harvey, Cole E wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Boy oh boy, it has been a busy past few days. I got a new toy, a 1969
> Rover
> > 3500S. The car is rust free and is the first car I have ever bought
with
> > shiny paint (British racing green). And last night I picked up a
Mercedes
> > 2.8 liter engine for $60. Actually it was $120 engine (Budget
> rent-a-Ranger
> > $30, dinner for the wife $30), but a bargain either way.
> >
> > So, to my questions, does anyone on the list own a Rover, and where do I
> get
> > parts?
> >
> > Cole
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