Very true, It's my understanding the the whole idea of the sprite was to
produce an inexpensive sports car with a minimum of manufacturing i.e. by
using as many existing components as possible...
>From: Chris Kotting <ckotting@iwaynet.net>
>To: Andy Webster <trunkie@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: Morris vs British Leyland
>Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:36:09 -0400
>
>Yes, MG stands for Morris Garages, but they were different companies by
>that time.
>
>It was still an Austin engine, used by Morris, swapped into an
>Austin-Healey, rebadged as an MG.
>
>Face it, the Brits traded engines, nameplates, and parts bins around
>like American kids used to trade baseball cards.
>
>Chris Kotting
>ckotting@iwaynet.net
>
>Andy Webster wrote:
> >
> > "it's not an MG
> > >engine". Well, neither was the engine in the MGA or MGB, having come
> > >over from BMC, or the A-block engine having come over from Austin and
> > >Morris. T series purists sneered at those engines, too. The last MG
> > >with an "MG Engine" was the TF (XPEG engine).
> > >
> > Dosen't "MG" stand for MORRIS GARAGES?
> >
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